Tinubu Finally Signs Students’ Loan Bill Into Law, ASUU Kicks
The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu has finally signed into law the Student Loan Bill in fulfilment of a promise he made during his campaign. This was announced revealed on Tuesday by the spokesperson to the Federal Government Mister Dele Alake, saying that the funds will be domiciled in the Ministry of Education and will […]
Imprisoned Tunisia Opposition Leaders Embark On Hunger Strike
Three leaders of Tunisia’s once-dominant Ennahdha party have begun a hunger strike to protest their detention under a crackdown against opponents of President Kais Saied, the party, and a detainee’s wife said Monday. One of them, Sahbi Atig a 64-year-old former leader of Ennahdha’s parliamentary bloc, has been on a hunger strike for 32 days, […]
Subsidy: NNPCL Issues Directive To Marketers On New Price
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has issued a fresh directive to oil marketers on how much they will pay to get petroleum products. This came about two weeks after the Federal Government announced the removal of fuel subsidy. NNPCL Retail, in a circular released on Monday and obtained by Africa Today News, New York, […]
‘Nigerians Spent $3.5bn On Phone, Generator Imports In 2022’
Nigeria spent a whopping $3.47bn importing phones, generating sets, electrical transformers, and a host of other electrical equipment in 2022, a new report has revealed. This is based on data culled from the International Trade Center. The ITC gets its data from the National Bureau of Statistics and the United Nations COMTRADE. According to the […]
1999 Constitution Is It’s A Military Tool, Gani Adams Insists
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, has made a case for the review of the 1999 Constitution, stressing that Nigeria cannot move forward with it. Aare Adams was speaking at an event in Lagos on Monday to mark this year’s Democracy Day and the 30th anniversary of the 12th of June, 1999 […]
Air Peace Lambasts Sirika For Lying About Fleet Size
The management of Air Peace has debunked claims by the former minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, that two of its Boeing 777 aircraft leased for a monthly fee of $250,000, were parked for several months leading to its incuring over $19 million loss. Reacting to an interview the minister granted to a national television station […]
Mbappe Notifies PSG He Will Not Extend Current Contract
French football star Kylian Mbappe has officially informed Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) he will leave the Ligue 1 champions when his contract expires in 2014, Africa Today News, New York can confirm. The PSG hierarchy was reportedly left in disbelief by Mbappe’s decision to decline the 12-month contract extension he offered in a formal letter. This comes […]
Sen Akpabio Defeats Yari, Wins Senate President Race
Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has been elected as Senate President during the inauguration of the 10th Senate on Tuesday morning. The 109 Senators had converged for the election of key officers of the upper legislative chambers of the National Assembly. Senator Godswill Akpabio, an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker from Akwa […]
10th Assembly: Akpabio Will Be Senate President – Uzodinma
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has expressed strong confidence that Senator Godswill Akpabio will emerge as the next president of the 10th Senate. He revealed this on Monday while speaking with pressmen after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, the committee set up by President […]
Tinubu’s Speech, A Threat To Nigerian Judiciary – Atiku
Former Nigeria’s Vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has described President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech as a veiled threat to the judiciary, which is adjudicating on petitions challenging his declaration as winner of the February 25 presidential election. Atiku who spoke in a statement, by his Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, Phrank […]
Why June 12 Historic, Deserves To Be Celebrated – Peter Obi
The Presidential candidate of Mr. Peter Obi has described June 12 as a historic day that deserves to be celebrated by Nigerians. Mr. Obi urged Nigerians to let the spirit of June 12 is celebrated as Democracy Day in Nigeria inspiring us to correct the errors of the 25th of February, as the surest root […]
How Nigeria Lost $56bn To Oil Theft, Subsidy – Panel
The Energy and Natural Resources subcommittees of the Advisory Council of President Bola Tinubu have revealed that Nigeria lost $46.16bn to crude oil theft between 2009 and 2020, while it lost $10.7bn annually to subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. A summation of the amounts lost to oil theft and subsidy indicated that […]