Republicans To Make Case For Trump After Democrats Endorse Biden
The Republican Party is to make its case next week for four more years of President Donald Trump after his Democratic opponent Joe Biden wrapped up his party’s convention with a vow to end what he called a “chapter of American darkness.” With the nation digesting the impact of an unprecedented all-virtual gathering due to […]
Gandhi’s Iconic Glasses Sell For $340,000 In UK
A pair of gold-plated glasses worn by Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi has sold in Britain for £260,000 (about 288,000 euros, $340,000), the auction house said. “We found them just four weeks ago in our letterbox, left there by a gentleman whose uncle had been given them by Gandhi himself,” East Bristol Auctions wrote on […]
Mali: Isolation Beckons As Ecowas Piles Pressure On Junta Leaders
West Africa’s regional body has ordered members to close their borders with Mali. Analysts say the junta’s decision to overthrow President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita risks pushing the country deeper into crisis. The Economic Community of Western States (ECOWAS) has upped the ante in Mali as it urges all its member states to seal their borders […]
Kenya Police Break Up City Protest Over Loss Of COVID-19 Funds
Police on Friday morning confronted protesters at freedom corner, Nairobi during a peaceful demo over the loss of Covid-19 funds. The protest, dubbed #ArrestCovid19Thieves, was organised to demand accountability for the use of Covid-19 billions amid reports that funds allocated to deal with the pandemic may have been diverted to other uses not related to […]
Your Criticism Can’t Stop Buhari From Working – Femi Adesina
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity has said that he is proud to be part of the current administration. According to Femi Adesina, criticising Buhari and his government cannot erase the gains that have been made. The Presidential aide said this when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics […]
CAMA: You Must Submit Details Of Your Finances, No Going Back – FG
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has said that those wailing over the new Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) should better stop because there is no going back. CAC said the new act has come to stay in the country despite the public outcry that has greeted it. The Commission said it was only waiting […]
Niger Delta Activists Stage Peaceful Protest Over Bad State Of Roads
Niger Delta Activist Forum (NDAF) has staged a peaceful protest at the Calabar-Itu Road, blocking commercial, private vehicles and trucks from plying the road along the Cross River and Akwa Ibom States axis. The group said the protest is its way of expressing displeasure on the state of the mother road linking the two states […]
Filmmaker Uwagbai Sues NBC Over Controversial Broadcasting Code
Nigerian filmmaker, Charles Uwagbai, has sued the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, over the controversial broadcasting code. The suit was filed at the Federal High Court, in which Uwagbai is the Plaintiff and the NBC, the defendant. Uwagbai is seeking a declaration that the defendant (NBC), being a statutory creation (to wit: the National Broadcasting Commission […]
Obasanjo, Wike Must Not Speak At NBA Conference – MULAN
Muslim lawyers are agitating for the ban of former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State from speaking at the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Annual General Conference. The lawyers, under the aegis of Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria, MULAN, said Obasanjo and Wike were guilty of the same allegations […]
Akeredolu And His Wife Vote At Ondo Local Government Election
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN has described the conduct of the Local government election in Ondo state as encouraging with impressive turnout. Governor Akeredolu, who voted in his hometown at Ward 5, Unit 6 in Ijebu Owo, Owo Local Government Area of the state, was accompanied by his Wife, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu. Read Also: […]
el-Rufai: ‘You Want To Fight With Me? Ask Yar’Adua And Jonathan’
Africa Today News, New York captured the moment Governor, Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State said that he is not afraid of attack from anyone, stating that the two former Nigeria Presidents who attacked him are no more. Read Also: Gov el-Rufai Blows Hot As NBA Cancels His Invitation He said one is dead and the […]
Nigerian Traders In Ghana Again Send SOS To FG
The Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG), under the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS), has sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) message to the federal Government requesting prompt salvation of their businesses and lives. They are seeking the Federal Government’s intervention in resolving issues bordering on the closure of members’ shops by […]