Liverpool Sign French Defender Konate From RB Leipzig
Liverpool have agreed to sign French center-back Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig for £35m on a long-term deal Africa Today News, New York can confirm. The former Premier League Champions confirmed Konate’s signing on their official website on Friday. The 22-year-old has passed his medical and agreed personal terms, with his move subject to international […]
Germany Admits Genocide In Namibia During Colonial Rule
Germany for the first time yesterday admitted the role it played in committing genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with Berlin promising financial support worth more than one billion euros to aid projects in the African nation as a way to compensate them. Speaking in a statement on Friday, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in […]
West African Leaders Set To Meet To Discuss Mali Crisis
West African leaders will meet tomorrow (Sunday) to frame a response to the crisis in Mali, where the military have reasserted control just nine months after a coup Africa Today News, New York can confirm. The extraordinary summit scheduled to hold in Ghana will gather heads of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), […]
Osinbajo Hosts Liberian Vice President
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, played host to Dr Jewel Howard-Taylor the Vice President of Liberia. Africa Today News, New York undertands that Howard-Taylor is in Nigeria to attend the First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament for the year. Briefing State House correspondents afterward the meeting, Osinbajo’s […]
Nigeria Will Never Be An Islamic State – Shagari’s Grandson
A grandson of late former President of Nigeria Shehu Shagari, Bello Shagari has asserted that Nigeria will never become an Islamic State. The former President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, who made this known via his verified Twitter handle on Friday, also stated that Sharia is being practised wrongly in Nigeria. Read Also: […]
Work On Kano-Kaduna Rail Line Would Begin In July – Amaechi
Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has revealed that the federal government will turn its attention to the Kano-Kaduna corridor following the completion of work on the Lagos-Ibadan rail line. Amaechi made this revelation on Friday when he led a delegation of Nigerian Shippers Council and Nigeria Railway Corporation on a courtesy visit to the […]
Insecurity: Gunmen Invade Benue, Kill 36 In Katsina-Ala
Yet to be identified gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have reportedly invaded Shikaan Mbagena Kpav community in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, leaving 36 people dead in the process. According to reports gathered by Africa Today News, New York, the incident occurred on Thursday night when the armed men invaded the community […]
New Army Chief, Yahaya Pays Last Respect To Attahiru
The new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya, has paid his last respect to his predecessor, late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru. Attahiru and other military officers died in an air crash last Friday in Kaduna. They were buried the following day. Yahaya signed the condolence register at the headquarters of the Theatre Command […]
36 Killed As Herdsmen Invade Benue Community
Armed men suspected to be Fulani militias have reportedly killed 36 residents of Shikaan Mbagena Kpav community in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. Africa Today News, New York gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday night when the armed men invaded the community and slaughtered scores. Read Also: Herdsmen Coming Into Nigeria Henceforth […]
Bezos To Leave Amazon As CEO July 5
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has announced that he will hand over operational control to his successor on July 5, leaving as the e-commerce giant flexes its muscles in television and cloud. Bezos is ceding his chief executive role to Andy Jassy, who heads Amazon Web Services, the lucrative cloud computing unit at the Seattle-based company. […]
Tensions Rise As Azerbaijan Captures 6 Armenian Soldiers
Armenia has disclosed that Azerbaijan has captured six of its soldiers, the latest in a series of border incidents after last year’s war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Armenian defence ministry in a statement on Thursday announced that its forces were carrying out engineering work in a border region when Azerbaijan’s army ‘surrounded and […]
Real Madrid Confirm Zidane’s Departure
Real Madrid have officially confirmed the departure of head coach Zinedine Zidane from the club. The Laliga giants made the announcement of Zidane’s exit in a statement released on their official website on Thursday. There were reports making the rounds on Wednesday that the French legend has ended his second spell with the club. Read […]