24/7 Electricity Can Be Harnessed From Thin Air — Research
Africa, a continent endowed with rich natural resources and diverse landscapes, has been facing a persistent energy crisis for decades. Access to reliable and affordable electricity remains a significant challenge for many African countries, hampering economic growth, limiting educational opportunities, and impeding advancements in healthcare. However, a recent groundbreaking scientific discovery could potentially transform this […]
Antimicrobial Resistance— Africa Needs Wastewater Surveillance
If left unchecked, by 2050, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) would lead to over 10 million deaths annually. Currently, in sub-Saharan Africa, of every 100,000 deaths, about 24 are traced to intra-abdominal infection, chest, lower respiratory, and bloodstream infections. Unfortunately, these diseases are caused by antimicrobial-resistant organisms. In a world grappling with the rising tide of antimicrobial […]
Subsidy Removal: NLC To Embark On Nationwide Strike Wednesday
Amid fuel shortages across the country occasioned by President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech in which he declared that ‘fuel subsidy is gone’ the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike that will be commencing from next Wednesday. NLC President Joe Ajaero made the announcement after an emergency meeting of the union’s National Executive […]
Rivers Poll: APC Withdraws Petition As Cole Opts To Fight On
The leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has taken a dramatic dimension after the party announced that it had withdrawn its petition challenging the outcome of the March 18 governorship election at the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. Africa Today News, New York reports that Pastor Tonye Cole who […]
Petrol Prices In Benin Rep Soar As Nigeria Ends Subsidy
Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that petrol prices have almost doubled in Benin following the announcement earlier in the week that fuel subsidies would be scrapped in next-door Nigeria. Nigeria is one of Africa’s oil giants and subsidised petroleum products are routinely smuggled into Benin, where they’re mostly […]
Subsidy: Tinubu Moves To Review Of National Minimum Wage
The President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asserted that improved livelihood for Nigerians remains a top priority of his administration, with more people-focused economic policies while submitting that the national minimum wage needs a review to reflect realities. The President, who received members of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) led by the Chairman, Hope […]
Payment Of Fuel Subsidy Unsustainable, APC Govs Insists
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has come out to declare that the fuel subsidy regime in the country is not a sustainable system for the nation’s economy declaring support for its removal by the current federal government administration. The members of the forum who spoke at a briefing in Abuja on Friday also expressed their […]
More Trouble For PDP As Court Upholds Ayu’s Suspension
A Benue State High Court in Makurdi yesterday evening ruled that the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu can no longer hold the contested office having lost membership of the party in his Igyorov Council Ward of Gboko Local Government Area of the state. Africa Today News, New York had […]
How 3,383 Nigerian Nurses Moved To UK In One Year – Report
Nigerian-trained nurses and midwives totaling 3,383 were licensed to practice in the United Kingdom in one year, Africa Today News, New York has gathered. This is according to the latest report obtained from the Nursing and Midwifery Council on the number of professionals on the NMC register from April 1, 2022, to March 2023. The […]
INEC, Tinubu, Kick As Tribunal Admits 136 Exhibits From Obi
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the last elections, Mr. Peter Obi, who is alleging that the 2023 presidential election was rigged has tendered before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, 136 additional exhibits to support his claim. Africa Today News, New York reports that the exhibits, which were […]
Osimhen Wins Serie A Best Striker Award For 2022/2023
Napoli superstar striker, Victor Osimhen has been announced as the winner of the Best Striker award for the 2022/23 Serie A season after a phenomenal season. The Serie A made the announcement on Friday, declaring that the striker fended off competition from Lautaro Martinez of Inter Milan and AC Milan’s Rafael Leao of AC Milan […]
Death Toll In India Train Crash Hits 230, Over 900 Injured
No fewer than 233 people have been confirmed in eastern India after two passenger trains derailed in an accident that also involved a collision with a freight train, according to officials. The accident on Friday in Odisha state’s Balasore district – India’s deadliest rail incident in more than a decade – also left an estimated […]