Call For Buratai’s Investigation: HURIWA Blasts PDP
While reacting to the calls by the PDP to probe former COAS, Buratai over corruption charges, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has on Monday, taken the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the cleaners for asking President Muhammadu Buhari to recall the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd) for […]
Jubilation As Jigawa Govt Pays ₦1.2bn To 550 Retirees
The Jigawa State Government in collaboration with the Local Government Contributory Pension Scheme Board in the State has announced that it has disbursed over ₦1.2 billion pension entitlements to 550 retirees. Alhaji Kamilu Aliyu who is the Executive Secretary of the board had made this disclosure while he was briefing newsmen in Dutse on Monday. […]
$1m Fine: Wimbledon Announces Plan To Appeal Russia Ban
The Wimbledon stakeholders have confirmed on Monday that they will be taking serious measures to fully make an appeal against a $1 million fine which was slammed on them by the WTA women’s tour for taking measures to fully ban Russian and Belarusian players from this year’s tournament. The All England Club had slammed the […]
Independence Day: Putin Refuses To Congratulate President Biden
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin has declared that he will not be sending any congratulatory messages to his United States counterpart Joe Biden on Independence Day this year due to the country’s “unfriendly” policy towards Russia and the amount of sanctions which they have slammed on them for their conflict with Ukraine. Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry […]
Christian Persecution In Nigeria: FG Replies US Senators
The Federal Government of Nigeria has on Monday openly condemned the call which had been made by five of the United States Republican Senators who had been asking for the redesignation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern because of alleged incessant persecution of Christians by the government and other factors of insecurity. The […]
Pandemonium As Gunmen Abduct Two Catholic Priests In Edo
Some yet-to-be-identified Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped two Catholic priests in Edo State, as the abduction of clergymen in the country continues to heighten. The incident was confirmed by Police authorities in the state on Sunday. It was reported to have occurred around Ehor and Iruekpen communities along the Benin-Auchi Expressway. In a statement which was made […]
2023: Why Northerners Cannot Vote Obi As President -Kwankwaso
A former Governor of Kano State and presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has revealed why he believes that the electorate in the North won’t vote for the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, should the latter be the candidate of the proposed NNPP-LP alliance for the 2023 […]
19 Killed In Pakistan Bus Crash
No fewer than 19 people have been confirmed dead and 14 others injured after a bus plunged into a ravine near a small town in Pakistan’s west, an official disclosed on Sunday. The bus skidded off a slippery road very close to Danisar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as it was en route to Quetta from […]
No Zone Can Produce President Alone, Afenifere Group Insists
As the alignments for the next general elections continue, the Afenifere Renewal Group has appealed politicians from the South West to do their best work with the remaining five geo-political zones to actualise the presidential ambition of a former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 general elections, insisting that no zone cam […]
Governor Ortom’s Convoy Involved In Accident In Abuja
The convoy of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom was on Sunday was involved in a road accident in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja although no serious casualties were recorded. This development was made known by the governor’s Special Adviser, Media, and Publicity, Terver Akase in a statement that was forwarded to Africa Today News, New […]
Hong Kong Lawmaker Tests Covid-19 Positive After Meeting Xi
A Hong Kong lawmaker who was one of those who posed for a group photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the leader’s visit to the financial hub this week on Sunday has confirmed that he has since tested positive for coronavirus. Xi hadpaid a visit to Hong Kong to commemorate the 25th anniversary of […]
Ondo: NAFDAC Seals Up Over 10 Water Production Factories
Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York have revealed that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has given out some directive to seal up over 10 packaged water companies in Ondo State over their non-compliance with the regulation and standards. Mr Benu Philip who is the […]