Opposition Leader Challenges Public Office Ban In Venezuela
In a last-minute legal move on Friday, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado filed a court appeal to reverse the ban on her holding public office, as she endeavors to challenge President Nicolas Maduro in the 2024 elections. ‘Maduro will have to decide whether… to comply or not to comply with the agreements he has […]
Police Asserts Illegality Of Motorists Covering License Plates
Motorists have been reminded by the Nigeria Police Force that covering license plates without a legitimate reason is considered a criminal offence. This revelation came on Friday as the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, issued a statement via his X handle. It is a mandatory stipulation, as stated by the Force PRO, that registration […]
Nigeria Have No Excuse For Poverty, Malnutrition – Shettima
In a bid to address severe malnutrition in Africa’s most populous country, Vice President Kashim Shettima has inaugurated a high-powered Nutrition Core Working Committee (NCWC) which has the mandate to tackle poverty and malnutrition. The body dubbed ‘Intellectual Powerhouse’ by the vice president will spearhead the fight against hunger and malnutrition across Nigeria. Speaking during […]
People No Longer Travel, Now Send Goods To Families – NURTW
The leadership of the Kaduna State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have lamented that travellers in the state have reduced by over 50 per cent as the Yuletide approaches. The state NUTRW Secretary, Malam Bature Suleiman, made this disclosure on Friday in an interview monitored by Africa Today News, New […]
Slavery: Building Better Nigeria Should Be Prime Concern – UK
The government of Britain has finally provided a response to a letter written to them by the senator representing Delta North, Ned Nwoko, which demanded repatriation and compensation from the damages caused by the years of slavery. In the letter, the government expressed regret for its part in the slave trade in Africa and promised […]
China Berates UK, US Over Intentions In Messing Up Hong Kong
The Chinese government has berated Britain and the United States accusing them of ‘malicious intentions’ after they condemned Hong Kong police for offering bounties for information leading to the capture of five overseas activists. The city’s authorities had yesterday stated that the wanted individuals would be pursued “till the end” as they offered HK$1,000,000 ($128,000) […]
Ijaw Nation Issues Strong Warning To Tinubu Over Wike
Prof Benjamin Okaba who is the President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately call the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to order. This is coming against the backdrop of the hightened tension in Rivers State as a result of the political battle between […]
Tension As Yemeni Rebels Strike Cargo Ship In Red Sea
A US official and an intelligence firm has disclosed that a projectile fired from rebel-controlled Yemen yesterday hit a cargo ship in the Red Sea in the latest in a series of attacks. ‘We are aware that something launched from a Huthi-controlled region of Yemen struck this vessel which was damaged, and there was a […]
NASS Members Call For Tinubu’s Intervention In Wike’s Matter
National Assembly representatives from Rivers State are urging President Bola Tinubu to intervene and instruct his Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, to address the political turmoil currently affecting their state. As resignations continue within Fubara’s Cabinet over the past 48 hours, Awaji-Inombek Abiante praised Governor Fubara for undertaking renovations at the Rivers […]
Officer Attacked, Killed After Rescuing FGM Survivors
A Kenyan police officer paid the ultimate sacrifice in a faceoff with a youth gang, occurring shortly after successfully rescuing survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM). Activists and community leaders, as reported by Africa Today News, New York, strongly denounced the killing, labeling it a regressive setback in the ongoing battle against the practice’s eradication […]
With Akpabio, Abbas By My Side, I’ll Succeed – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has asserted that having the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, by his corner as a partner and Tajudeen Abbas as Speaker of the House of Representatives was good enough to make him succeed as the leader of Africa’s most populous country. This was precisely what he said—that a sense of fraternity […]
Rivers: Three More Commissioners Pull Out Of Fubara’s Cabinet
The political tsunami which is currently sweeping Rivers State has taken a new twist as three more commissioners on Thursday resigned from Governor Sim Fubara’s cabinet. The latest to pull out of the cabinet are the Commissioner for Works George-Kelly Alabo – who served in the same capacity under Nyesom Wike’s government – and the […]