Rivers Crisis: Fubara Cancels Wike’s 10,000 Jobs
The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has terminated the 10,000 jobs in the State Civil Service approved by his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, declaring that a fresh recruitment process would be carried out. Africa Today News, New York recalls that just before he left office, Governor Wike had approved the immediate employment of a significant […]
₦25m Price Tag On Heads Of Aba Soldier Killers, Otti Declares
The Abia state government has put a hefty price tag on the heads of the killers of five soldiers who were brutally murdered at Obikabia junction, Ogbor Hill, Aba, offering a N25 million bounty to anyone with information that can lead to their arrest and conviction. Yesterday, a group of unidentified gunmen unleashed a brutal […]
Minimum Wage: Labor Set To Embark On Nationwide Strike Monday
Members of the organized labor in Nigeria have declared a nationwide indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from ₦60,000. Comrade Joe Ajaero who is the President of the Nigeria Labor Congress made this disclosure at a press conference in the Labour House, Abuja on Friday. Ajaero said the […]
Arewa Youths Urge Legislature To Enact Tough Vandalism Laws
In response to the devastating power outages in the North East, sparked by the repeated vandalism of power towers, the Arewa Youth Assembly is advocating for capital punishment for those found guilty of destroying essential public infrastructure. They are calling on the National Assembly to enact laws that reflect the severity of such crimes. If […]
Benin Begs Niger Republic To Open Border For Oil Exports
The President of Benin Republic has again appealed to Niger’s military rulers to collaborate and reopen their side of the border to allow oil exports via his country. Africa Today News, New York reports that Benin has eased trade restrictions on its side of the Niger border after sanctions were imposed on Niger following a […]
‘Perform Or Get Sacked’ – Tinubu Warns Ministers
The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu has vowed to boot out any minister in his cabinet who he feels falls short of the expectations of Nigerians. Tinubu made this vow during a meeting with the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. The president, again, vowed to continue […]
Donald Trump Convicted In Hush Money Trial
A New York jury yesterday evening convicted Donald Trump on all charges in his hush-money case in a seismic development that is coming barely five months ahead of the election where he seeks to recapture the White House. The first criminal trial of a former U.S. president concluded with 77-year-old Trump being found guilty on […]
The Days Of Suicide Bombing Reports Are Over — COAS
The Chief of Army Staff has asserted that the security situation in different parts of the country has tremendously improved, especially the North East which witnessed a brutal insurgency in the past decades. Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja made this assertion yesterday during a special programme to review one year of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. “Gone are […]
Tinubu Throws Weight Behind Calls For Local Govt Autonomy
The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu has lashed out at state governors over what he described as an overbearing influence on the administration of local government councils in the country. According to the president, issues of accountability and ineffectiveness hinder the growth of local council authorities, and state governors must be held accountable. The president […]
Biden Lifts Ban On Ukraine’s Use Of US Weapons On Russia
The President of the United States, Joe Biden has announced a lifting of a ban on Ukraine using US weapons inside Russian territory to help the country defend its northeastern Kharkiv region from attack. Several US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told multiple media outlets on Thursday that Kyiv would be allowed to use […]
Your Policies Are Making Nigerians Poorer, Afenifere To Tinubu
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has called on President Bola Tinubu to review his economic policies, noting that they have pauperised Nigerians. Afenifere, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Justice Faloye, urged President Tinubu to alleviate the plight of Nigerians. Reviewing Tinubu’s first year in office, the Yoruba body said: “The economy has experienced […]
Why Africa’s Greatness Depends Largely On Nigeria – Lumumba
Highly respected public speaker and Director, Kenyan School of Law, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, has explained why he believes Africa cannot be great if Nigeria is not great. According t him, the democracy of Nigeria will only begin to have meaning when Nigeria provides leadership. Lumumba submitted while delivering a lecture titled ‘Democracy in […]