Beheading Video: Russia Is ‘Worse Than ISIS’ – Zelenskyy
Ukrainian officials have condemned Russian forces after a video circulating on social media appeared to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner with a knife. Footage videos obtained by Africa Today News, New York showed a man in uniform beheading a man who wears the yellow arm band used by Ukrainian soldiers. The video is […]
‘I’ll Renounce My Nigerian Citizenship If Tinubu Is Sworn-In’
A former Deputy Governor of Lagos State and the first elected female Deputy Governor in Nigeria, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu has said that she will renounce her citizenship of Nigeria once Bola Tinubu is sworn in as President. She also said that she has already told her lawyers to start working on that ahead of the […]
Presidency: Why I Defeated You — Tinubu Replies Obi
Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu has rubbished the competence of a petition the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate, Peter Obi, filed to nullify his election, explaining to the tribunal why he won the election. In a preliminary objection, he filed alongside his Vice-President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, Tinubu maintained that Obi lacked the locus standing to […]
Tension As North Korea Fires ‘New Type’ Ballistic Missile
North Korea on Thursday launched what analysts believe could be a ‘new type’ of a ballistic missile that landed in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, prompting Tokyo to lodge a ‘strong protest’ after fears the weapon might land in or near its northern island of Hokkaido led to an evacuation order. According […]
‘Japa’: NMA Replies Reps Opposes 5-Year Compulsory Practice
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has come out to oppose the proposed five-year compulsory service for medical and dental practitioners which is currently being considered at the National Assembly. Africa Today News, New York reports that last Thursday a bill seeking a minimum of five years for doctors to practice in the country before being […]
Workers Trapped As Seven-Storey Building Collapses In Lagos
A seven-story building which is still under construction on Banana Island, Lagos State, has collapsed, trapping several workers, Africa Today News, New York has gathered. At the time of filing this report, emergency responders have been mobilised to the scene of the building collapse for rescue operations. The Lagos Territorial Head of the National Emergency […]
Benue Govt Provides Position On Anti-Open Grazing Law
The Benue State Government has clarified its position on the enforcement of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law in the state. The governor’s Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Terver Akase, in a statement which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York on Thursday said ‘it has become pertinent to clarify the misconceptions […]
25% FCT Votes Not Needed To Win Presidency, INEC To Tribunal
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has informed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) that as far as becoming President is concerned, a candidate must not secure 25 percent of votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja to be declared winner. This came even as the electoral umpire has also submitted that neither the […]
Obi, FG Trade Words Over Leaked Conversation With Oyedepo
The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi are currently at loggerheads over the latter’s alleged audio conversation with the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo. In the controversial leaked audio of the conversation on the eve of the presidential poll on February 25, Obi […]
Trump Insists On Presidential Bid Despite Criminal Charges
Ex-US President Donald Trump has made a U-turn on a plan to drop out of the 2024 race for the White House despite facing criminal charges. Africa Today News, New York the Republican real estate magnate, who is facing 34 felony counts in New York over alleged hush money paid to an adult film actress, […]
No Power Can Stop Tinubu From Being Sworn-In – Umahi
The governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi has declared that ‘no force, power, propaganda and manipulation’ would stop Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu from being sworn in as president on the 29th of May, 2023. Governor Umahi made the declaration at the Governor’s Office, New Government House, Abakaliki when the speaker of the state House […]
How Wike Begged Me To Help Talk To Atiku — Dino Melaye
A governorship aspirant of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Kogi State, Dino Melaye has opened a can of worms revealing how the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, allegedly begged him to ensure Atiku Abubakar picked him as his running mate. Recall that after he lost the party’s presidential primary to Atiku last year, […]