Newcastle Qualify For Champions League For 1st Time In 20 Yrs
Newcastle United have qualified for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years following a 0-0 draw against relegation-haunted Leicester City last night. Africa Today News, New York reports that fifth-placed Liverpool’s draw with Aston Villa on Saturday meant Newcastle needed just one point from their last two games to be assured of […]
African Presidents Hail Dangote For ‘Spectacular’ Refinery
The Presidents of Ghana, Niger, Senegal, Togo, and Chad have applauded the Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote over the establishment of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Plant in Lagos State, Nigeria. The leaders, who joined their Nigerian counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari, at the inauguration of the 650,000 bpd refinery in the Lekki […]
Restructure Nigeria When You Take Over, Akeredolu Tells Tinubu
The outgoing Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has urged Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to take the issue of power devolution seriously in his administration for a fast-track development of the country. Akeredolu, who is also the Chairman of Southern Governors’ Forum, emphasised that the power at the central was too overwhelming and needed to […]
South Africa Could Become A Failed State – ANC
The secretary general of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress Party (ANC) has said the country could become a failed state as incessant power cuts threaten to cripple the economy. Fikile Mbalula told reporers that ‘if certain things are not resolved, we will become a failed state, but we are not journeying towards that direction’. […]
S’Court Fixes 26th May For Ruling In PDP’s Suit Against APC
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has fixed the 26th of May, 2023 to deliver judgment in a suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), respectively. In the suit filed on July 28, 2022, the PDP claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s […]
Our Refinery Will Create 100,000 Jobs, $21bn Revenue —Dangote
Amid encomiums from eminent personalities, including President Muhammadu Buhari and presidents of five other African countries, founder and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote expressed optimism that the newly commissioned 650,000pbd refinery would employ over 100,000 Nigerian youths and generate over $21 billion in revenue. He asserts that the country will save a boatload of […]
‘Fulfilled’ Buhari Did His ‘Best’ For Nigeria – Presidency
The Nigerian Presidency has asserted that the outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari is a fulfilled man who is leaving as Nigeria’s leader after serving the country for eight years. This is according to presidential aide Garba Shehu who was featured on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York. He noted that […]
Nigerian Resident Doctors Finally Suspend Strike
The leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has confirmed the suspension of its one-week warning strike which it embarked upon on Wednesday, the 17th of May. President of the association, Dr. Emeka Orji, told reporters on Monday that the association suspended the action for two weeks after reaching some agreement with the […]
Onaiyekan Makes Case For Live Broadcast Of PEPT Proceedings
John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Abuja Archdiocese, has backed the call for live broadcast of Presidential Election Petition Tribunal proceedings. He spoke on the controversy trailing the demand by some Nigerians for live broadcast of the presentations at the tribunal while addressing journalists after Mass to mark the end of this year’s 57th […]
Papua New Guinea, US To Sign Security Pact To Checkmate China
Papua New Guinea (PNG) will today (Monday) sign a defence pact with the United States as it hosts Washington’s top diplomat and India’s prime minister for separate talks likely to be dominated by China’s increasing influence in the Pacific. Africa Today News, New York reports that PNG which is located just north of Australia, is […]
Bandits Murder Nine, Injure Others In Fresh Kaduna Attack
No fewer than nine people were reportedly killed by bandits following an attack at Ungwan Dakwa village, near Dogon Dawa ward in Birnin Gwari Local government area of Kaduna State on Sunday evening. Although the police authorities are yet officially to comment on the incident, Honourable Yahaya Birnin Gwari who is the House of Assembly […]
70% Of Food Exports From Nigeria Declined Abroad – NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has revealed that at least 70 percent of food exports from Nigeria were rejected abroad with huge financial losses to the exporters and the country at large. Director-general of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye who made this disclosure in a statement on Monday has, however, […]