Chad PM Hands In Resignation Letter To Newly Elected Leader
The Prime Minister of Chad, Succes Masra on Wednesday morning revealed that he handed in his resignation, just over two weeks after his defeat to junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno in presidential elections. “I’ve just submitted my resignation and that of the transition government, which became irrelevant with the end of the presidential election,” […]
Minister Warns Nigerians Against Excess Salt Consumption
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate has warned Nigerians against excess salt and sodium intake, stressing that it could cause hypertension and other heart diseases. Pate said this on Tuesday in Abuja at a news conference to commemorate the 2024 Salt Awareness Week, which has the theme ”It’s Time to […]
Blood Scandal Victims Will Receive Payouts This Year –UK Govt
The government of the United Kingdom has revealed that victims of a decades-long contaminated blood scandal that has killed about 3,000 people in Britain will start receiving final compensation payments this year with some likely to receive sums of around £2 million. No fewer than 30,000 people, including children, were infected with viruses such as […]
Labor Rejects FG’s Fresh ₦54,000 Wage Offer As Talks Continue
The Federal Government of Nigeria has proposed to pay ₦54,000 as minimum wage, as the Tripartite Committee on the New Minimum Wage returned to the negotiation table after the Organized Labor pulled out of the negotiations last week. At the reconvened meeting this week, the Federal Government made a fresh proposal to pay ₦54,000 as […]
I Only Began Fully Governing Rivers This February – Fubara
The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has stated that he did not start governing the state fully until February 2024 despite being sworn in in May last year. He made this revelation while inaugurating Egbeda internal roads in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state. He explained that since he started confronting governance […]
Malian Junta Jails Professor For Criticizing Leadership Style
A prominent Malian economist whose name has been given as Etienne Fakaba Sissoko has been jailed for two years over his criticism of the Malian Junta. Mr Sissoko who is a 41-year-old professor at the University of BamakoUniversity of Bamako, was also ordered to pay a fine of 3 million CFA francs ($4,900; £3,900). The […]
2024 Election: Mixed Reactions As Amber Rose Endorses Trump
Popular American model and entertainer, Amber Rose has sparked controversy after she publicly endorsed Donald Trump for the upcoming Presidential election in the United States. The 40 year-old-old Amber Rose, took to her Instagram account yesterday to share a photo of herself posing with the 77-year-old former president and his wife, Melania Trump, 54, at […]
Atiku, Obi Too Desperate To Be Trusted With Power – APC
Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, dismissed the potential merger talk between the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and his Labor Party counterpart in the election, Peter Obi. It described Atiku and Obi as desperate politicians who Nigerians will never afford to […]
S’Africa’s Top Court Bars Zuma From Contesting In Election
The highest court in South Africa has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week’s general election, Africa Today News, New York reports. The Constitutional Court has ruled that his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court has rendered him ineligible. Recall that Mr Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing […]
Minimum Wage: Labor Insists On May 31 Deadline As Talks Resume
The Organized Labor comprising the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) has reiterated its May 31, 2024 ultimatum which it issued to the Federal Government to meet all of its demands which includes implementation of a new national minimum wage and reversal of the hike in electricity tariff. This is coming less […]
We’ve Fixed Alleged Safety Violations At Gatwick — Air Peace
Nigerian airline operator, Air Peace has disclosed that some alleged safety violations raised by the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (UKCAA) have already been resolved with the British regulator. In a statement on Tuesday which was sighted by Africa Today News, New York, the airline, which began its Lagos-London direct flights on March 30, 2024, […]
We Expect PH Refinery To Begin Operation By July – Marketers
After several postponements, the 210,000-barrel-per-day Port-Harcourt refinery may finally commence operations by the end of July, Africa Today News, New York has learnt. The new date was disclosed by the National Public Relations Officer, Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chief Ukadike Chinedu. He stated that the development would stimulate economic activities, reduce the price of […]