Alarming Price Surge: Philippines Orders Price Cap For Rice
The Philippines has announced an imposition of a price cap on rice as the Southeast Asian country grapples with some of the highest inflation in the region. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Thursday signed an executive order which is meant to cap prices in light of the ‘considerable economic strain on Filipinos, particularly the underprivileged […]
Bandits Will Have To Kill Me To Take Over Yankari –Bauchi Gov
The of Governor Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed has decried the activities of bandits at the Yankari Game Reserve and Safari, vowing that he would rather die than allow bandits to take over the tourist site. Mohammed, who made the vow in a speech at the launching of the 2023 Tree Planting Campaign held on Thursday […]
Concerns As Naira Emerges Worst Performing African Currency
Notwithstanding the tough reforms taken by the Nigerian government to fix its financial situation, the Nigeria Naira has emerged as the worst performing African currency in three months and is even missing in the list of the top ten foreign currencies in the market. This is coming after a global currency ranking report titled: Highest and […]
Rwanda, Cameroon Reshuffle Military Following Gabon Coup
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has effected changes to the Central African country’s Ministry of Defence while the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) has also confirmed the retirement of 12 generals and others in a move to reshuffle the military. Africa Today News, New York reports that both actions follow the Gabon coup, the most recent in […]
PDP Will Move Against Wike When The Time Is Due – Bwala
Daniel Bwala, who is the spokesperson for the dissolved Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council, has indicated that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, will face expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in due course. Bwala made this known on Thursday while speaking on a Channels Television programme, Politics Today which was […]
Opposition Presidential Candidates Beg Tinubu For Appointment
The Presidential candidates of some political parties in the February 2023 general election has held a meeting with the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and pleaded with him to lead them to President Bola Tinubu. The presidential candidates who met with Ganduje at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja […]
Trump Accused By New York AG Of Inflating Net-Worth By $2.2B
The office of the attorney general of New York has come out to claim that former President of the United States Donald Trump has been inflating his net worth by more than $2 billion, court filing has shown. Africa Today News, New York reports that the motion is part of a $250 million civil lawsuit […]
Troops Expose Illegal Oil Bunkerers’ Camp In Imo, Delta
As part of their crackdown on saboteurs of the oil sector in Southern Nigeria, troops of the Nigerian Army has uncovered oil bunkerers in Imo and Delta states. According to a statement on Thursday by Army spokesperson, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, troops of 343 Artillery Regiment conducting anti-oil theft operations on Monday 28 August 2023 […]
Arewa Group Accuses Tinubu Of Ethnic Bias In Key Appointments
A group pushing for the emancipation of northern economy, Arewa Economic Forum has knocked President Bola Tinubu accusing him of ethnic bias in the selection of appointees into crucial economic sectors. The forum said the appointments so far have shown that the President has special consideration for people from his south-west region, especially those with […]
US Warns North Korea Against Selling Weapons To Russia
The White House on Thursday strong a strong warning to North Korea against selling munitions to Russia to use in the ongoing war in Ukraine as tensions between Pyongyang and Washington continue to heighten. Mr. John Kirby who is national security spokesperson in the White House noted on Thursday morning that the United States is […]
Ozekhome Accuses Navy Of Complicity In Crude Oil Theft
A human rights activist and lawyer, Prof. Mike Ozekhome (SAN) yesterday came out to allege that the Nigerian Navy, traditional rulers, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others are complicit in the ongoing theft of crude oil in Nigeria. Ozekhome was speaking as one of the panelists who were around to discuss, ‘The […]
Malaysia Rejects New China Map, Offers Reasons
Malaysia on Thursday rejected the latest edition of the ‘standard map of China’ that lays controversially claim to almost the whole of South China Sea, including areas lying off the coast of Malaysian Borneo. Africa Today News, New Today reports that tensions have been on the rise in the strategically important waters as China has […]