Ekiti Polls: We Didn’t Buy Votes, APC’s Oyebanji Insists
The governor-elect of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, has debunked the allegation of vote-buying against the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded governorship election in the state. He insisted that neither he nor the ruling party were involved in vote-buying, claiming that they canvassed the electorate for votes, which resulted to their election triumph. […]
2023: Our Constitution Does Not Recognise ‘Placeholders’– INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed the concept of ‘placeholder’ or dummy vice presidential candidate as done by political parties, adding that it has no place in the constitution of Nigeria. INEC had set June 17 as the deadline for the nomination of vice-presidential candidates once the presidential primaries were completed. Some candidates, […]
Lebanon Threatens To Expel Syrian Refugees, Calls For Action
Prime Minister Najib Mikati stated on Monday that if the international community does not act to repatriate Syrian refugees, Lebanon will be forced to evict them. Lebanon, which is suffering from its worst-ever economic crisis, has the world’s greatest number of refugees, with the government estimating that Syrians make up over a quarter of the […]
Japan Court Reiterates Ban On Same-Sex Marriage
A Japanese court on Monday ruled that the country’s decision not to recognise same-sex marriage is constitutional, in a setback for activists after a landmark verdict, last year found the opposite. Three same-sex couples’ claims were denied by a district court in western Japan’s Osaka as part of a series of lawsuits brought by activists […]
DR Congo Rebels Force Open Border Post With Uganda
Local sources have confirmed that rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday declared the reopening of a border post between the DRC and Uganda that they had taken on June 13, as fighting raged further west. The M23 rebel group, which Kinshasa accuses Kigali of supporting, has heightened tensions between the Democratic Republic […]
Insolvent Sri Lanka Opens IMF Talks, Commences Shutdown
Troubled Sri Lanka on Monday closed schools and halted non-essential government services, as they began a two-week shutdown to conserve fast-depleting fuel reserves as the IMF opened talks with Colombo on a possible bailout. The 22-million-strong country is in the midst of its worst economic crisis in decades, having ran out of foreign cash to […]
‘Create Jobs For Nigerians’, Buhari Urges Private Sector
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has called on members of the organised private sector to do more in the area of creation for job seekers in the country and to ensure job retention. Buhari made this appeal in a goodwill message to the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) at the maiden edition of the […]
2023: How Tinubu Picked His Running Mate, APC Chair Reveals
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has asserted that the Presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu chose a Vice-presidential candidate after ‘careful’ legal consultations. Adamu made this assertion on Monday while speaking with State House correspondents after accompanying the Governor-elect of Ekiti, Biodun Oyebanji, on a visit to President […]
Kidnapped Train Passengers In Grave Danger – Negotiator
The lead negotiator who mediated and successfully secured the release of 11 victims of the March train attack by terrorists, whose name has been given as Malam Tukur Mamu, has revealed that the remaining victims in captivity may die in weeks due to constant snake bites and other life-threatening illnesses. Mamu went on to appeal […]
IEA Declares That Africa Needs $25bn For Full Electricity Access
In a fresh report vetted by the organisation, the International Energy Agency (IEA) openly reported that nearly 600 million people or 43 percent of the continent’s population actually lacked access to electricity and most of these affected areas are in the sub-Saharan Africa. It has also been reported that the number of Africans with access […]
Attack On Journalists: Gov Sanwo-Olu Orders Investigation
Babajide Sanwo-Olu who is the Lagos State Governor has openly ordered for an investigation into Sunday’s attack which was carried out on a bus conveying journalists on Lagos Island. The dramatic incident had occurred between Ebute-Ero and Adeniji, Iga-Iduganran, during the APC presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s visit to the palace of the Oba of […]
Ekiti Guber: British High Commission Mulls For Investigation
Fresh reports hiiting the desk of Africa Today News, New York have revealed that the British High Commission reported that there were much more commendable improvements in the Ekiti State governorship election which was held last Saturday while expressing the willingness of the government of the United Kingdom to keep putting up implementations to collaborate […]