Breaking: Buhari’s Ally, Isa Funtua Is dead
Alhaji Isa Funtua, a close ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, is dead Funtua reportedly died on Monday after suffering cardiac arrest. Read Also: NDDC: Buhari Gets Ultimatum To Remove Akpabio, Set Up Panel Buhari’s spokesmen, Bashir Ahmed confirmed the development on Twitter He wrote, “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un! Just heard about Mallam Ismaila […]
House Of Reps Probes Immigration Documents Of Chinese In Nigeria
The investigation which began on July 20 in Abuja, is being conducted by the joint house committees on Interior, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring and Commerce. The Speaker of the house, Rep. Femi Gbajabimila, recalled that in April, photos and videos which went viral on the social media allegedly depicted institutionalised racial discrimination, maltreatment of […]
IMF Approves $7.6 Million Debt Relief To Burundi
The International Monetary Fund said it had approved $7.6 million debt relief to Burundi to help address the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It said the relief for three months would be potentially raised to $24.97 million over the next 21 months if resources are available. “IMF debt relief will help free up resources […]
Zambia Government Asks China To Cancel Its Debt
Zambian President Edgar Lungu has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for some “debt relief and cancellation” in a telephone conversation between the two leaders. That is according to a statement issued by Lusaka after the chat that reportedly took place on Monday. “President Lungu called for debt relief and cancellation in light of reduced revenue […]
Royal Bank Of Scotland Tells Most Staff To Stay Home Until 2021
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc has told most employees to work from home until next year as a precaution against the lingering coronavirus pandemic. The U.K. lender said 80% of its staff will continue to work remotely until 2021, extending its previous guidance that workers would be home until September. The decision affects about […]
U.S-China Tensions Flare On Social Media
(Reuters) – Tensions between the United States and China over the South China Sea have erupted into a war of words on social media, in what analysts see as a change in U.S. strategy amid a burgeoning superpower rivalry in Southeast Asia. Read Also: China Takes New Action Against America After Washington last week hardened […]
NSA Chief Vows To Hit Back At Nations Interfering In U.S. Vote
(Bloomberg) — One of America’s top spy chiefs vowed that the U.S. will hit back at foreign nations attempting to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, a warning delivered days after fresh charges of Russian hacking against the West. Read Also: White House Removes Bill Clinton, George W Bush Portraits Russian efforts to interfere […]
Ballon d’Or Cancels 2020 Session: Organisers Gives Reasosn
French news magazine has announced that there will be no Ballon d’Or 2020 winners announced this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ballon d’Or, awarded by France Football magazine has been given out every year since Stanley Matthews won the first one in 1956. Barcelona and Argentine playmaker, Lionel Messi, has won it a […]
Sani Reacts As Gov Masari Reveals Those Sponsoring Boko Haram
A former Kaduna Central district Senator, Shehu Sani has reacted to Governor Aminu Masari’s revelation on those sponsoring Boko Haram and bandits in the northern part of the country. Africa Today News, New York had earlier reported that the Katsina State Governor had accused those he described as the enemies of the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
Thunberg Receives €1m Prize For Humanity
Environmental Activist, Greta Thunberg, on Monday received the prize for humanity of the Portuguese Gulbenkian Foundation and was awarded 1 million euros (1.1 million dollars). The 17-year-old Thunberg received the prize for her fight against climate change and the ecological crisis. The activist, who is the first person to receive the prize, was selected among […]
Fire Razes New FIRS Building In Katsina
A newly constructed office block for Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Area office branch in Katsina, was gutted by fire on Monday. According to witnesses, members of the state fire service are reportedly battling to put out the fire. Read Also: French Police Free Rwandan Arrested For Nantes Cathedral Fire The office complex is located […]
Joy Nunieh Doesn’t Have NYSC Certificate, Akpabio Tells Reps
Former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joy Nunieh, does not have the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, certificate, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio disclosed on Monday. The minister told the House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC probe that Nunieh never participated in the NYSC mandatory one year national service […]