Caverton Saga: Rivers Police Commissioner Dandaura Sacked
Rivers Police Commissioner, Mustapha Dandaura has been kicked out by the Inspector General, Mohammed Adamu. Mustapha will leave the command with immediate effect to become the provost of Force Headquarters in Abuja. Adamu named Joseph Gabum Mukan Dandaura’s successor in the Rivers Command. The IGP also announced the posting of Musa Adze as commissioner Anti-Fraud […]
Bello El-Rufai Tenders Apology For Gang-Rape Tweet
Bello El-Rufai has apologised for his infamous conduct on social media last weekend, saying the controversy he sparked fell short of his family’s enduring values of decency and tolerance. “I wish to withdraw that statement and apologise to the gentleman concerned for the hurtful comment,” Mr El-Rufai said in a statement Friday. “I also apologise for […]
Canada Declares 4 Nigerians Wanted For $2m Romance Scams
Canadian police in Saskatchewan have declared four Nigerians wanted, while another one has been arrested. The Nigerians are wanted in connection with $2m romance scams. All the suspects are in their 20s. Multiple reports identified the Nigerians as Kelvin Awani, 24, Jonah Eigbuluese, 22, Joshua Ometie, 25 and Clinton Newton, 27. The police declared them […]
Governor Gives Out Alcohol As ‘Throat Sanitiser’
Kenyan Governor Mike Sonko, has stirred controversies after he added bottles of alcohol, precisely Hennessy, to his COVID-19 care packages to the people of Nairobi. The Governor of Nairobi also misquoted the World Health Organisation, WHO, by quoting the body as saying alcohol plays a major role in killing the coronavirus. Read Also: Macron Joins […]
Trump Reacts As China Announces 50% Increase In Deaths
United States President Donald Trump has again stated that China was covering up the country’s coronavirus death toll. Trump stated that China’s coronavirus deaths were “far higher” than it has admitted. On Friday, China revised the number of deaths up by 50 percent. The country added 1,290 COVID-19 deaths to Wuhan’s previous tally, bringing the […]
Nigerian Priest To Leave German Parish Over Death Threats
Patrick Asomugha, a priest from Nigeria is set to leave a parish in Germany after receiving numerous threats against his life. Asomugha has been leading the parish of Saint Francis of Assisi in Queidersbach since August 2017, Dpa reports. A statement on Friday by the local diocese, disclosed that Asomugha will leave on April 20. […]
Rousaud Confirms Barcelona Want Neymar Back
Emili Rousaud has confirmed FC Barcelona wish to re-sign Neymar from PSG this summer. The former Barcelona vice-president, however, noted that the effect of coronavirus cast doubts inside the club regarding the operation. Read Also: Coronavirus: The Weeks That Rocked Sport Rousaud, who resigned last week, told L’Equipe: “Yes because this situation will most certainly […]
Mobile Games Nigerians Everywhere Go Wild For
The mobile revolution is well and truly underway in Nigeria with local and international companies alike doing all they can to tap into this burgeoning industry with untold potential. As the cost and availability of mobile data is made more desirable to the country’s young population it is perhaps no surprise that gaming apps along […]
Macron Joins Trump In Blasting China On Coronavirus
French President, Emmanuel Macron has dismissed the idea that China’s handling of the Coronavirus epidemic was transparent. Macron said there are things that happened in China that are not known up till today. He said this while dismissing reports by ‘The Financial Times’ that China could be a role model for democracies. Macron opined that […]
‘Africa Could Be Next Epicentre’ – WHO Warns
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Africa could become the next epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak. The organization stated that the continent does not have enough ventilators to deal with the pandemic and there was a sharp rise in cases in the past weeks. ”There have been almost 1,000 deaths and more than […]
Breaking: Fire Guts INEC Headquarters In Abuja
The headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja is on fire. Read Also: Bayelsa: PDP Withdraws Petition Against INEC, APC The Nation reports that the fire started a few minutes to noon. The inferno is still raging at the time of filing this report. Details shortly. AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK
Why China Must Pay African Countries – Ezekwesili
Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, has told China to pay repatriation to African countries over the Coronavirus pandemic. Ezekwesili, in a post on ‘The Washington Post’, said China must pay for failing to manage COVID-19, which had severely injured Africa’s development prospects and worsened the conditions of the poor. She noted that the […]