PDP Will Reclaim Ebonyi Governorship Seat, Wike Vows
The Governor Rivers State, Nyesome Wike on Saturday asserted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will stop at nothing to reclaim the Ebonyi governorship seat following the defection of the Governor, David Umahi to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Wike maintained that despite the initial comments by Governor Umahi to disparage the judiciary, the […]
Record 81 Executed In One Day For Terrorism In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia yesterday disclosed that it executed a record 81 people in one day for a variety of terrorism-related offences, exceeding the total number it sentenced to death in total last year. According to a report by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), all the convicts had been ‘found guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes’. […]
Strike: ASUU Set To hold Emergency NEC Meeting Today
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would today (Sunday) hold an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja to take a position on the next line of action following the expiration of their four weeks warning strike. Africa Today News, New York gathered that the emergency NEC meeting would deliberate on the outcome of […]
Russian Demands Threaten To Thwart Iran Nuclear Talks
Last-minute Russian demands related to the war going on in Ukraine threatened to derail the near-complete process of reviving the Iran nuclear deal yesterday as the EU announced negotiations would be now be paused. EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell in a tweet on Sunday morning, tweeted that the pause was ‘due to external factors,’ despite […]
Elections: President Kenyatta Endorses Former Arch-Rival
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday endorsed his former arch-rival for the country’s number one job, weeks after their parties joined forces ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in August. Speaking to a cheering crowd numbering thousands in the capital Nairobi on Saturday, Kenyatta declared; ‘We have chosen Raila Odinga without any opposition to be […]
2023: RCCG Will Face Moral Crisis Over Osinbajo -Dele Momodu
Ovation Magazine chief, Dele Momodu, on Saturday sent out a warning to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), saying it might face moral crisis if it supports Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the Presidential ambition which he’s allegedly nursing. Africa Today News, New York had earlier reported that the RCCG which is presently headed by […]
APC Shifts Zonal Congresses To Convention Day
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the postponement of its zonal congresses earlier slated for next Saturday disclosing that it will now hold on March 26, 2022, simultaneously with the party’s national convention. Addressing a press conference on Friday in Abuja, member of the Caretaker Committee and current spokesman for the party, Barrister Ismaeel […]
Portugal Detains Rabbi Over Abramovich Naturalisation
Prosecutors in Portugal have detained a rabbi and carried out a number of incursions over the naturalisation process of a number of Jewish people, including Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea football club. Portugal’s Public Prosecution Service had on Friday disclosed that it has detained the leader of Porto’s Jewish community, Daniel Litvak, […]
How ₦1.5B Was Transferred From Ministry Account To FFK –EFCC
The trial of a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode yesterday recommenced at the Federal High Court Lagos with an Investigating Officer, of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr. Shehu Shuaibu, narrating to the court how the sum of ₦1.5 billion was fraudulently transferred from the Ministry of External Affairs account to Joint Trust […]
Britain Announces New Sanctions On 386 Russians
Britain on Friday announced that she has imposed fresh sanctions on about 386 Russians, with all of them being members of Russia’s lower house of parliament. The UK also disclosed that it would seek to ban the export of luxury goods to Russia as a way of increase diplomatic pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
Confusion As India ‘Accidentally’ Fires Missile Into Pakistan
India’s military ‘accidentally’ fired a missile into neighbouring Pakistan, according to a statement from New Delhi’s defence even as she insisted that it was ‘deeply regrettable’. Africa Today News, New York reports that the Hindu-majority India and Muslim Pakistan have actually fought three wars since independence from British colonial rule in 1947, with both of […]
Chelsea Accounts Frozen As Sanctions Take Effect
Chelsea football club have had several accounts and credit cards suspended temporarily as a result of the sanctions imposed on club owner Roman Abramovich earlier in the week by the UK government. Africa Today News, New York recalls that Russian-born billionaire Abramovich had on Thursday seen all his British assets frozen barring Chelsea, with the […]