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FG Fumes Over Recent Killings Of Nigerians In South Africa

FG Fumes Over Recent Killings Of Nigerians In South Africa

October 18, 2022 5:51 am

The government of Nigeria has described the recent killings of Nigerians in South Africa as wicked and callous while calling for sustained efforts to end it.

In a statement issued Monday, the Consulate General of Nigeria in South Africa said the killings, which happened In the last three weeks, were unnecessary.

It said: ‘The Consulate General of Nigeria, Johannesburg, has received with grave concern reports of recent violent killings of Nigerians in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province.

‘The killings, which happened In the last three weeks, are unnecessary, condemnable, and utterly …

Nigeria’s Inflation Soars To 20.77 Percent, Highest In 20yrs

Nigeria’s Inflation Soars To 20.77 Percent, Highest In 20yrs

October 18, 2022 5:27 am

The inflation rate of Africa’s most popular country, Nigeria has soared for the eighth consecutive month, smashing a fresh 17-year-high amid rising food and energy costs, and a further depreciating naira.

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, inflation soared to 20.77 percent in September from 20.52 percent recorded in August, the highest since 2005.

Food inflation rose 23.34 percent year-on-year compared with 23.1 percent in August, while core inflation rose to 17.6 percent in September from 17.2 percent in August.

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2023 Tinubu’s Aspiration An Insult To Black Race – Atiku

2023: Tinubu’s Aspiration, An Insult To Black Race – Atiku

October 17, 2022 6:21 am

As campaigns for Nigeria’s next Presidential elections takes centre stage, the Media Office of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has asserted that the aspiration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, was nothing but an assault on the integrity of the black race.

This was contained in a statement by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Mazi Paul Ibe, in Kaduna, on Sunday.

He said, “The very ambition of former governor Tinubu to aspire to become the Nigerian leader is a rude attack on the integrity of every black country and …

2023 'We Can's Handover A Sick Nation To A Sick Leader’

2023: ‘We Can’t Handover A Sick Nation To A Sick Leader’

October 17, 2022 6:14 am

Ahead of next year’s elections in Nigeria, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Phrank Shaibu has sent out a warning to Nigerians that it is dangerous to hand over a sick nation to a sick leader.

He pointed out at the moment, Nigeria was currently in a very desperate situation with every sector of the economy in deep decay and should not allow a sick president to take over it.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had …

Subsidy I Pity The Next President Of Nigeria – Sanusi

Subsidy: I Pity The Next President Of Nigeria – Sanusi

October 16, 2022 2:47 am

A former Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi has expressed his compassion for the next president that will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, due to the perceived depleted state of the economy.

Sanusi, who is also the current Khalifah, Tijaniyat Movement of Nigeria, made this known in Kaduna on Saturday while addressing notable politicians at a Kaduna Investment programme titled, “Building a resilient economy”.

The 14th Emir said Nigeria’s economy has been tied to the oil and gas sector and subsidy removal is fast mitigating the economy’s growth.

‘Nigeria has continued to be a rentier state. It does not exist for …

2023 Northerners Have Embraced Restructuring, Atiku Submits

2023: Northerners Have Embraced Restructuring, Atiku Submits

October 16, 2022 2:43 am

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asserted that northern governors and the North, in general, have now bought into his restructuring mantra unlike in the past when they were opposed to it.

Atiku said restructuring simply meant giving states more powers and responsibilities while also executing individual programmes in their respective states.

The presidential candidate made the remarks when he featured as a guest of the Arewa Joint Committee interactive sessions alongside other presidential candidates on Saturday, in Kaduna.

The former vice-president stated that part of his government’s agenda was to drive revenue and …

We Must Never Allow ASUU Strike To Happen Again –Gbajabiamila

We Must Never Allow ASUU Strike To Happen Again –Gbajabiamila

October 15, 2022 4:36 am

Against the backdrop of the recent suspension of industrial action by ASUU, the Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has asserted all hands must be on deck to ensure academic strikes in universities become a thing of the past.

The Speaker made this assertion in a statement hailing the end of an eight-month-long strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the academics had called for better welfare and revitalisation of public universities, among other demands.

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AK-47 Nigerian Military Sends Strong Warning To Gov Ortom

AK-47: Nigerian Military Sends Strong Warning To Gov Ortom

October 15, 2022 3:21 am

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has asserted that no Nigerian state governor has the authority to acquire high-caliber weapons for use by quasi-security outfits.

He made this assertion while reacting to questions in the company of the Ministers of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi after the National Security Council meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

His reaction came barely few days after Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State gave the administration one-month deadline to approve his request to obtain an AK-47 licence or he …

Nigeria, Egypt Finally Seal Agreements Worth $30m

Nigeria, Egypt Finally Seal Agreements Worth $30m

October 14, 2022 9:08 pm

In a fresh business deal, it has been reported that Nigeria and Egypt have finally signed some partnership agreements which are worth up to 30 million dollars between business organisations from both countries at the end of the maiden edition of the Nigeria-Egypt Trade Conference and Exhibition (NETCE) which had been hosted in Cairo.

Dr Yousrey El Sharkawi, Chairman, of the Egypt African Businessmen’s Association (EABA), and Mr Mahmood Ahmadu, President, of Nigeria -Egypt Cultural and Socio-Economic Forum (NESCEF), had made this disclosure at the end of the three-day conference in Cairo.

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Why 2023 Election Is A 'Big Deal' – Cardinal Okogie

Why 2023 Election Is A ‘Big Deal’ – Cardinal Okogie

October 14, 2022 7:27 am

In face of the challenges of worn-out public infrastructure, neglect of education and health care delivery, humongous cost of governance, youth restiveness, and abject poverty and misery on the increase, the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has described the 2023 election as a big deal for the country.

In an article entitled which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York: ‘2023: That Nigeria’s Tomorrow May be Alright,’ the former president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), noted that Nigerians cannot afford to get it wrong even as he set an agenda …

You Failed Woefully In Oil And Gas - El-Rufai Lambasts FG

You Failed Woefully In Oil And Gas – El-Rufai Lambasts FG

October 14, 2022 6:14 am

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has criticised the Federal Government of Nigeira accusing them of failing in the oil and gas sector, and should immediately hands off control of the sector.

Speaking at KADINVEST, an economic summit in Kaduna, yesterday, he stated that government does not have any business managing the oil sector.

‘Any sector that the Federal Government tries to get into gets messed up. Any area that the government can get out of it should.’

He added that the Federal Government has no business in oil and gas and should privatise the oil and gas sector.

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Oil Theft Obi Calls On Petroleum Sector Managers To Resign

Oil Theft: Obi Calls On Petroleum Sector Managers To Resign

October 13, 2022 5:53 am

Amidst the ongoing controversies around oil theft, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, had called for the resignation of top managers of the petroleum sector over reported large-scale crude oil theft in the Niger Delta.

The former Anambra State governor made this known yesterday while speaking at the 52nd annual Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) conference in Lagos, yesterdays, on the topic, ‘Accounting As A Requisite For Sustainable Governance,’ according to him, it was expected that the hierarchy of Nigeria’s oil management bureaucracy would immediately quit after the discovery of the oil …

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