UNESCO Propose Listing Venice As Endangered Site
The UN’s cultural agency has proposed that Venice ought to be added to the list of endangered world heritage sites. The latest report from Unesco outlines the dire situation of the iconic Italian city, emphasising the ‘irreversible’ damage potentially caused by the confluence of intense tourism, overdevelopment, and rising sea levels attributed to climate change. […]
Subsidy Removal Yields ₦1 Trillion In Savings – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu announced on Monday that the Federal Government with the initiative of fuel subsidy removal have saved over one trillion Naira. He expressed confidence in his plans and urged Nigerians to be patient, assuring them that even if they are not yielding immediate results, there is high optimism that things will fall into […]
Tinubu Declares War On Hardship With ₦500bn Palliatives
The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu on Monday rolled out measures being put in place to cushion the effects of the economic downturn, caused by fuel subsidy removal, in the country, informing Nigerians he understood the hardship and came to help, not to hurt them. He, however, approved N100 billion for the procurement of 3000 […]
Van Dijk Assumes Liverpool Captaincy, Trent As Assistant
The leadership positions at Liverpool Football Club have taken a different shape, with Virgil van Dijk taking on the captain’s role and Trent Alexander-Arnold stepping in as the assistant captain, as officially confirmed by the club. The decision to appoint Virgil van Dijk as captain and Trent Alexander-Arnold as assistant captain came following the departure […]
Oyo State’s Amotekun Gets New Chairman, Board Members
AIG Sikiru Kayode Akande (rtd) has assumed the role of the new chairman for the Board of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun, following the appointment made by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. Alongside the appointment of AIG Sikiru Kayode Akande (rtd) as the new chairman, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State […]
Ministerial Nomination: Wike Assures Tinubu Of Positive Outcome
Nyesom Wike, the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, has given his assurance to President Bola Tinubu that his ministerial nomination will be regret-free, and duties will be duly discharged. Nyesom Wike made this remark while undergoing the ministerial nominee screening process before the Senate on Monday. While being screened on Monday, the former governor […]
Nigerien Protesters Chant ‘Long Live Putin’ At French Embassy
Amidst the wave of Coup in The west African nation, the French Embassy in Niger became the epicentre of a massive demonstration in support of the military coup On Sunday, as thousands of attendees chanted ‘Long Live Putin’ with fervency. Africa Today News, New York, learned that protesters’ grievances centred around France’s influence in its […]
Niger: Garba Warns ECOWAS Of West’s Shady Plot To Ignite War
Adamu Garba, a prominent figure within the All Progressives Congress (APC), voiced his concern, alleging that the Western nations, specifically the United States and France, have laid a strategic trap to ensnare the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in an all-out conflict within the region. On Sunday, Adamu Garba related this assertion through […]
‘Nigeria Deserves Better’ – LP Reacts To Ministerial-Nominees
The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has lambasted President Bola Tinubu over the ministerial list it forwarded to the National Assembly and unveiled on Thursday. Africa Today News, New York recalls that Femi Gbajiabiamila, a former Speaker, of the House of Representatives, now Chief of Staff to the President, had last week delivered the […]
At Least 2,000 Nigerian Girls Stranded In Mali – NAPTIP
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has revealed that information at its disposal shows that over 2,000 trafficked Nigerian girls are currently stranded in Mali. Mr. Nduka Nwanwene who made this disclosure on Monday, added that the agency had intelligence that girls from Mali were being trafficked to Edo State […]
Coupists Reject Bazoum Reinstatement, Dismiss ECOWAS Threat
The Niger putschists have rejected the call by the Economic Commission of West African States Authority of Heads of State and Government to release and reinstate President Mohammed Bazoum as the legitimate Head of State and government of the landlocked state. The coupists have also warned ECOWAS against military intervention, saying, ‘We want to once […]
Nigeria On Verge Of Collapse, Catholic Bishops Raises Alarm
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), have raised the alarm that the removal of fuel subsidy without putting adequate measures in place to cushion the effects has put the country on the brink of collapse. The bishops were alarmed when they heard about Nigeria Employers Consultative Association’s plea to the Federal Government to address […]