Russia To Start Key Military Drills With China, Others
Russia announced that it will conduct extensive military exercises with Chinese soldiers to highlight the growing defense cooperation between Moscow and Beijing amidst the conflict in Ukraine. According to the Russian defense ministry, the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) drill will take place from September 1 to 7 in a range of locations in Russia’s far […]
Petrol Subsidy Will Be Removed In June 2023 – FG
Ahead of the 2023 budget presentation, the Federal Government has reiterated that petrol subsidy will remain in place until sometime in June 2023. According to the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, the government is proposing to spend only ₦3.36 trillion for petrol subsidy in 2023. She made this known while meeting with the House of […]
2023: I Know The President Who Can Rescue Nigeria – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has claimed that some politicians in the race for votes to win the 2023 presidential election do not mean well for the country but are out to milk the country. The governor stressed that he is in a very privileged position to know better, and would tell Nigerians who they […]
Moqtada Al-Sadr: Chaos In Iraqi Capital, 15 Dead
Reports reaching Africa Today News, New York have it that as fighting between Iraqi security forces and proponents of an influential Shia cleric persisted in Baghdad throughout the night, at least 15 individuals were killed. Following Muqtada al-supporters Sadr’s storming the presidential palace, authorities said that several more individuals suffered injuries. With Mr. Sadr’s announcement […]
Mummified Corpses: Edo Police Releases Details Of Probe
The Edo State Police Command has disclosed that the building where mummified bodies were recently discovered in the state can not pass for a morgue, as the principal suspect, Gabriel Otu, has no approval to operate such, noting that a severed body at the facility showed there was more happening at the place than claimed. […]
Germany Concludes Plan To Receive Gas From France By October
Germany’s energy regulator has disclosed that the country is set to receive natural gas from France by October, as Europe’s biggest economy tries to re-orient its energy supplies away from Russian sources. Federal Network Agency President, Klaus Müller asserted on Monday that ‘intensive talks are being held with France.’ He pointed out that France at […]
2023: I Will Do What’s Right, Not What’s Convenient – Tinubu
Ahead of next year’s general elections, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu has submitted that his style of governance when he becomes president in the forthcoming elections will be to do what is right for Nigerians and not what is comfortable for them. He went on to call on […]
Ruling Party In Angola Wins President Polls For Second Term
The recently concluded Presidential polls in Angola has revealed the MPLA party had been declared the winner of the closely fought election which would also be extending its decades-long rule in the oil-rich country thereby giving President Joao Lourenco a second term in office as President. Some of the Official results which had been announced […]
FG Releases ₦6.25bn For Cattle Ranches In Katsina State
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that it has actually released ₦6.25billion for the establishment of some more cattle ranches in local councils which have been affected by banditry in Katsina State. The Deputy Governor of Katsina State, Mannir Yakubu had made the announcement on Monday. Read Also: Bandits Invade Katsina Communities, Kill 3, […]
el-Rufai Comes Under Fire Over Anti-ASUU Comments
Following a recent statement from him in which he blasted ASUU for their strike action while calling them a useless union, a cross-section of Nigerians has openly criticised the son of Kaduna state Governor, Basir el-Rufai for referring to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU as a useless union. Bashir, in a recent tweet […]
Labour Party Denounces Peter Obi’s Imo Campaign Coordinator
Reports reaching Africa Today News, New York has it that the Labour Party’s leadership has issued a statement dismissing any involvement with the activities of Fabian Ihekweme, the Imo State Coordinator for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation. In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, the party’s national publicity secretary Arabambi Abayomi accused the controversial […]
Cut Down On Gas Price Or Face Awful Winters – Minister To EU
The energy minister in Belgium on Monday issued a strong warning that if prices for natural gas are not brought down, the EU will be prone to experiencing ‘five to ten’ ‘terrible’ winters. Africa Today News, New York reports that at the moment, there are urgent calls for a curb on gas prices across the […]