Ortom Moves To End Killings In Benue
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Tuesday, assented to the amended law on Community Volunteer Guards enacted in the year 2000 as a move to end security challenges currently ravaging the state. While assenting to the amended law at the New Banquet Hall, Benue Peoples House Makurdi the governor noted that establishing the State Community […]
UN: Nnamdi Kanu Hails Biafra, IPOB Supporters
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has sent words to Biafra supporters worldwide. Kanu commended his loyalists and Igbos supporting the exit of the South-East from Nigeria for staying focused. A member of his legal team, Aloy Ejimakor, conveyed the message on Tuesday. Read More: Nnamdi Kanu Hails Biafra, IPOB […]
Gov. Wike Charges Lawyers On ‘Judicial Activism’
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has charged Nigerian lawyers to do more in promoting judicial activism’ as a way of addressing the slow pace of justice dispensation in the country. He also encouraged lawyers to stand against attempts to stifle the rights of citizens. The Governor gave the charge on Monday at the 61st Annual […]
Buhari Arrives Riyadh For Future Investment Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, at about 11:50 pm, for the Future Investment Initiative Institute conference. The President was received at King Khalid International Airport by the Deputy Governor of Riyadh, Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Abdulaziz. This was disclosed in a statement by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to […]
Poland Boosts Belarus Border Force To 10,000 Soldiers
Poland has concluded plans to increase to 10,000 the number of soldiers deployed to help border guards stop migrant crossings from Belarus, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak disclosed on Monday. The disclosure is coming on the heels of a series of incidents along the border in which large groups of migrants have tried to tear down […]
Man Utd Considering Sacking Solskjaer Before Next Game
Manchester United are considering sacking embattled manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as manager of the club, Manchester Evening News reports. Man United hierarchy is giving serious consideration to dismissing Solskjaer before the club’s next Premier League game at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. Africa Today News, New York gathered that Man United managing director, Richard Arnold, cancelled […]
Mali Gives ECOWAS Representative 72 Hours To Leave Country
The Malian government has declared the Special Representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ‘persona non grata’ while also giving him 72 hours to leave the country. A statement issued on Monday by the Malian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York stated […]
Buhari Condemns Sudan Coup, Calls For PM’s Release
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the coup d’etat which took place in Sudan on Monday. Africa Today News, New York had earlier reported that Sudan’s top general earlier on Monday declared a state of emergency, dissolved the leaders of the country’s democratic transition, and announced the […]
Yoruba Nation: What Buhari Told Me About Igboho – Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has expressed regret at the detention of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, in Benin Republic. In an interview with BBC which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York, the monarch revealed that the agitator rejected advice offered him by monarchs sent to dialogue […]
Nigeria Will Specialise In Drone Production Soon – FG
The federal government of Nigeria has revealed that Nigeria set to domesticate and specialise in sophisticated technology such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) through ‘reverse- engineering’. The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, made this discloure when he inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial committee for the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between […]
EU, Iran To Hold Nuclear Talks In Brussels This Week
The EU’s top negotiator will meet his counterpart from Tehran this week in Brussels for talks on restarting negotiations over Iran’s nuclear deal, a spokesman for the bloc said on Monday. The EU and world powers are scrambling to try to get negotiations in Vienna aimed at reviving the 2015 accord back on track after […]
‘Engage Igboho, IPOB Like I Do To Bandits’ – Gumi
Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi has asked Southern clerics to start engaging those behind the uprising in the region the same way he does to bandits. Africa Today News, New York reports that the Kaduna cleric gave this charge in a statement he issued in reaction to the call for bandits to be declared […]