At Least 7 Policemen Killed After Peace Deal In Colombia
According to reports reaching Africa Today News, New York, no fewer than seven police officers have been a victim of an explosion and gunfire incident which erupted in Colombia. It was gathered that their car slammed a road mine while it was departing a social gathering in Huila’s southwestern department, resulting in an explosion that […]
Deep Pockets Give Chelsea And Man Utd ‘Advantage’ – Conte
The coach of Tottenham Hotspurs, Antonio Conte has finally opened up about his fears of Chelsea and Manchester United’s massive spending sprees which he had reiterated had finally given them a “big and better advantage” over Tottenham in the fight for top four places in the Premier League. Conte who had already gotten his wish […]
Russia Finally Halts Gas Supplies To Germany, Blocks Pipe
The Russian government has put out an open statement that stated that it has actually halted all gas deliveries which were being made to Germany through a key pipeline for an indefinite period after announcing on Friday that it had found problems in a key piece of equipment, a new development that will worsen Europe’s […]
Niger Govt Announces Dissolution Of Okada Taskforce
In a fresh directive to further compliment security in the State, the Niger State Government has finally announced that they are going to be disbanding the State’s taskforce which had been slated to handle the activities of all the commercial motorcycles in the state with effect from 30th August, 2022 to enhance service delivery to […]
Northern Elders Bemoan Buhari’s Delay In Overhauling Security
Some of the stakeholders and elders from the Northern part of Nigeria have openly expressed their heartfelt worries over the terrible state of insecurity in the Country while they had also reiterated that they are completly disturbed that the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has not actually taken any proactive steps in order to make sure […]
Arrogance, Ingratitude Will Destroy You, Wike Blasts Ayu
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has slammed the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, for showing ‘ingratitude’ and ‘arrogance’ after he was assisted to get the seat of the national chairmanship of the party. The governor while speaking during the commissioning of Omerelu Internal roads in the Ikwerre Local […]
Tobacco Companies Accused Of Tax Evasion In Africa
Recent investigations have shown that tobacco multinationals have been involved in a $88.6 billion in tax evasion, fraud, and illegal financial transactions within Africa – this discovery has led to a further probe into the case by relevant authorities. The research provided profiles of the top tobacco firms in South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, […]
PDP Crisis: Bode George Defends Wike, Lambast ‘Immature’ Ayu
Amidst the ongoing crisis in the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has asserted that going by the recent utterances of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, he is immature. George, a former Military Governor of Ondo State, made this assertion […]
Fresh Outbreak: China Locks Down 21 Million People In Chengdu
Officials in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on Friday announced a lockdown of its 21.2 million residents and four days of citywide testing following an outbreak of COVID-19 cases. In a statement which was sighted by Africa Today News, New York Chengdu city officials said city residents must ‘stay home in principle” from 6 […]
39 Nigerian Students Awarded Full Scholarships By Japan Govt
No fewer than 39 Nigerian students have received fully funded scholarships from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), offering them the chance to work in Japanese businesses and contribute their skills to the development of Nigeria. This was made known on Thursday in Abuja during the send-off of the awardees by Mr. Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, the […]
98m Children Still Out Of School In Sub-Sahara Africa —UNESCO
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has announced that new data available to it clearly shows that no fewer than 98 million children and youth between the ages of six and 18 worldwide are still out of school in Sub-Sahara Africa. Africa Today News, New York reports that this is even as the new […]
NIS Reacts To Allegations Of Discriminatory Passport Charges
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has debunked a report of alleged discriminatory charges for Passport, insisting that the charges for the document are the same across the country contrary to the reports which went viral on social media. The reaction is contained in the Service verified Twitter handle, on Friday which was sighted by Africa […]