How Manufacturers Lose ₦10tn Yearly To Power Crisis – MAN
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has asserted that the country’s shortage of electricity supply has formed a major stumbling block to the profitability of manufacturers with an annual economic loss valued at about ₦10.1tn. Africa Today News, New York reports that the figure quoted is about two per cent share of the country’s Gross […]
Sultan Raises Alarm Over Fears Of Disease Outbreak In IDPs
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar has openly expressed serious concerns over the health conditions of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in six northern states, calling for urgent action. Speaking at an engagement on Thursday in Abuja between northern traditional leaders and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, the revered monarch raised the concern […]
First Female Lord Chief Justice Appointed In England
Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that Veteran UK lawyer Sue Carr has been named as the first woman to serve as the most senior judge for England and Wales in the role of lord chief justice, which dates back to the 13th century. The 58-year-old Carr was appointed […]
Agony As Over 10 Die In Canada Road Accident
No fewer than 10 people have been confirmed dead following a road accident in central Canada’s Manitoba province, local media reported on Friday morning. Canadian police said on Twitter that officers were responding to a “mass casualty collision” near the town of Carberry, west of Winnipeg, and that first responders and other Royal Canadian Mounted […]
Subsidy: Tinubu Planning Distribution Of Cheap Fuel – NNPCL
The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu has begun moved to put in place a structural approach to make available cheap fuel through compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LPG) to mitigate the effects of the subsidy removal on Nigerians. The Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, made […]
How Okowa Misappropriated ₦1.7trn In Five Years – Clark
Elder Statesman and National Leader of the Ijaw people, Chief Edwin Clark has criticised the past administration of the Delta State government under Senator Ifeanyi Okowa. Clark asserted Okowa could not account for the over N1.7 trillion paid to the state by the federal government from 2017 to 2022. He said the people of Niger […]
CBN Directs Banks To Trade Dollars At Any Rate
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks to begin trading foreign exchange at any exchange rate in the Investors & Exporters window based on willing buyer, willing seller arrangements. In response, the I&E window exchange rate rose sharply to ₦610 per dollar, as at ₦12:50 pm from ₦471.67 on Wednesday night. The authorisation […]
NBA Urges IGP, ICPC To Investigate, Prosecute Sen Bulkachuwa
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have been urged by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to immediately invite Senator Ahmad Muhammad Bulkachuwa for interrogation and proceed to prosecute him accordingly. Africa Today News, New York reports that this is coming against […]
10th NASS: Why G5 Govs Supported Akpabio, Abbas – Wike
The immediate past governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike disclosed why all the members of the G5 decided to back Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeen Abbas respectively, to emerge as the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives. Wike made this disclosure while speaking at a media briefing in Port Harcourt yesterday. Africa Today […]
Student Loan Disbursement Begins In Sept – Tinubu’s Govt
The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that an inter-ministerial committee had been inaugurated to fine-tune the Student Loan bill that was signed recently by President Bola Tinubu. The committee, which will meet on Tuesday, is expected to work together and ensure that the disbursement of the student loans starts by September 2023 for the […]
Pandemonium As Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes Philippines
The US Geological Survey has revealed that a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Philippines on Thursday, as local authorities warned of aftershocks and possible damage. Africa Today News, New York reports that the earthquake struck at a depth of 124 kilometres (77 miles) at about 10:00 am (0200 GMT) in waters off Calatagan municipality in […]
West Darfur Governor Murdered As War In Sudan Spreads
Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that a regional governor has been murdered after publicly blaming the deaths of civilians on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) amid an expansion of the country’s almost two-month-old war into cities in the west of the country. Khamis Abakar who is West […]