HIV: Botswana Smashes ‘Historic’ UN Goal Against Virus
Health reports have revealed that Botswana has finally become the second Country in the world, after Eswatini, to hit a landmark UN goal which would be geared towards the eradication of AIDS and this was revealed by some of the researchers said Wednesday, in what health experts hailed as “stellar results”. The country had finally […]
Kano: Gov Ganduje Appoints NAN Editor, Abdullahi Yusuf As SSA
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has finally made an appointment of a former Deputy Editor-In-Chief of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Malam Abdullahi Yusuf, as his Senior Special Assistant on Information in the State. This appointment had been contained in a letter which had been signed by the Permanent Secretary, Research, Evaluation and […]
Death Toll In India’s Poisonous Liquor Consumption Hit 33
More tragedy has hit India as the death toll in the suspected poisonous liquor consumption which had occurred in the Western Indian state of Gujarat has risen to 33. It had also been revealed that more than 45 people who had consumed the poisonous liquor are currently undergoing treatment in Bhavnagar and Ahmedabad hospitals of […]
Remains Of Lieutenant, Six Soldiers Found After Terrorists’ Attack
Fresh reports hitting the desk of Africa Today News, New York has revealed that the remains of the missing in action Lieutenant and six soldiers have finally been recovered by the search and reinforcement team which had been deployed to comb Bwari in the aftermath of the terrorist’s ambush on some of the officers and […]
ASUU: NLC Takes Mega Protest To Nigerian National Assembly
In continuation of their previously announced protest against the Federal Government of Nigeria over the lingering strike by ASUU, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has on Wednesday moved its protest to the National Assembly, Abuja. Before the Labour Union on a protesting rampage had arrived at the Legislative Houses, security had been beefed up with […]
Insecurity: Buhari Is Not Safe From Kidnappers – Buba Galadima
Buba Galadima who is a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that with the lingering insecurity in the country, it won’t be surprising to him if the number one citizen is kidnapped. Galadima was reacting to the insecurity bedeviling the country in an interview with BBC Hausa service which was monitored by Africa […]
Lagos Re-Arraigns OAP For Leaking Chrisland Student’s Sex Tape
The Lagos State Government has re-arraigned an on-air personality, Mr Uche Igwe, popularly known as Darksam, for allegedly sharing the sex tape video of a Chrisland School student on social media. Igwe, aged 40, was re-arraigned on Tuesday before a Magistrate Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos on a fresh one-count charge. The […]
Terrorists Plotting Attacks On Lagos, FCT, Four Others –NSCDC
All its state commands in Nigeria have been placed on alert by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) following intelligence reports that elements of the Boko Haram Terrorists, as well as those of Islamic State West Africa Province ISWAP, have heightened plots to attack the nation’s capital, Abuja and five other states including […]
Violence Breaks Out As Anti-UN Protests Hits DR Congo
No fewer than ten people have been confirmed to have died during protests against a UN peacekeeping force in Butembo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, police, and UN officials have claimed. Africa Today News, New York reports that about seven victims in the eastern city were civilians, and three were UN personnel. Local media […]
Tension As Old Bomb Kills 13 Scrap Scavengers In Borno
No fewer than thirteen scrap-metal collectors in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state were killed on Tuesday when a bomb they excavated blew up, security sources have confirmed. 16 metal scavengers from a camp for displaced people in Bama discovered the device while searching for scrap in some nearby brush. ‘The bomb exploded as they were pushing […]
DSS Shared 44 Intelligence Reports Before Kuje Attack — Wase
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, has claimed that the Department of State Services (DSS) had shared about 44 intelligence reports before Kuje Prisons were attacked. Wase made this known yesterday while speaking on the floor of the green chamber during the plenary. While commenting on a motion sponsored by Abubakar […]
Reps Step Down Motion To Suspend Proposed Ban On Motorcycles
The House of Representatives has put aside a motion that was moved to call on the Federal Government to halt the proposed ban on motorcycles saying that the Executive arm of government must be allowed to fight insecurity without interference. A lawmaker who hails from Jigawa State, Abubakar Yalleman, had moved the motion on Tuesday […]