Our Refinery Will Create 100,000 Jobs, $21bn Revenue —Dangote
Amid encomiums from eminent personalities, including President Muhammadu Buhari and presidents of five other African countries, founder and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote expressed optimism that the newly commissioned 650,000pbd refinery would employ over 100,000 Nigerian youths and generate over $21 billion in revenue. He asserts that the country will save a boatload of […]
‘Fulfilled’ Buhari Did His ‘Best’ For Nigeria – Presidency
The Nigerian Presidency has asserted that the outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari is a fulfilled man who is leaving as Nigeria’s leader after serving the country for eight years. This is according to presidential aide Garba Shehu who was featured on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York. He noted that […]
Nigerian Resident Doctors Finally Suspend Strike
The leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has confirmed the suspension of its one-week warning strike which it embarked upon on Wednesday, the 17th of May. President of the association, Dr. Emeka Orji, told reporters on Monday that the association suspended the action for two weeks after reaching some agreement with the […]
Onaiyekan Makes Case For Live Broadcast Of PEPT Proceedings
John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Abuja Archdiocese, has backed the call for live broadcast of Presidential Election Petition Tribunal proceedings. He spoke on the controversy trailing the demand by some Nigerians for live broadcast of the presentations at the tribunal while addressing journalists after Mass to mark the end of this year’s 57th […]
Papua New Guinea, US To Sign Security Pact To Checkmate China
Papua New Guinea (PNG) will today (Monday) sign a defence pact with the United States as it hosts Washington’s top diplomat and India’s prime minister for separate talks likely to be dominated by China’s increasing influence in the Pacific. Africa Today News, New York reports that PNG which is located just north of Australia, is […]
Bandits Murder Nine, Injure Others In Fresh Kaduna Attack
No fewer than nine people were reportedly killed by bandits following an attack at Ungwan Dakwa village, near Dogon Dawa ward in Birnin Gwari Local government area of Kaduna State on Sunday evening. Although the police authorities are yet officially to comment on the incident, Honourable Yahaya Birnin Gwari who is the House of Assembly […]
70% Of Food Exports From Nigeria Declined Abroad – NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has revealed that at least 70 percent of food exports from Nigeria were rejected abroad with huge financial losses to the exporters and the country at large. Director-general of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye who made this disclosure in a statement on Monday has, however, […]
Vinicius Decries Racial Abuse, Says La Liga Now For Racists
Real Madrid winger, Vinicius Junior has labelled the Spanish La Liga a championship owned by racists after facing yet another racist abuse on Sunday night in his team’s 1-0 loss against Valencia. The second half of the game became chaotic after Vinicius squared off with the Valencia fans and was later sent off for hitting […]
Two Pilots Die In Afghanistan Military Helicopter Crash
No fewer than two pilots were confirmed dead on Sunday night after a US-made military helicopter crashed in the north of Afghanistan, the country’s defence ministry has revealed. The defence minister in a Tweet on Monday morning said; ‘An MD-530 helicopter of the country’s air force, which was flying from Mazar-e-Sharif airfield towards Samangan, collided […]
Demolition: Don’t Push Us To The Wall, Shi’ites Warn El-Rufai
Leaders of the Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky-led Shi’ites group, otherwise known as Islamic Movement in Nigeria, have reacted to the move by the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KASUPDA) to demolish no fewer than six structures out of 48 belonging to the sect in the state. The Shi’ite leaders who addressed a press conference […]
Buhari Set To Commission 650,000 BPD Dangote Refinery Today
Nigeria’s outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday (today) commission the 650,000 BPD Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals in a move that holds bid promises for Africa’s most populous country. This was confirmed in a Twitter statement by the Dangote Group on Sunday which also confirmed that after the commissioning, the refinery will be churning […]
NASS: Don’t Judge Me By My Performance As Minister – Akpabio
A contender for the position of Nigeria’s Senate presidency and a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio has appealed to Nigerians and members of the incoming 10th National Assembly not to assess him using his brief stay as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. Akpabio said he preferred to be assessed by his record […]