Trump’s Daughter-In-law Assumes Senior Republican Party Role
Donald Trump’s loyalists, including his daughter-in-law, were voted to high leadership posts by the Republican National Committee on Friday, strengthening the former president’s hold on the organization before the November election. Trump, 77, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, put forward a slate of hand-picked candidates last month to head the RNC, which raises funds for […]
31 Million Nigerians At Risk Of Food Crisis – Report
No fewer than 31.5 million people, including 83,846 IDPs in 26 states and the FCT, are expected to be in crisis or worse between June and August 2024, a report, Cadre Harmonisé, has disclosed. Africa Today News, New York reports that the report also stated that 24.7 million people including 14,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) […]
Buhari Never Set His Eyes On Oronsaye’s Report – Ex-Minister
Former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has revealed that Steven Oronsaye’s report was not actually presented to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari through out his time in office. Shittu was a minister during Buhari’s first term in office between 2015 and 2019. According to him, the report was not brought to the attention of the Buhari administration, […]
US Lawmakers Make Last Minute Effort To Avert Govt Shutdown
Lawmakers in the United States have passed a government spending package shortly before a midnight deadline, averting a partial government shutdown. Africa Today News, New York reports that the Senate passed six bills totalling $459bn (£357bn) which funds nearly 30% of the government. It faced opposition, however, from some Republicans who argued the measure did […]
Middle Belt Forum Hails Ndigbo For Shunning Hunger Protests
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has asserted the directive by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo to all Igbo people not to join the hunger protests taking place across the country was not unilateral but a collective decision of major socio-cultural organisations in the country. This came at a time the Northern Elders Forum argued that the pervasive […]
Why Kidnappers Deserve Death Penalty – Remi Tinubu
Nigeria’s First Lady and wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has appealed to state governors and lawmakers to prescribe capital punishment for kidnapping in the country. While lamenting the abduction of children and women whom she says are the future of the country, Remi Tinubu described the act as heart-rending. Her media aide Busola […]
How Drake Lost $615,000 Bet On Joshua Vs Ngannou Fight
Canadian International rapper and entertainer, Drake, has lost a whopping 600,000-dollar bet after Anthony Joshua knocked out Francis Ngannou in the second round of the ‘Knockout Chaos’ clash in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Friday night. Anthony Joshua secured a brutal knockout (KO), against Francis Ngannou in their much-hyped heavyweight showdown Africa Today News, New York […]
Salaries Should Be Commensurate With Cost Of Living – NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria to ensure that salaries and wages are commensurate with the cost of living in the country. The President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero made this assertion at the 11th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria yesterday in […]
Five Confirmed Dead In Gaza Aid Drop Parachute Failure
No fewer than five people have been confirmed dead after a parachute failed on an aid package dropped by air into Gaza yesterday, reports have said. An eyewitness and the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said the five were killed when at least one parachute failed to deploy and a parcel fell on them. Africa […]
Abductions Of Students A Proof Of Governance Failure — Atiku
The presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, has asserted that the abductions of teachers, schoolchildren and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno and Kaduna States shows that governance has failed. Atiku made this assertion in a statement via his X handle on Friday which was sighted by […]
Atiku Decries Killings, Abductions In Benue, Others
The 2023 presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has lamented the insecurity situation and denounced the killings in Benue, along with the abductions in Kaduna and Borno States. Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School in Kuriga, Kaduna State, witnessed the abduction of more than 280 pupils and teachers by bandits last […]
Farotimi: Tinubu Cannot Disassociate From Buhari’s Failures
Renowned human rights champion Dele Farotimi has emphasized the impossibility of President Bola Tinubu disassociating himself from the inadequacies of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Omokri made this statement during an interview aired on Channels Television last Friday. It’s worth noting that President Tinubu’s Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, attributed the nation’s current socio-economic and security […]