Osinbajo Jets Out To Liberia For 200th-Year Celebration
The Vice President of Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo has departed Abuja for Monrovia, Liberia, to represent the President, Muhammadu Buhari, at the official launch of the year-long commemoration of the country’s 200 years Anniversary. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, made this revelation in a statement he signed […]
ASUU Declares One-Month Warning Strike, Blames FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a one-month warning strike following the failure of the Federal Government to meet its demands. While announcing this decision at a press conference on Monday after a two-day meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC). the President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke stressed that the […]
Igboho Files $1M Suit Against Benin Rep For Unlawful Detention
Self acclaimed Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has dragged Republic of Benin to the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) demanding the sum of $1 million suit against as cost of general damages for each day he has spent in incarceration in the country. […]
Four Missing Afghan Women Activists Finally Released, Says UN
Four female activists in Afghanistan have been released by the country’s ‘de facto authorities’ following weeks of going missing, the United Nations has confirmed. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) took to Twitter to announce that, ‘After a long period of uncertainty about their whereabouts and safety, the four ‘disappeared’ Afghan women activists, […]
2023: No Igbo Politician Deserves To Seek Election — Ohanaeze
Apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide has submitted that no Igbo governor or senator deserves to seek election in 2023 over their their failure to confront the dreaded IPOB sit-at-home order that was hijacked by criminals who unleashed terror against Ndigbo over the last one year. Ohanaeze made this known in a statement which […]
North Can’t Afford To Disappoint Tinubu – Sen Shettima
A former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima, has disclosed that the time is ripe for the North to support the presidential ambition of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Speaking on Sunday, Shettima, who was one of the three governors of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party […]
Sheikh Gumi’s Residence Gutted By Fire In Kaduna
The residence of popular Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has been gutted by fire in very unclear circumstances. The cause of the fire outbreak is not known as at the time of filing this report, however, a source who pleaded anonymity, told newsmen that the fire started at the section of the Islamiyya School […]
Ahmadu Bello’s Grandson, Danbaba Reported Dead
The Grandson of the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Mr Hassan Danbaba was on Saturday confirmed dead. Danbaba, who was aged 50, died in Kaduna after he slumped in his hotel located in the State capital on Saturday morning. The deceased was said to be in Kaduna to condole with the former […]
No Zoning In Nigeria’s Constitution, Atiku Declares
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the call on the Peoples Democratic Party to zone its presidential ticket to a particular region of the country, stressing that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria does not recognise it and such cannot be enforced. Atiku, made this assertions while speaking at a […]
Terrorists Kill Six In Zamfara Community, Residents Flee
No fewer than six persons were reportedly killed yesterday following a fresh attack by suspected terrorists at Rogoji community in Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Zamfara State police command on Friday disclosed that an assessment of the development is currently ongoing. Africa Today News, New York gathered that Rogoji community is about two […]
FIFA Issues Approval To Ademola Lookman’s Switch To Nigeria
World football Governing body, FIFA has approved Ademola Lookman’s switch from England to Nigeria following his decision to change nationality. Africa Today News, New York recalls that Lukman was unable to play for the Super Eagles at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, because he was yet to get clearance from the world football governing […]
12 Confirmed Dead As Farmers, Herders Clash In Chad
No fewer than twelve people have been killed in southern Chad following clashes between herders and farmers in the region which is believed to have frequently witnessed ethnic friction over land. The development was made reported by local authorities around the area on Friday. ‘A herder who was moving his animals was killed by farmers on […]