China’s Population Declines For First Time In Over 60 Years
The population of China shrank last year for the first time in no fewer than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the birth rate slows in the face of mounting financial pressures and shifting social attitudes. Africa Today News, New York reports that the world’s most populous country is facing a looming demographic crisis […]
Buhari Lambasts Nigerians Who Use Religion For Politics
Barely five weeks to the February 25th Nigerian Presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, accused some Nigerians of using religion to foster their economic and political agenda. According to him, only the continuous education of a large number of citizens has what it takes to expose such people. According to a statement signed late […]
Palestinian Killed By Israeli Troops After Alleged Attack
Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that Israeli soldiers, yesterday shot dead a Palestinian man after he allegedly fired at troops in the occupied West Bank, medical and military officials said. The Palestinian health ministry said Hamdi Abu Dayyeh, 40, was killed ‘by Israeli occupation bullets’ in the southern […]
DSS Breaks Silence On Invading CBN, Arresting Emefiele
The Department of State Security Services (DSS), has denied viral reports making the rounds on social media that its operatives invaded the office of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Africa Today News, New York reports that there have been several reports that the operatives of the secret police invaded the CBN […]
Gender Law: Scotland Warns Of Possible Showdown With UK
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Monday warned London against any bid to block a controversial Scottish gender recognition law, adding her devolved government is prepared to ‘rigorously’ defend its powers all the way to the UK’s top court. Less than two months after the Scottish National Party (SNPplans )’s to stage a second independence […]
Why It’s Risky To Hand Over Nigeria To Obi Or Tinubu – Atiku
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday said it would be too risky for Nigerians to hand over their future to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, or that of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, in next month’s election. According to former Senate President […]
2023: Obi Drags Obi To Court Over Alleged Dual Citizenship
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi is currently facing a fresh disqualification suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged possession of dual citizenship of two countries. Obi was dragged before the Court by another political party, the National Rescue Movement (NRM) which among others, alleged that the […]
Over 25m Nigerians At Risk Of Facing Hunger In 2023 –Report
A scalding report has been released by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and Cadre Harmonisé revealing that over 25 million Nigerians will experience food insecurity between June and August, this year if urgent measures are not taken to address the trend. The figure is a projected increase from the over 17 million people currently […]
2023 Election: I Will Fight Till The Last Day – Wike
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike on Monday declared that the forthcoming 2023 general election in the state would be a crucial moment that the electorate will use to decide against those who hate the state. The governor stated that the election would be a fight to finish and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
Nigeria Currently Captive To An Elite Gang-Up – Peter Obi
Ahead of next month’s presidential election in Nigeria, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi has alluded to the presence of a small group of nepotistic politicians holding Nigeria captive for their interests. Obi made this assertion while speaking yesterday in his opening address at Chatham House in London, stressing that the […]
Peru Protests: I Will Not Resign, President Boluarte Declares
Amid growing tensions, the President of Peru, Dina Boluarte has insisted she will not step down following another day of protests and roadblocks across the country saw calls for her resignation and the arrest of a trade union leader with alleged links to Maoist rebels. Africa Today News, New York reports that supporters of removed […]
Putin Raises Alarm Over Western Arms Deliveries To Ukraine
Russian President, Vladimir Putin yesterday berated Kyiv’s ‘destructive’ policies and growing Western arms supplies to Ukraine in a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin has confirmed. Putin claimed that Kyiv was currently pursuing ‘a destructive line’ and that it had “bet on the intensification of hostilities with the support of […]