Costa Rica 2022: Nigeria To Face France, Canada and Korea Republic
Nigeria’s Falconets have been drawn alongside France, Canada and Korea Republic in Group C of the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup scheduled for Costa Rica in August. Also, at Thursday’s draw held at the Teatro Nacional in the central American country’s capital city of San Jose, title-holders Spain were placed in Group A. They have […]
CVR Update: Fresh Registration Hits 8.8m – lNEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registrants in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) have hit 8,855,996 as at May 2. The commission, in its weekly update released for Quarter Four, week three in Abuja on Thursday, also said that 5,415,619 completed their registration. It noted that 2,379,063 did online registration, while […]
Nigerian Students Ready To Do Anything To End Strike – NANS
The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Asefon has claimed that the union is prepared to hit do everything humanly possible to end the strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Mr Asefon made the comment while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. According to Mr Asefon, the […]
Afenifere Tackles Buhari Over Sallah Message
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to end the rhetoric and start matching his words with action regarding various indices of governance, particularly security which has severely deteriorated under his watch. The group in a release signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi which was obtained by Africa Today News, […]
Queen Elizabeth II To Miss Summer Garden Parties – Palace
Queen Elizabeth II, who has cut down on public appearances due to poor health and old age, will not attend this summer’s royal garden parties, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Thursday raising concerns. Africa Today News, New York reports that prior to this year, every summer, up to three parties take place with invited members of […]
OPEC Increases Nigeria’s Oil Production Quota For June
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has raised Nigeria’s oil production quota from the 1.735 million barrels per day (mbpd) target approved in May 2022 to a new target of 1.772mbpd for June 2022 following recent developments in the energy market. A statement issued on Thursday said OPEC took the decision at its […]
Anxiety As New Ebola Case Is Confirmed In DR Congo
A new case of Ebola was on Friday morning confirmed in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing the total number of confirmed cases to three, since the 14th Ebola outbreak was declared in the country in late April. This is according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Congolese Health Ministry confirmed […]
Release Kanu, Igbo Youths In Detention, Ohanaeze Begs Buhari
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to release the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, and all Igbo youths in detention over the agitation for Biafra. Ohanaeze President General, Ambassador George Obiozor, made the call in his opening address at the ongoing Imeobi of […]
Mark Zuckerberg Rolls Out New WhatsApp Reactions
Meta chief, Mark Zuckerberg has announced the rolling out of new WhatsApp features following last month’s announcement of that the company would add the Reactions features to its Communities. Africa Today News, New York reports that the new WhatsApp Reactions will allow users to give reactions to messages quickly. After months of anticipation, the WhatsApp […]
Zelenskyy Institutes Crowdfunding Platform To Help Win War
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has launched a global crowdfunding platform to help Kyiv win the war with Russia and rebuild his country’s destroyed infrastructure. Speaking Zelenskyy in English in a video he posted on his Twitter page, he said; ‘In one click, you can donate funds to protect our defenders, to save our civilians and […]
Texas Pastor Paul Moten Drags Kanye West To Court Over Sermon
A Texas minister David Paul Moten has dragged Kanye West, to court alleging the rapper, producer and entrepreneur used a recording of one of his sermons without permission in the song ‘Come to Life.’ Dallas County, Texas, pastor David Paul Moten sued West, his label Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), and its subsidiaries Def Jam Recordings […]
Death Toll In Chinese Building Collapse Rises To 26
The number of people confirmed dead after a building in China collapsed has risen to 26, state media confirmed on Thursday, nearly a week after the block containing apartments, a hotel and a cinema caved in. Africa Today News, New York had earlier reported that the affected commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province — […]