Eid el Fitr: IPAC Celebrates Muslims, Analyses 2023 Elections
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on Sunday congratulated Muslims on this year’s Eid El Fitr celebration. IPAC in a statement by its National Chairman, Yabagi Sani, appealed to stakeholders in the nation’s democracy project to close ranks and work assiduously towards unfettered success of the forthcoming elections. The council said that all narrow, self-centered and […]
Love From Nigerians Aided My Recovery – Cancer Survivor
Miss Ada Obute, a cancer survivor and undergraduate, on Sunday said that love and support by families and friends of cancer patients and other distressed people would play a huge role in their recovery. Obute also said that support and love for one another would enable Nigerians to overcome personal and collective challenges. She spoke […]
Labour Day: Women Journalists Call For Improved Welfare
Chairperson of the Lagos chapter of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Mrs Adeola Ekini on Sunday called for improved welfare for journalists, and other workers in the nation. Ekini, in an interview said that inflation had affected the nation’s minimum wage making it difficult for workers to cope with the skyrocketing prices of […]
Eid-el-Fitri: Police Deploy Personnel To Worship Centres In Osun
The police command in Osun on Sunday deployed personnel to worship centres, nooks and crannies of the state for the protection of lives and property of residents ahead of the Eid-el-Fitri. This is contained in a statement by SP Yemisi Opalola, Osun Police Command Spokesperson, on Saturday in Osogbo. Read Also: Eid-el-Fitri: FG Declares Wednesday, […]
9 Detained Over Links With Building Collapse In China
Police in central China on Sunday evening announced the detention of no fewer than nine people over a collapsed building, even as increasingly desperate rescuers continue to comb the debris for any survivors. The said collapsed building, in Changsha city, housed a hotel, apartments, and a cinema. Africa Today News, New York reports that it […]
Kenya And Morocco Announce Plans To Increase Minimum Wage
The governments of Morocco and Kenya have concluded plans to increase their minimum wage to reflect present realities particularly inflation and weak purchasing power. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta while speaking at Labour Day celebrations in Nairobi on Sunday disclosed that a rise of 12% was necessary to help workers cope with a surge in consumer […]
EU Working Towards Russian Oil Ban By Year-End – Diplomats
Two EU diplomats have asserted that the European Union is leaning towards a ban on imports of Russian oil by the end of the year after talks between the European Commission and EU member States which held this weekend. Africa Today News, New York gathered that the European Union is preparing a sixth package of […]
Scrap, Reverse Electricity Privatisation NLC Urges FG
The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to scrap and reverse the electricity privatization exercise that is presently in place in the country, advising the federal government to take advantage of the five-year review window provided in the Electricity Sector Privatisation Reform Act, which is already overdue. The President of the […]
2023 Kano Youths Issue 7-Day Ultimatum To GEJ To Declare
Hundreds of youths over the weekend held a parade across key streets in Kano’s old city where they gave former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, a seven-day Ultimatum to proclaim his intention to run for the presidency in 2023. Africa Today News, New York gathered that this came was coming even as an organisation threatened to […]
Educationists Blames Parents For Delinquency In Schools
Some educationists in Northeastern Nigeria have ascribed the spate of early delinquency in schools and societal decay to the failure of parents to ensure proper discipline and moral upbringing of their children from their homes and respective families. A cross section of the educationists who spoke in separate interviews with newsmen in Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, […]
Pelosi Visits Kyiv, Backs Zelensky In ‘Fight For Freedom’
The Speaker of the US House of representatives, Nancy Pelosi on Sunday voiced support for Ukraine’s ‘fight for freedom’ at a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky on a visit to Kyiv, US and Ukrainian have confirmed. According to official statements, Pelosi told Zelensky that, ‘We believe that we are visiting you to say thank you […]
Anxiety As Denmark Claims Russia Plane Breached Airspace
The Danish government on Sunday disclosed that it had summoned Russia’s ambassador after a Russian spy plane allegedly violated its airspace over the weekend. Africa Today News, New York gathered that the plane allegedly entered Danish airspace on Friday evening east of the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm before flying into Swedish airspace, the government said. […]