Trump Makes Case For New Judge In Election Conspiracy Trial
Donald Trump who is the former US president, yesterday announced that he intends to file a petition to request a new judge to oversee his significant criminal trial and relocate the case outside of Washington. Africa Today News, New York reports that the Republican who has been impeached twice has been using offensive language to […]
Ultimatum: Niger Junta Shuts Airspace As ECOWAS Brainstorms
Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that Niger Republic have closed the country’s airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours as the reason for their actions. A check on the flight tracking website Flightradar24 indicates that there are currently no aircraft in Niger’s […]
Football Coach Arrested For killing Ex-lover
Bankole Oginni, a football coach, has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command on charges of allegedly murdering his former partner, a 45-year-old woman. The heinous crime was reportedly committed by 45-year-old Oginni at his residence in Oke-Aro, Akure, the state capital. Based on information from sources, the suspect is said to have used […]
Makinde Pleads With Striking Workers To Resume Duties
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has called on all striking workers in the state to resume their designated duty posts on Monday (tomorrow). This was formally announced by the governor in a state-wide broadcast on Saturday. In his address during a broadcast monitored by The Eastern Updates, Makinde affirmed that his government’s immediate focus […]
South Korean National Executed In China For Drug Trafficking
A South Korean citizen has been executed by the Chinese authority for drug trafficking, a sentence that has not been imposed on a citizen of that country in almost a decade. The Chinese foreign ministry made the announcement on Friday, quoting a court in Guangzhou, a city in southern China, which stated that they have […]
Northerners In Fear As Tinubu Opt For Military Move In Niger
Nigerians, especially those living in the northern areas, have been gripped with fear following President Bola Tinubu’s decision to employ military measures against the junta in Niger Republic. Following the recent coup that deposed Niger’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, by his military guard, Africa Today News, New York reports that leaders of the West […]
Coup: We Will Defend Nigeria’s Democracy At All Cost – COAS
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has come out to declare that the Nigerian military is determined to always defend the nation’s democracy at all costs using every constitutional means. Lt. General Lagbaja made this known at the Passing Out Parade of officers of Executive Commission Course One of the Army […]
Doping: Whyte Laments After Fight With Joshua Was Cancelled
The highly anticipated rematch between Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte which was earlier scheduled for the 12th of August, has been called off after Whyte returned ‘adverse analytical findings’ in a pre-fight drugs test, Africa Today News, New York reports. The test was carried out by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA). A statement from Matchroom […]
Leave Lebanon Immediately, Saudi Arabia Urges Citizens
In the face of looming hostilities, the Saudi Arabian embassy in Lebanon has called on its citizens to vacate the country as soon as possible and to avoid approaching areas where there have been armed clashes. In a statement posted yesterday on X, formerly known as Twitter, the embassy warned Saudi citizens not to visit […]
Real Reason Tinubu Withdrew My Nomination — Maryam Shetty
Against the backdrop of the withdrawal of her name from the list of ministerial nominees by President Bola Tinubu, Dr. Maryam Shetty heaped the blames on life with its characteristic unpredictability for the action of the move, stressing, however, that she bore no ill will towards anyone. According to her, the nomination was proof of […]
Ligue 1: Why Messi, Mbappe Joined Neymar At PSG – Agent
Top Brazilian agent, Andre Cury, has asserted that Neymar is ‘priceless’ for Paris Saint-Germain as his arrival in the French capital helped the club sign other big names. According to Cury, Neymar’s arrival in 2017, is the major reason why big names like Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Angel Di Maria agreed to join the […]
US Halts Aid To Niger, Awaits Democracy, Bazoum’s Return
The United States has declared its intention to suspend certain aid programmes to Niger after the military council seized power, and removed the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. As reported by RFI, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, announced the suspension of aid programmes to the West African nation on Friday. ‘The US government […]