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Daily Archives: August 9, 2022

Economy, political permutations at centre of Kenyan election

Economy, political permutations at centre of Kenyan election

Kenyans are voting on Tuesday to pick a successor to outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta in what is seen as a key test of stability for one of Africa’s healthiest democracies. Voting begins at 6am local (03:00 GMT) and runs through [...]

August 9, 2022 Africa
Oil theft: Nigeria loses 400,000 barrels daily, says Sylva

Oil theft: Nigeria loses 400,000 barrels daily, says Sylva

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Timipre Sylva, has said that the country loses 400,000 barrels of crude daily via oil theft. Sylva said this on Monday, when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Hope Uzodimma of [...]

August 9, 2022 Oil & Gas
Ex-Governors Dariye, Nyame regain freedom

Ex-Governors Dariye, Nyame regain freedom

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has released two former governors, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, as well as three others from custodial centres. The Public Relations Officer, FCT command, Chukwuedo Humphrey, disclosed this to the News Agency of [...]

August 9, 2022 Law
Nigerian Monkeypox Patient Faces Jail Sentence, Deportation In Cambodia

Nigerian Monkeypox Patient Faces Jail Sentence, Deportation In Cambodia

Twenty-seven-year-old Nigerian, Osmond Chihazirim who fled from Phuket, Thailand to Phnom Penh, Cambodia after being infected with monkeypox will be charged with immigration offences in Cambodia and later deported.  According to Khmer Times, General Keo Vannthan, spokesman for the Immigration [...]

August 9, 2022 Law
Ogun: Man Attacks Okada Rider, Snatches Bike At Gunpoint

Ogun: Man Attacks Okada Rider, Snatches Bike At Gunpoint

One Obatoki Sodiq has reportedly attacked a motorcyclist (known as okada rider), snatching his bike at gunpoint. The bike rider, Moris Alofa, a resident of Opete village, via Ayetoro, Ogun State, reported the incident to the State Amotekun Corps in Imeko-Afon. According to [...]

August 9, 2022 Incidents