Kenya: Large Crowd Takes To Streets To Protest Gender Violence
A multitude of demonstrators took to the streets in Nairobi over the weekend, rallying against the alarming surge in femicide in Kenya. Shocking the nation, more than a dozen women lost their lives this month. Advocates flooded the capital’s streets, brandishing signs with messages like “Being a woman shouldn’t equate to a death sentence” and […]
Wike Warns Kidnappers’ Informants In FCT To “Repent Or Die”
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has- sent a big warning to informants of kidnappers, bandits and criminals in the territory telling them to repent or end up dying in the hands of security operatives. Wike issued the warning while speaking at a town hall security meeting, held in the Kuje […]
IReV Failure: You Owe Nigerians An Explanation, Jega To INEC
Prof Attahiru Jega who is a A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has submitted that the electoral umpire actually owes Nigerians an explanation regarding the failure of the commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV) and the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) during the 2023 general elections. The political scientist gave this submission […]
Lower Your Expectations Of Tinubu – Shehu Urges Nigerians
A former presidential aide, Malam Garba Shehu, has urged Nigerians to lower their expectations of President Bola Tinubu on the administration of the nation. Shehu made this appeal while speaking during the 21st Daily Trust Annual Dialogue organized by the Trust Media Group in Abuja on Friday. The former Presidential spokesman described former President Muhammadu […]
Nigerian Reps To Hold Security Summit Over Plateau Killings
Disturbed by the recent killings going on in Plateau State, the Nigerian House of Representatives has resolved to hold a security summit with a view to finding lasting solution to the menace. Africa Today News, New York reports that no fewer than 30 people have been killed in renewed violence in the North-Central Plateau State, […]
Alabama Carries Out First US Execution With Nitrogen Gas
A convicted murderer who’s name was given as Kenneth Smith, has become the first person to be executed by asphyxiation with nitrogen gas in the United States. Officials said 58-year-old Smith was pronounced dead at 8:25pm on Thursday (02:25 GMT on Friday) at Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama after breathing pure nitrogen gas through a […]
Naira Plunges To Record Low Of ₦1,410/US$ At Parallel Market
The Nigerian Naira has hit a record low at the parallel section of the foreign exchange market, Africa Today News, New York reports. The local currency closed at N1,415 on Thursday compared to N1,365 to the greenback exchanged on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. Currency traders, also known as Bureau de Change (BDC) operators, put the […]
Wike Not Ready For Peace In Rivers Crisis, Clark Tells Tinubu
Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has informed President Bola Tinubu that the immediate past governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCT, Nyesom Wike, was not ready to allow peace reign in the political crisis rocking the state. In a statement published on Thursday in Abuja, Clark pointed out […]
Reconciliation: Why APC Wants Kano State – Uzodinma
The Governor of Imo State who also doubles as the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Sen. Hope Uzodinma has declared that Kano State is important to the political fortunes of the governing party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). Uzodinma who spoke to State House correspondents on Thursday pointed out that “Kano is not only […]
Wipe Out Terrorism In Africa, UN Chief Charges Leaders
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres has charged African leaders to do everything within their powers to root out terrorism and violent extremism on the continent. Guterres made the call at a 2-day top-level meeting of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact at UN headquarters in New York. The meeting, which actually started […]
Plateau Killings: DHQ Fumes Over Accusation Against Personnel
The acting Director of Information, Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, has been left fuming over an online video by the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Mangu Chapter, Rev Timothy Daluk, against the efforts of its personnel in containing the unfortunate crisis that erupted within Mangu municipal earlier in the week. […]
Your Reforms Killing Nigerians, NLC Knocks Tinubu’s Govt
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has berated President Bola Tinubu over the economic hardship in the country, which it claimed was worsening and pushing Nigerians into misery. The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, who faulted Tinubu’s economic reforms at the 21st Daily Trust Dialogue in Abuja, warned the President against heeding the advice of […]