Car Engines Wrecked As FG Vendors Recalls Poor Petrol
The supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol in Abuja, Lagos, Oyo, and Ogun states deteriorated on Tuesday due to limited stocks, owing mostly to the rejection of new supplies from tainted petroleum importers into the country. Africa Today News, New York gathered that the situation was exceptionally terrible in several parts […]
2023: PDP Still Confused Over Zoning Of Presidency – Chidoka
Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osita Chidoka has revealed that the main opposition party in the country is in a dilemma over the zoning of presidency to any region as the race to the 2023 general polls intensifies. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today which […]
Africa Today News, New York Magazine (February Edition) Pt 5
Continued from Pt 4 SPORTS TOP 5 REMARKABLE STORIES THAT STUNNED SPORT FANS IN 2021. The year 2021, proved to be a very eventful year in the world of sports as it gave us the good, the bad and the ugly. A quick run-down through some of the most memorable moments will show us that. […]
Africa Today News, New York Magazine (February Edition) Pt 4
Continued from Pt 3. FEATURES Nigeria’s Imminent Population Explosion According to data recently made public by Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics, no fewer than 83 million Nigerians are currently living in abject poverty. Perhaps the question many policy makers have not been asking is how does Nigeria intend to pull these millions out of poverty […]
Under Pressure Mali Pleads For Economic Sanctions Lifting
Mali’s government yesterday appealed to the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to lift sanctions that will have severe consequences for the population. Africa Today News, New York recalls that West Africa’s 15-nation ECOWAS bloc and the UEMOA regional monetary union both imposed sanctions on Mali on Jan. 9 after the military junta that […]
ASUU Provides Fresh Update On Planned Nationwide Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that its National Executive Council will meet at the University of Lagos on February 12 and 13 to decide its next line of actions as regards its plans to go on an industrial action. According to the union, if nothing is done by the Federal Government […]
Nigeria Living On Borrowed Time – Sanusi
The former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has declared that Nigeria ‘is currently living on extra time’ and that anything can happen any moment from now if care is not taken. He made the assertion while speaking in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Monday, at a reception marking the 80th birthday of Babanla […]
Why I Want My Body Cremated After Death, Femi Kuti Explains
Popular Afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti, has explained why he would like for his remains to be cremated when he dies. Speaking at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos on Sunday, Femi Kuti submitted that cremation is the most hygienic way of disposing a dead person. ‘When I die, please cremate me, burn my body. It […]
How 104 ISWAP Fighters Surrendered To Troops In Borno – Army
No fewer than one hundred and four members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and their families have surrendered to troops, the Nigerian Army has revealed. Africa Today News, New York reports that the army made this disclosure on Monday in a statement made public on its verified Facebook page where it shared […]
Senegal Declares National Holiday To Celebrate AFCON Win
The President of Senegal Macky Sall has declared a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt. Africa Today News, New York gathered that Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip in Egypt and Ethiopia, cancelled […]
Africa Today News, New York Magazine (February Edition) Pt 3
POLITICS Road to 2023: 30 Influential Politicians To Watch Cont’d From part 2 Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal is the current number one citizen in the seat of the caliphate – Sokoto State. He became Governor in 2015 having clinched the position in 2015 using the ticket and then tsunami of the […]
Insecurity: 500 Northerners Killed In 4 Weeks, CNG Laments
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has claimed that no fewer than 500 northerners were killed in Kaduna, Sokoto, Niger and Zamfara States, in a space of just four weeks. CNG National Coordinator, Balarabe Rufa’i, at a press briefing in Abuja, also claimed that community members in the region now pay millions of naira to […]