Zlatan Blasts Burna Boy, Kizz Daniel, Joeboy
Nigerian singer-songwriter and dancer Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael, known professionally as Zlatan Ibile, has lambasted some notable figures in the Nigerian entertainment industry, including Burna Boy, Kizz Daniel, and Joeboy on his Instastories. The 25-year-old ZANKU originator called out the singers for different reasons on Saturday. According to claimed that Burna Boy refused to congratulate him […]
5 Million Nigerians Diabetic, 9 Million Pre-Diabetic
About five million Nigerians are diabetic and another nine million have pre-diabetes, a pharmacist, Oluseyi Adenowo, said on Saturday in Awka. Adenowo, also a diabetes advocate, made the disclosure in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to commemorate the ‘Diabetes Awareness Week 2020’. The Diabetes Awareness week is marked from June […]
Nigeria Fully Complies With OPEC+ Quota: Mele Kyari
With its current daily oil production, Nigeria has over-complied with its OPEC+ quota, Mele Kyari, the group managing director of NNPC said. Kyari spoke during a Zoom call organised by the Atlantic Council. He said if all countries that are part of the OPEC+ deal complied, there would be no need to extend the agreement […]
FFK Reveals More About Aso Rock Gunshots, How Aisha Was Threatened
Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has made more claims about the shooting incident that happened at the Aso Presidential Villa, Abuja. Africa Today News had reported that the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, members of her immediate family and her Aide-de-camp, Usman Shugaba attempted to force Sabiu Yusuf, a Special Assistant to President Muhammadu […]
Interpol Breaks Silence On Hushpuppi Arrest, Reveals Next Action
The International Police (INTERPOL) has broken silence on the arrest of Instagram celebrity, Raymond Igbalodely a.k.a. Hushpuppi. Africa Today News recalls that Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai for allegedly hacking into the United States (US) unemployed database and defrauding the US of over $100 million meant for native Americans in the battle against the coronavirus. […]
President Buhari Approves ₦13bn For Pest Control
The Federal Government has approved ₦13 billion as an intervention fund for pest control in twelve northern states. The twelve states are Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and Borno States. Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said […]
Conte Calls For ‘Courage’ To Save Italy At Talks With EU, IMF
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called Saturday for a “courageous plan” when he launched virtual talks with EU and IMF leaders to rescue Italy’s economy and society from the “uprecedented shock” triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. Conte said the plan was needed to surmount the nation’s crisis as Italian opposition figures shunned the hastily organised and […]
Tokyo Olympics Will Be Safe, Governor Says
Next year’s Olympics will be safe despite the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has said, pledging a “120-percent effort” to ensure the first-ever postponed Games can go ahead. Koike — who announced Friday she would stand for re-election next month — said the city was committed to holding the event as a “symbol of […]
Trump Postpones Rally Scheduled For ‘Juneteenth’ Holiday
President Donald Trump has postponed by one day a controversial rally scheduled on a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US, following fierce criticism. The “Make America Great Again” re-election campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma had been due to mark Trump’s return to the campaign trail after a months-long absence imposed by the […]
Nigerian Govt Gives Update On Sporting Activities, Football League
As sectors of Nigerian economy gradually reopen, the federal government has reacted to plans to resume football and sporting activities. Boss Mustapha, the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Friday disclosed that the Federal Government is not interested in resumption of the Nigerian football league since gathering of over 20 people is […]
Fulani Terrorists Are Gov Uzodinma’s Partners – Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has taken to his official Facebook page to lambast the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma in the alleged role he has played in letting Fulani Herdsmen ravage some parts of Imo State. Using a gory video of a man who has been […]
COVID-19: Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt Lead Death Rates In Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the COVID-19 has continued to spread in Africa since the virus was first detected on the continent in mid-February 2020. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, said this in a statement posted on its website. According to the agency, more than 215,000 cases have […]