Niger: Junta-Led Burkina, Mali Warn Against Military Invasion
Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that the Junta-led Burkina Faso and Mali has come out to issue a warning that any military intervention in Niger to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be considered a ‘declaration of war against their two countries’ waring ECOWAS members are considering the […]
Opposition Leader In Senegal Charged For Insurrection
Senegal opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko was on Monday officially charged with fomenting insurrection and has been placed in custody, his lawyer confirmed on Tuesday morning. The outspoken politician had also been accused of stealing the mobile phone of a gendarme, whose vehicle had broken down near the politician’s home, and issuing a subversive message on […]
US Hold First Talks With Taliban, Since Afghanistan Takeover
Taliban leaders on Monday held a meeting with officials from the United States in Qatar for the first time since their return to power in Afghanistan in 2021. On Monday, a representative from the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that during the two-day discussions, the two parties explored ways to build trust, such as […]
Your Strike Will Cripple Nigeria, Senate Begs NLC
Against the backdrop of the impending nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the red chamber of the Nigerian national assembly has issued an urgent plea, requesting that the labour union reconsiders its planned action. The Senate has expressed deep concern regarding the potentially drastic impact of the strike on everyday Nigerians. They […]
Tinubu’s Broadcast, A Waste Of Precious Time – Atiku
Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the PDP in the last elections, Atiku Abubakar, has described President Bola Tinubu’s Monday night national broadcast as uninspiring deceptive, and a complete waste of time. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Phrank Shaibu, which was obtained by Africa Today News, New […]
Salaries Of Nigerian Lawmakers Not Enough – Akpabio
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has come out to claim that the salaries of members of the National Assembly were not enough to cover the demands and pressure from their constituents. Akpabio pointed out that with the volume of requests from various constituents represented in the National Assembly, lawmakers’ earnings were too […]
UNESCO Propose Listing Venice As Endangered Site
The UN’s cultural agency has proposed that Venice ought to be added to the list of endangered world heritage sites. The latest report from Unesco outlines the dire situation of the iconic Italian city, emphasising the ‘irreversible’ damage potentially caused by the confluence of intense tourism, overdevelopment, and rising sea levels attributed to climate change. […]
Subsidy Removal Yields ₦1 Trillion In Savings – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu announced on Monday that the Federal Government with the initiative of fuel subsidy removal have saved over one trillion Naira. He expressed confidence in his plans and urged Nigerians to be patient, assuring them that even if they are not yielding immediate results, there is high optimism that things will fall into […]
Tinubu Declares War On Hardship With ₦500bn Palliatives
The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu on Monday rolled out measures being put in place to cushion the effects of the economic downturn, caused by fuel subsidy removal, in the country, informing Nigerians he understood the hardship and came to help, not to hurt them. He, however, approved N100 billion for the procurement of 3000 […]