China Set To Send Troops To Russia For ‘Joint Military Drills’
Beijing’s defence ministry has announced that Chinese troops are set to travel to Russia to take part in joint military drills. Africa Today News, New York reports that Beijing and Moscow have shared close defence links and China has continued to hint that it wants to push bilateral relations ‘to a higher level,’ even as […]
Obasanjo Appeals To Owu People To Support New Olowu
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday encouraged residents of Owu Kingdom in Ogun state to support the new ruler of the old town. Following the Coronation of the new Monarch, Obasanjo, the Balogun of Owu Kingdom, made supplication to the Almighty saying that he doesn’t want to witness a new Olowu of Owu […]
PDP Miscalculated By Not Zoning To South East – APC Chairman
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu has asserted that the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party goofed by not zoning its ticket to the South East. The former Senator clarified that it was true that he initially announced that Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, however, he announced him as a consensus candidate because […]
Imo Govt Not Owing Salaries, Uzodinma Insists
The Governor Hope Uzodinma-led Imo State has insisted that contrary to widely held insinuations, the state government is up to date with the payment of salaries of workers in the state. This was made known by the state commissioner for finance and coordinating economy, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite. She further went on to stress that the […]
What Obasanjo, Tinubu Discussed During Meeting — Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has provided insight as to what exactly transpired during the meeting between former president Olusegun Obasanjo and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Gbajabiamila gave this insight in a statement he made public on Thursday after holding […]
Congolese Badly Divided Over Burundi Troops In Troubled East
The nature of deployment of several troops from Burundi to help bring under control several rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east has left the local people in the area largely divided, with some fiercely opposed but others giving a cautious welcome. Africa Today News, New York gathered that Burundian forces had on […]
Power Sector: NASENI Signs Pact With Chinese Firm
Information reaching Africa Today News, New York at the moment has it that to achieve industrialisation via economic diversification, the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI has announced that it has entered an agreement with China Great Wall Industry Corporation to develop a transformer manufacturing facility in Nigeria. According to Mr. Olusegun Ayeoyenikan, […]
Buhari Calls For Removal Of Explosive Remnants In North-East
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management and other relevant agencies immediately move to address the threats currently posed by explosive remnants in the North East. The President issued this order yesterday while speaking on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day 2022 in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Buhari […]
How FG Spends ₦18.397bn Daily On Petrol Subsidy – Minister
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed was on Thursday grilled by the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Petroleum Products Subsidy Regime from 2013 to 2022 over payments of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) by the Federal Government where she gave subsidy figures. According to Ahmed, the […]
Real Reason Jonathan’s Almajiri Programme Failed – Adamu
Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has asserted that the Almajiri schools programme which was instituted in the North by the Goodluck Jonathan administration actually failed because it was not properly implemented and not because the North hates education. Africa Today News, New York recalls Jonathan had sometime in February this year pointed out that […]
Thousands Protest Over Deadly Military Rule In Sudan
Some of the Sudanese security forces had on Thursday fired tear gas canisters at thousands of protesters who had taken to the streets in Sudan to openly demand for better civilian rule after last year’s military coup which tore the country apart. Some of the protesters had been seen in the capital Khartoum carrying Sudanese […]
I’ll Leave Office A Happy Man, Move Without Escorts – Wike
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has revealed that he is going to be leaving his office as a happy man come 2023 due to his policies that he has achieved. Wike had also noted expansively that he is actually happy to be leaving office at this time because his administration has not disgraced the […]