Death Toll In Tanzania Plane Crash Soars To 19
Sunday’s plane crash in Lake Victoria in Tanzania has so far taken no fewer than 19 lives according to Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa who confirmed that the Precision Air flight with dozens of passengers aboard plunged into the water while approaching the northwestern city of Bukoba. After arriving at Bukoba airport, where the flight had […]
2023: APC, PDP Plotting To Buy Nigerians Like Rams – NNPP
The New Nigeria People’s Party, (NNPP), has lambasted the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), accusing them of planning to buy Nigerians like sacrificial rams in the forthcoming 2023 general election. The gubernatorial candidate of the NNPP in Jigawa State, Mallam Aminu Ibrahim Ringim, made this assertion on Saturday at […]
2023 Election, Opportunity To Rewrite Nigeria’s History — CAN
Cardinal John Onaiyekan who is the emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, and the current President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, have called on Nigerians to put aside religious pettiness and ethnic bigotry, and prayerfully work towards peaceful elections in 2023. According to them, the 2023 general elections, present a good […]
$3bn Railway: Kenya Finally Publishes Agreements With China
The transport minister of Kenya has finally published the secret documents of a massive Kenyan railway project signed with China after years of trying to hide them from the public. Africa Today News, New York reports that the $3bn (£2.6bn) Chinese-funded and operated railway line is Kenya’s biggest infrastructure project since independence in 1963. On […]
Kanye West Declares 30 Day Of ‘Verbal Fast’
Controversial music entrepreneur, Kanye West has come out to announce that he will give up sex, adult films, and talking for an entire month in what he described as a ‘verbal fast’ Africa Today News, New York reports that the 45-year-old American rapper who recently adopted Ye as his legal name made headlines recently after […]
Autopsy Finally Confirms Davido’s Son, Ifeanyi, Drowned
The Police Command in Lagos State has revealed that the autopsy conducted on the corpse of Ifeanyi Adeleke, son of Davido and his fiancée, Chioma Rowland, showed that he died as a result of drowning. Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin who is the state Police Public Relations Officer gave this confirmation in a chat with newsmen on […]
Real Reason We Paid Varsity Lecturers Half Salaries – FG
The Federal Government on Saturday explained why it failed to pay full salaries to lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In a statement issued on Saturday which was made available to Africa Today News, New York, by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the government noted that members […]
Three Oil Workers In Bakassi Peninsula Abducted By Gunmen
Some yet-t0-be-identified gunmen suspected to be connected with the Biafra Nation League have allegedly abducted no fewer than three oil workers in the Bakassi Peninsula. Africa Today News, New York gathered that the workers were reportedly on their way to work when the incident happened late Saturday. According to credible sources, the gunmen also whisked […]
Terrorism: 2023 Elections, Census Under Threat – El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has admitted that banditry and insurgency will pose a serious threat to the successful conduct of the 2023 general elections and population census, saying that if not nipped in the bud, both exercises might not just hold. The outgoing Governor made this known while speaking yesterday when he received the […]
Over 10 Injured, Homes Destroyed As Tornadoes Hit Southern US
Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that no fewer than 10 people were injured and dozens of homes destroyed after very strong tornadoes hit Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas yesterday. According to reports, about 50 homes were damaged or destroyed in northern Texas near the border with Oklahoma, the Lamar […]
Why Obasanjo’s Image Should Be On Redesigned Naira – Atiku
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar has explained why he believes that one of the three naira notes about to be redesigned should have the image of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. In a string of tweets on Saturday which were sighted by Africa Today News, New York, […]
What FG Must Do To End Kidnapping, Terrorism – Afenifere
Angered by the spike in insecurity which has led to multiple loss of lives and properties in Nigeria, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has charged the Federal Government to consider changing its style and confront the challenges headlong, while also suggesting ways out of the incessant kidnapping. Afenifere’s comments are coming against the backdrop of […]