Fuel, Cash Scarcity: Angry Youths Shutdown Ondo, Ogun, Edo
Commercial activities were grounded on Tuesday in parts of Ondo, Ogun, and Edo states over new naira notes and fuel scarcity as the anger in the land continues to build up. Africa Today News, New York gathered that a number of angr youths set up bonfires on the road while also blocking major roads over […]
Naira Scarcity: Nigerians Close To Breaking Point – NLC
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has bemoaned the level of hardship workers and Nigerians are currently experiencing in the country due to scarcity of the naira and petrol. Wabba pointed out that the NLC was restraining itself from taking drastic steps that may sabotage the February 2023 general elections. The labour leader […]
I Want To Win Champions League, Osimhen Declares
Nigerian international Victor Osimhen and his manager at Napoli, Luciano Spalletti have set a Champions League target following their impressive run in the 2022/23 Serie A season. The Partenopei are on course to win their first Scudetto in 33 years and enjoy 13 points lead at the top of the standings, won 18 of their […]
Pandemonium As Air Force Jet Crash-Lands At Lagos Airport
An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force maritime patrol on Monday evening made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Africa Today News, New York gathered that the aircraft, a Cessna Citation CJ3 which was on a routine flight to Ilorin lost its tyres. The incident, however, forced the aircraft […]
Ethiopia Conducts Referendum On New Regional State
Ethiopians on Monday voted in a referendum on the creation of a 12th regional state in the south of the country, becoming the third such ballot in less than four years. No fewer than three million people are registered to vote in areas that currently fall in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR), […]
Buhari Fumes Over Killing Of Nigerians In Burkina Faso
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he received the tragic news of the murder of a number of Nigerian Muslim pilgrims on their way to Kaolak, Senegal, when the buses conveying them came under gun attack in Burkina Faso with deep sorrow. In a statement that was obtained by Africa Today News, […]
Court Orders Arrest, Prison Remand Of EFCC Chairman, Bawa
A High Court sitting in Lokoja the Kogi State capital on Monday ordered the arrest and remand of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, in prison for contempt of court. In her ruling, Justice Rukayat Ayoola ordered that Bawa be picked up and remanded in Kuje prison for disobeying […]
How We Spent ₦613bn Sukuk Loan On Roads, Bridges – FG
The Federal Government of Nigeria has opened up on how it spent ₦612.56bn which was raised through Sovereign Sukuk between 2017 and 2021 on the construction and rehabilitation of 77 road projects and 23 bridges. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed made this disclosure on Monday at the symbolic cheque […]
Tinubu Vows To Wipe Out Terrorists, Campaigns In Katsina
Ahead of the presidential elections slated for the 25th of February, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has assured the people of Northern Nigeria that he will defeat and eliminate terrorists if elected as Nigeria’s next President. This was even as he promised the Katsina electorate of his complete readiness to […]
Naira Redesign: APC Governors Drag Buhari, Emefiele To Court
Three governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), namely Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, Yahaya Bello of Kogi, and Bello Mutawalle of Zamfara, on Monday, dragged the Central Bank of Nigeria to the Supreme Court over the deadline for the expiration of the old Naira notes. Africa Today News, New York recalls […]
Death Toll In Syria, Turkey Earthquake Soars To 2,300
The most powerful earthquake to strike Turkey and Syria in nearly a century killed over 2,300 people on Monday, sparked frantic rescues, and was felt as far away as Greenland. Africa Today News, New York had on Monday reported that the 7.8-magnitude early morning quake which was followed by dozens of aftershocks wiped out entire […]
2023: El-Rufai Does Not Speak For The North – Bafarawa
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Attahiru Bafarawa who is a former Sokoto State governor has expressed disappointment over comments made by the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El Rufa’ that there are no elders left in northern Nigeria. Bafarawa described the comment which was attributed to the Governor as an affront to the […]