2023: North Indebted To Tinubu – Arewa Group
A group known as Arewa Extra Network for Tinubu/Shettima 2023 Project, yesterday declared that the North was indebted to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and called on the region to reciprocate the kindness by giving him its votes in bulk. The group who spoke in Kaduna also stated that the debate […]
Bandits Now More Powerful Than Government In Zamfara – Modi
A trader who is an indigene of Zamfara State whose name was given as Alhaji Mohammed Modi has lamented that the rate of killings, kidnappings, and maiming of innocent citizens going on in the state has become so embarrassing and depressing. Speaking in an interview with newsmen in Gusau, the state capital, Modi asserted that […]
Airport Shut As Plane Skids Into Lake In France
French authorities yesterday closed the airport in the southern city of Montpellier for an indefinite period after a cargo plane overran the runway and ended up with its nose in a nearby lake. Images sighted by Africa Today News, New York on Sunday morning showed the Boeing 737 of the West Atlantic cargo carrier tilting […]
The End Of Insecurity Is Near, Buhari Boasts
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday assured Nigerians that the problem of insecurity currently confronting the country will be over by the end of the year. The president who was represented by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola at the grand finale of the 2022 Olojo Festival in Ile-Ife, Osun State urged […]
The Music Of Freedom
What is freedom? It is the quality or state of being free: such as; (a) the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action. (b) liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another Freedom is important because it provides an opportunity for people to come up with their own ideas […]
Wike Is The Architect Of PDP’s Current Crisis – Daniel Bwala
A spokesman of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, Mr. Daniel Bwala has asserted that the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, should accept the bulk of the blame for frustrating the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s efforts to micro-zone its presidential ticket to the South-East. Bwala made this known while speaking in an interview on a Channels […]
River Benue Rises To Alarming Level, Residents Flee
Africa Today News, New York reports that residents of flooded areas in Benue State have run away from their homes as a result of the flood. Commissioner of Water Resources and Environment, Dr. Godwin Oyiwona, told our correspondent on Friday that the flood had risen to a level of 11.1m on the seasonal flood gauge […]
Terrorists Attack Entourage Of Kaduna APC Guber Candidate
There is palpable tension after some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State were abducted following an attack along the Kaduna-Kachia highway in Kaduna State. Africa Today News, New York gathered that the attack occurred at a place called Tashar Icce, just a few meters from Kujama community in Kajuru Area […]
Tension As 7 Die Following Car Bomb Near Kabul Mosque
A car packed with explosives exploded outside a mosque attended by Taliban members in the Afghan capital, killing no fewer than seven people barely minutes after Friday prayers had ended, the interior ministry has confirmed. The explosion happened in front of Wazir Akbar Khan mosque, not far from the fortified former Green Zone that housed […]
ASUU Strike: Respect Court Ruling First – FG Urges Lecturers
The federal government of Nigeria has called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to obey the National Industrial Court ruling and call off its seven-month strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, issued this advice while fielding questions from journalists on the margins of the 77th United Nations General Assembly […]
Policeman Who Killed Kolade Johnson Bags Life Sentence
Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that the Lagos state high court sitting in Ikeja has dismissed police officer, Ogunyemi Olalekan, to life imprisonment for killing 35-year-old, Kolade Johnson. Olalekan, who was reportedly attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SACS) of the Nigeria Police, shot Mr. Johnson in the […]
Three Former IGPs Compete To Lead The PSC
Currently, ex-IGP Musiliu Smith is being challenged by three other former inspector generals of the police and a retired deputy inspector general of the police for the position of chairman of the police service commission. According to reports, the former police chiefs asked senior government figures for their assistance in their bid for the top […]