Food Scarcity Hits 79% Of Nigerian Families – Report Reveals
Nigeria’s twin crises of insecurity and skyrocketing food costs have left a staggering 79% of households without reliable access to food, with only a mere 21% enjoying food security. Abuja played host to the launch of the seminal 2021 National Food Consumption and Micronutrients Survey report, a collaborative effort between the Federal Government, global partners, […]
Reus’ Illustrious Dortmund Career To Come To An End
Borussia Dortmund‘s loyal servant Marco Reus will bring down the curtain on his 12-year association with the club when the season concludes, the club confirmed on Friday. Marco Reus and Borussia Dortmund have mutually agreed to part ways, with his contract set to expire. While the 34-year-old has no plans to hang up his boots, […]
Minimum Wage: We Are Reviewing What We Can Pay — Governors
Despite assurances from the Federal Government that the new minimum wage will take effect from May 1, 2024, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has asserted that it is currently reviewing its individual fiscal space as state governments and the consequential impact of various recommendations, to arrive at an improved minimum wage they can pay sustainably. […]
We Have Spent $914m To Fight Malaria In Nigeria – US Govt
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has revealed that the government of the United States, through its Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI) has contributed $914 million to fight malaria in Nigeria since 2011. This is contained in PMI’s latest report which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York, It also supported Nigeria with […]
Police Arrest Masterminds Of Abuja-Kaduna Abductions
The Police Command in Kaduna State have confirmed the arrest of the masterminds of the kidnapping and murder of students of Greenfield University and the abductions along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. One of the arrested suspects is Ibrahim Abdullahi, also known as Mande, a notorious terrorist leader who has orchestrated and carried out kidnappings and murders […]
US Students Lambast Biden Over Comments On Gaza Encampments
The President of the United States, Joe Biden has declared that “order must prevail” on university campuses in the United States, just hours after police raided and dismantled another protest encampment in support of Palestinians. In a brief news conference on Thursday which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York, Biden explained that both […]
How Teenage Boy Hacked My BVN, Bank Account — EFCC Chair
Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede who is the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has recounted how a 17-year-old yahoo boy (internet fraudster) hacked his BVN and bank account details using his mobile number. Olukoyede made this disclosure while addressing stakeholders in a video on Thursday. The EFCC chairman recounted that the boy was nabbed […]
Shock As Biden Labels Japan And India As ‘Xenophobic’
Key allies of the United States, Japan and partner India alongside China and Russia have been labelled by President Joe Biden as “xenophobic” countries that were failing to reap the economic rewards of migration. During an unrecorded campaign fundraising event yesterday, Biden stated that hostility towards foreigners was impeding their growth. “One of the reasons […]
Impressive Chelsea Destroys Tottenham’s Top-Four Hopes
Chelsea delivered a powerful blow to Tottenham’s hopes of making it for next season’s Champions League with a 2-0 win against their spluttering London rivals on Thursday. Trevoh Chalobah’s first goal in over two years put Chelsea ahead in the first half at Stamford Bridge. The much-criticized Nicolas Jackson sealed up the points in the […]
Ribadu Directs Full Enforcement Of Cybercrime Law
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in Nigeria has moved to secure Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) by embarking on a crackdown on people who abuse the internet space. It directed all law enforcement agencies, regulators, businesses and stakeholders to put in place mechanisms for the full enforcement of the Cybercrimes Prohibition Act. […]
Tinubu Working Overtime To Destabilize PDP, Momodu Alleges
Media mogul and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has blamed all issues facing the party on an alleged attempt by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to destabilize and destroy opposition in Nigeria. Momodu, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Today News, New […]
Uzodinma Moves To Fix Power, Signs New Law On Imo Electricity
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has accented two executive bills into law; a bill on electricity and another to amend Imo State Polytechnic Law No. 15 of 2012 to pave the way for the merger of campuses of the polytechnic. The governor explained that he signed the two bills into law to position […]