UK Set To Bar Nigerians From Bringing Family By January
The government of the United Kingdom has put in place a law that will stop Nigerian students, and other foreign nationals studying in the UK from bringing their families as dependents except under specific circumstances. This is as the UK government works to bring down immigration into the country which stands at about 1 million […]
Julius Abure Remains Labour Party Chairman, NLC Insists
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has again passed a vote of confidence on Julius Abure, insisting that he remains the national chairman of the Labour Party (LP) despite several moves against his position. Despite a recent leadership crisis inside the LP, NLC President Joe Ajaero maintains that Abure is the party’s chairman. The NLC chief […]
Nasarawa NNPP Senatorial Candidate Escapes Assassination
The senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the just concluded elections in the western zone of Nasarawa State, Dr. Wakili Kabir-Muhammad has escaped an assassination attempt by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. Africa Today News, New York gathered that the gunmen had invaded his residence at the Government Reserved Area in Keffi Local Government […]
Buhari Won’t Okay 65-Year Workers’ Retirement Age – Keyamo
Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), who is the Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, has submitted that the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari, will not approve the newly proposed 65-year retirement age for Nigerian workers which was earlier requested. The minister made this known in an interview with reporters on Tuesday. had earlier reported that […]
Real Reason Akpabio Can’t Be Senate President — Bwala
Mr. Daniel Bwala who is the spokesman of the Presidential Campaign Council of Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has offered reasons why Godswill Akpabio would not be elected as Senate President. Bwala made this known in a tweet on Tuesday morning posted on his Twitter handle. Africa Today News, New York […]
Tinubu Will Sustain The Tempo Of My Govt — Buhari
The outgoing President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has asserted that he had no doubt that the incoming government of President-elect, Bola Tinubu, would sustain the tempo of his administration. Speaking at the Presidential Fleet Review, 2023, at the Naval Dockyard Limited, Victoria Island, Lagos, Buhari said he was pleased with the military’s combat readiness. He […]
Plateau Killings: Death Toll Hits 130 As CAN Sends Warning
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has sent out a warning over reprisal attacks over the continued killings in Mangu and Riyom Local Government Areas of Plateau State. According to CAN, about 130 persons have been killed in the past week, 1,000 buildings burnt and 22 villages affected. The President of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, […]
Newcastle Qualify For Champions League For 1st Time In 20 Yrs
Newcastle United have qualified for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years following a 0-0 draw against relegation-haunted Leicester City last night. Africa Today News, New York reports that fifth-placed Liverpool’s draw with Aston Villa on Saturday meant Newcastle needed just one point from their last two games to be assured of […]
African Presidents Hail Dangote For ‘Spectacular’ Refinery
The Presidents of Ghana, Niger, Senegal, Togo, and Chad have applauded the Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote over the establishment of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Plant in Lagos State, Nigeria. The leaders, who joined their Nigerian counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari, at the inauguration of the 650,000 bpd refinery in the Lekki […]
Restructure Nigeria When You Take Over, Akeredolu Tells Tinubu
The outgoing Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has urged Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to take the issue of power devolution seriously in his administration for a fast-track development of the country. Akeredolu, who is also the Chairman of Southern Governors’ Forum, emphasised that the power at the central was too overwhelming and needed to […]
South Africa Could Become A Failed State – ANC
The secretary general of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress Party (ANC) has said the country could become a failed state as incessant power cuts threaten to cripple the economy. Fikile Mbalula told reporers that ‘if certain things are not resolved, we will become a failed state, but we are not journeying towards that direction’. […]
S’Court Fixes 26th May For Ruling In PDP’s Suit Against APC
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has fixed the 26th of May, 2023 to deliver judgment in a suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), respectively. In the suit filed on July 28, 2022, the PDP claimed that Shettima’s nomination as Tinubu’s […]