Fighter Jet ‘Mistakenly’ Bombs Fishermen In Borno
No fewer than 20 fishermen were killed accidentally in a Nigerian military strike on a terrorist camp in Borno State, Africa Today News, New York reports. According to reports, a Nigerian fighter jet early on Sunday bombarded Kwatar Daban Masara in Lake Chad, which straddles Nigeria and neighbouring Niger, Chad, and Cameroon. The area is […]
Insecurity: Bandits Invade Emir Of Kagara’s Palace
Gunmen suspected to be Bandits invaded the palace of Alhaji Ahmadu Attahiru, the Emir of Kagara in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, on Tuesday. Sources told newsmen that the monarch was absent when the gunmen struck. The source further revealed that the attack took place around Maghrib prayers. The Emir reportedly left Kagara […]
Anthony Joshua Will Return Stronger – Abike Dabiri
The Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has sent a message of encouragement to boxer Anthony Joshua after he suffered defeat against Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night. In an Instagram post which was sighted by Africa Today News, New York, the NIDCOM boss described the loss as a temporary setback. ‘Temporary […]
We Have Not Taken New Steps To Normalise Israel Ties- Sudan
Sudanese foreign affairs minister has stated that the country has not taken any significant steps to normalise relations with Israel since April when its cabinet repealed a decades-long boycott of the country. Speaking in an interview, the minister, Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi said; ‘Abolishing a law on boycotting Israel does not mean that we [will] consider […]
SCOAN’ll Reopen When We Get Approval From God ― Evelyn Joshua
The new leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Mrs. Evelyn Temitope Balogun Joshua has declared that the church will reopen for service only when the leadership gets approval from God. The widow of deceased Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua made this known in a statement which was made available to Africa Today News, New […]
I Visited Tinubu After His Surgery To Show Support – Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, has said that he visited All Progressives Congress National Leader, Bola Tinubu, in London recently to show support for the ailing politician. Fayemi presented his when he spoke on THISDAY Live, an interview programme on Arise TV monitored by Africa Today News, New York, According […]
Elites Are In Danger In Nigeria, Ngige Cries Out
Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Monday, raised the alarm that nobody is safe any longer in the country owing to the security challenges confronting her. Ngige ascribed an increase in the security challenges, which has also made the elites vulnerable, to the non-payment of attention to the provision of decent jobs […]
8 killed In Reprisal Attack In Zangon Kataf In Kaduna
A reprisal attack has been reported in Zangon Kataf, Kaduna State leaving no fewer than 8 people dead and many others severely injured barely 24 hours after the mayhem that led to the death of 34 persons in Kaura. The Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in another security update, said ‘the […]
‘Zoning Is Unconstitutional’ – Northern Governors
Governors of the 19 states in the North have voiced strong opposition to the call by their southern counterparts that the Presidency should be zoned to the South in 2023. This formed part of the resolutions reached on Monday when the governors held an emergency meeting with traditional rulers in the region at the Government […]
‘Dissapointing’: Stakeholders Pick Holes In Buhari’s UNGA Address
Controversy has continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech at the just concluded 76th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, in New York,, United States of America. Africa Today News reports that the president last week Friday, addressed world leaders which captured some crisis currently rocking the country, West Africa and the entire continent. Read Also: […]
COVID-19: 255 Persons Infected, Four Deaths Recorded – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), has disclosed that two hundred and fifty five new cases of COVID-19, including 4 deaths, were recorded in the country within the last 24 hours. According to the NCDC, this brings country’s total caseload to 204, 456. Read Also: Cholera Have Killed 2,404 Nigerians Since January – NCDC […]
Power Shift To South Not Negotiable – Afenifere, PANDEF
The apex socio-cultural groups Afenifere and the Pan Niger Delta Forum have asserted that the rotation of the Nigerian presidency between the North and the South would not negotiable in 2023. Both groups maintained that it was necessary for the position of the President to shift to the South in 2023 for the sake of […]