Taliban Sends Envoy To Take Charge Of Embassy In Pakistan
A Taliban envoy has been sent to neighbouring Pakistan to take charge of the Afghan embassy, two months after the hardline Islamist group seized power, officials said Friday. Sardar Ahmad Khan Shokaib was appointed as the first secretary in Islamabad, while Taliban officials are also now in place at consulates in Peshawar, Karachi and Quetta. […]
Scientists Discover Cause Of Alzheimer’s Progression In Brain
Toxic protein clusters thought responsible for the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease reach different regions of the brain early and then accumulate over the course of decades, according to a new study Friday. The research, published in Science Advances, is the first to use human data to quantify the speed of the molecular processes […]
NANS Gives Army 24-Hour Ultimatum To Release TASUED Students
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the Nigerian Army a 24-hour ultimatum to release the Tai Solarin University of Education students arrested on Friday. This came in a statement signed by the NANS President, Sunday Asefon which was made available to Africa Today News, New York, he pointed out that the arrest […]
Kaduna Records 2,428 Cases Of Tuberculosis
The Kaduna state Tuberculosis and Leprosy control programme has recorded 2,428 cases in the past six months. Dr Abubakar Sadiq, the state’s programme manager, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. He said several strategies had been employed, in line with the Federal Ministry of Health guidelines, to […]
Why Bandits Haven’t Been Declared Terrorists — Minister
The Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd.) has asserted that the need to follow due process was responsible for the delay in declaring bandits as terrorists. Magashi, who made this assertion on Friday, in Maiduguri, while fielding questions from newsmen, added that there was a procedure that needed to be completely followed before […]
Abducted Customs Officer Found Dead
The corpse of a customs officer, who was abducted by unknown gunmen in Ogun State on Tuesday has been found. Africa Today News, New York had earlier reported that suspected smugglers had ambushed a Customs patrol team at Yewa South Local Government Area of the state and abducted two customs officers in the process. The […]
Negotiate With Igbos, Nigeria Is Sinking – Mbaka Begs Buhari
The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to find ways of negotiating with people of the Southeast over the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Mbaka posited that Nigeria is sinking, hence Buhari should negotiate with the people of the Southeast to […]
2023: ‘APC Won’t Give Ticket To Candidates Of Same Religion’
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has assured Nigerians that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will respect religious diversity by not fielding a presidential ticket with two people of the same religion in the 2023 presidential poll. He gave this assurance on Thursday in Abuja when he hosted members of the Christian Association of […]
Buhari Was Not Involved In Any Air Mishap – Femi Adesina
The Presidential Spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina has described as fake, reports that the aircraft in which President Muhammadu Buhari recently travelled to the United States developed fault mid-air and that the president escaped narrowly. Adesina described the reports published on some online platforms as an example of fake news that has become a major vice […]
Imo: IPOB Insurgents Kill 3 Dangote Drivers, Set Bodies Ablaze
Suspected IPOB insurgents have killed a Dangote trailer driver, Saidu Alhassan and two of his assistants, Halliru Mallam and Danjuma Isari, in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State. Africa Today News, New York gathered that the incident happened on Thursday while they were travelling back to their base at Obajana, Kogi State, after off-loading […]
Banditry: Nigeria Acquires 60 Armoured Vehicles From China
The Nigerian Army has taken delivery of 60 new VP – 1 Type Tracked Armoured Personnel Carriers manufactured in China to boost the ongoing war against Boko Haram insurgency and banditry in the North-East and North-West. Speaking during the commissioning of the new armoured tanks at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji Kaduna State, […]
Anambra Central Traditional Rulers Endorse Maduka
The race to Agu Awka, as Government House, Awka, Anambra State is known, is getting clear for Accord Party Governorship candidate, Dr. Godwin Maduka, as Association of Traditional rulers in Anambra central, the umbrella body of all traditional rulers in the zone have endorsed his governorship ambition. The traditional rulers’ endorsement on Maduka comes barely […]