NLC Picketing Of Party Secretariats Deemed Unlawful By LP
The Labour Party’s National Working Committee condemned the widespread picketing of its party secretariats by the Nigeria Labour Congress, denouncing it as an abuse of authority. On Tuesday, the NLC called upon its members to mobilize and besiege LP secretariats nationwide, expressing dissent over the party’s forthcoming national convention scheduled for March 27. The circular […]
Suit To Stop Saturday Elections, Exams Thrown Out By Court
In Abuja, a Federal High Court has thrown out a lawsuit brought by Ugochukwu Uchenwa, an elder within the Seventh-day Adventist Church, aiming to halt the scheduling of elections and examinations on Saturdays. The plaintiff maintained that the decision to hold elections and exams on Saturdays encroached upon his rights, underscoring the significance of freedom […]
Chinese Hostage In Kwara Rescued, Safely Returned
After a tense 10-day ordeal in the hands of kidnappers, Mr. PengChao Zhang, a Chinese national, was rescued by the Kwara State Police Command from a forest hideout within the state. Police operatives, supported by the Vigilante group, orchestrated an extensive search and investigation in the state’s forest, culminating in the successful recovery of Zhang, […]
Jacob Zuma’s Account Temporarily Blocked By S’African Court
The operations of a South African bank were affected on Wednesday following a court-mandated suspension on outgoing payments from accounts belonging to former president Jacob Zuma. This directive is linked to a legal conflict regarding loans obtained for the enhancement of his personal property during his time in office. According to the First National Bank, […]
Convicted Ex-Brazil Star Dani Alves Makes Bail Application
Former Brazil international footballer Dani Alves, who was recently convicted to serve a four-and-a-half-year sentence in Spain for rape, has appealed to be released on bail while his appeal is considered. Africa Today News, New York reports that during a closed-door hearing which was held at a Barcelona court, his lawyer Ines Guardiola argued the […]
Subsidy: How FG, States, LGs Shared ₦10.143trn In 2023 — NEITI
The three tiers of government in Nigeria – Federal, state and local governments – shared about N10 trillion from the Federation Account as statutory revenue allocations in 2023, Africa Today News, New York has learnt. The Executive Secretary of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, disclosed this in a report on […]
Lawmakers Summon Health Minister Over $300m Anti-Malaria Fund
Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Mohammed Pate, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Daju Kachollom have been issued with a 72-hour ultimatum by the House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and Tuberculosis, to appear before it over the expenditure of $300 million anti-malaria fund. The ministry of health officials are also expected to […]
How HIV Can Be Cut From Cells – Scientists
A group of Scientists have opened up on how they managed to successfully managed to eliminate HIV from infected cells, using Nobel Prize-winning Crispr gene-editing technology. Working like scissors, but at the molecular level, it cuts DNA so “bad” bits can be removed or inactivated. The hope is to ultimately be able to rid the […]
Killers Of Soldiers In Delta May Be Mercenaries – Akpabio
Less than a week after the tragic murder of Nigerian Soldiers in Delta State, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has submitted that the culprits may be mercenaries, rather than people from the Niger Delta region. Africa Today News, New York recalls that seventeen military personnel were last murdered in Okuama, a community in […]
Nigeria Names 15 Terrorism Financiers, BDCs, Plans Sanctions
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that it has uncovered the identity of 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms, allegedly involved in terrorism financing. Details of the development were revealed by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, in a release entitled “Designation of Individuals and Entities for March […]
Senate Uncovers 13 Infractions In ₦30trn Ways And Means Loan
The Senate ad hoc committee investigating the disbursement and usage of the ₦30 trillion Ways and Means loan obtained during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has discovered 13 infractions in the process of obtaining the loan. The chairman of the committee, Senator Isah Jibrin (APC, Benue […]
How Political Parties Waste INEC’s Resources – Prof Yakubu
Prof Mahmood Yakubu who is the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has expressed the frustration of the electoral body over the rancorous primary elections in various political parties ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State. Yakubu, who spoke in Abuja at the first regular quarterly consultative meeting with […]