‘Any Attack On Ndigbo Is An Attack On Nigerians’ – Igboho
Self-acclaimed Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho has declared support for the South-East warning the Buhari-led administration that the Yoruba nation would resist any attack on the Igbo race. Igboho declared this while reacting to President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet threatening to shock Nigerians who are out to destroy his Government where […]
FG Moves To Increase Hazard Allowance For Health Workers
The federal government has agreed to significantly increase the hazard allowance of all health workers in public health institutions in Nigeria. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, made this revelation to journalists yesterday after a meeting between the presidential committee on salaries (PSC), relevant federal government stakeholders, health professionals association and trade in Abuja. […]
Twitter’s Role In Biafra Agitation, Suspicious – Lai Mohammed
Still rattled by the action of social media giant Twitter who deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet yesterday, the federal government have claimed that the social media heavyweights are tactically supporting secessionists. Africa Today News, New York had reported that President Buhari had posted a tweet referencing the civil war and threatening southeastern agitators on Tuesday […]
Banditry: Niger Govt Orders Boarding Schools To Revert To Day
Niger State Government has ordered all boarding schools in Tegina, Rafi local Government Areas of the state to temporarily revert to day school. This is coming on the heels of the kidnap of about 200 children of the Salihu Tanko Islamic school in Tegina town by bandits on Sunday. Speaking on measures being put in […]
UK PM, Boris Johnson, Carrie Symonds Wed In Secret Ceremony
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds got married over the weekend in a secret ceremony. A Downing Street spokesman who confirmed the development to journalists said the Prime Minister and Ms. Symonds were married on Sunday afternoon in a small ceremony at Westminster Cathedral, According to the Sun, ‘The couple will […]
Biden Honours Victims Of ‘Forgotten’ Tulsa Race Mass Killing
Joe Biden has become the first sitting president of the United States to visit the site in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where hundreds of Black Americans were killed by a white mob in 1921, saying the US must learn from one of the worst episodes of racist violence in the country’s history. The Democrat marked the centenary of […]
Real Madrid Announce Return Of Carlo Ancelotti As Coach
Real Madrid has confirmed the return of Carlo Ancelotti to the club as the coach, after six years. He succeeds Zinedine Zidane who quit at the end of last season. Ancelotti, Madrid wrote on their website, rewrote the history books during his first spell in the hot seat. Real Madrid in a statement said; ‘The […]
Over 90% Of Tigray’s People ‘Need Urgent Food Aid’ – UN
The United Nations food agency says more than 90% of people in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray are in need of emergency food aid. In a statement yesterday the World Food Programme (WFP) said ‘A total of 5.2 million people, 91% of Tigray’s population, need emergency food assistance due to conflict since last November’. It […]
Gunmen Kill Uganda Minister’s Daughter, Driver
Gunmen have attacked and wounded Uganda’s former army commander, killing his daughter and driver in an assassination attempt. Four attackers on motorcycles opened fire at a vehicle carrying General Katumba Wamala, the minister of works and transport, in the Kampala suburb of Kiasasi Africa Today News, New York reports. ‘There was a shooting involving him […]
Why The Senate Should Be Scrapped – Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has called for a unicameral legislature for the country calling for the scrapping of the upper chamber of the national assembly. The governor made this call while speaking at the Akure Centre of the South-West Zonal Public Hearing on the constitution review, on Tuesday, declaring that the upper chamber of […]
We’ll Shock Those Plotting To Destroy Nigeria – Buhari
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday evening vowed to ‘shock’ those behind insecurity in different parts of the country, especially in the South East region. Buhari offered these strong words after receiving a briefing from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on series of attacks on facilities of the electoral […]
2023: Moghalu Declares Presidential Ambition
The 2019 presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has declared his ambition to take a shot at Nigeria’s presidency again in 2023. Africa Today News, New York reports that Moghalu, who earlier said he had resigned from the YPP and had also quit partisan politics, however, he has now stated […]