Cricket: Nigeria Set To Host ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifiers
The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has announced that it is very ready and prepared to host the International Cricket Council (ICC) U-19 Africa Division 2 World Cup qualifiers come September. Musa Ehizoje, the NCF’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) told reporters in Abuja on Monday, that preparations were in place to host the eight-nation tournament in […]
ASUU Strike: Nigeria’s University System Must Work – Osodeke
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke has assured Nigerians that the union would work tirelessly to ensure that the country’s educational system works effectively. Osodeke, responding to questions during an interview with Channels Television, Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York, contended that […]
97 Deaths, 416 Night Crashes Recorded In 8 Months In Lagos
The Lagos Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Olusegun Ogungbemide has revealed that the agency’s records indicates that 416 accidents occurred in eight months during night driving in the state. On Monday, Mr. Olusegun Ogungbemide, the Commander Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos state, stated that the agency’s history reveals that a total of […]
Notorious Kidnap Kingpin, Wadume, Bags 7 Years Imprisonment
Notorious Taraba-based kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, popularly known as Wadume, was on Monday sentenced to seven years without an option of fine by Justice Binta Nyako after she found him guilty. Africa Today News, New York reports that the trial which began in 2019 spanned a period of three years. Wadume was found guilty of […]
Renaming Kaduna To Zazzau: Uba Sani Provides Clarifications
The senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Uba Sani who is also a gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kaduna State has refuted rumors flying around, denoting that he had endorsed a Bill to rename Kaduna state as ‘Zazzau State’. He described the rumors as false, and a ‘lie from the pit of […]
2023: El-Rufai Mocks Peter Obi Over Planned March In Kaduna
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has boasted that there will not be up to 200 supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi in the state for a proposed street march. El-Rufai took to his Twitter handle to brag about it on Monday. While reacting to a tweet from a certain @ZamarOmar who […]
Anthony Joshua Expresses Admiration For Usyk
Nigerian-born British boxer, Anthony Joshua has extolled his heavyweight colleague Oleksandr Usyk ahead of their forthcoming world championship battle at the Jeddah Super Dome in Saudi Arabia on August 20. At Wembley, the Englishman Anthony Joshua was defeated by Usyk during their last match. The fight ended with Anthony Joshua losing his world title belts […]
Terrorists Flee As NAF Strikes Hideouts In Niger, Kaduna
Dozens of terrorists who had made Kaduna and Niger state their place of refuge are presently racing out of their hiding places following offensive undertakings executed by security personnel of the Nigerian Air force. The Airstrike exercise on the terrorist’s territory took to their heels following an order passed by President Muhammadu Buhari to his […]
Agony As Six Die Following Fuel Tanker Explosion In Rivers
No fewer than six persons have been confirmed dead after a devastating inferno surged from two petrol tankers, the victims were reportedly scooping diesel, this incident occurred at Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. Africa Today News, New York gathered that the tankers contained 33,000 liters of supposed illegally refined Automotive Gas commonly called […]
PDP Crisis: Wike, Atiku Set Up Make Or Mar Committee
Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike have set up a 14-member committee that is expected to hold a make or mar meeting today (Monday). The objective of this committee is to […]
50 Killed, Several Houses Destroyed As Flood Ravages Jigawa
In the aftermath of heavy torrential rainfalls in Jigawa State in August, flooding in the state has so far left no fewer than 50 people dead while displacing over 8,000 others whose houses have been destroyed. Africa Today News, New York reports that flooding is one of the perennial disasters killing people in the state, […]
Pope Calls For Help For Drought-Hit Somalia
Pope Francis has made a strong call for international help for ‘struggling’ Somalia in its efforts to fight a ‘deadly’ drought that the UN has announced has displaced over one million people. The 85-year-old pontiff while speaking on Sunday after his weekly Angelus prayer at the Vatican, drew attention to what he described as the […]