Ganduje Vows To Sanction Banks, Rejecting Old Naira Notes
The Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje has threatened to sanction banks and businesses rejecting the old naira notes. The governor cited a Supreme Court interim injunction that allowed the use of old notes alongside new ones until the old ones are phased out. Governor Ganduje said he noticed that some businesses are rejecting old […]
Buhari Appeals To UAE To Lift Visa Ban On Nigerians
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to consider lifting its blanket visa ban on Nigerians. The President made this call on Tuesday evening during a telephone conversation with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who doubles as […]
WHO To Hold Emergency Meeting Over Marburg Virus Outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that it will be holding an emergency meeting on the outbreak of the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea. Africa Today News, New York reports that no fewer than nine people have died from the haemorrhagic fever, and there are a further 16 suspected cases in the eastern Kie […]
2023: Perish Idea Of Interim Govt, Afenifere Warns Buhari
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has once again sent strong warnings to President Muhammadu Buhari to resist any temptation or pressure to foist on Nigeria any form of change of government that is not a product of democratic practice. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi on Tuesday, Afenifere said the latest […]
Scores Injured Following Fresh Shooting In US Campus
Some yet-to-be-ascertained number of people were on Monday injured in a shooting on a US university campus, local police said, with the gunman still at large. Africa Today News, New York reports that Campus police at Michigan State University said shots were fired Monday evening and students and staff were ordered to shelter in place. […]
Atiku Cancels Presidential Rally In Rivers, Gives Reasons
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has asserted that he is not in any way surprised that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council opted to put off its earlier scheduled rally in the state. Wike submitted that the decision by the PDP presidential campaign council in Rivers was not unexpected because none of the […]
How Priests Sexually Abused 5,000 Minors In Portugal – Inquiry
Catholic clergy in Portugal have reportedly abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission on Monday revealed after hearing hundreds of victims’ accounts. Pope Francis is under pressure to tackle the scandal after thousands of reports of pedophilia within the Catholic Church surfaced around the world. Africa Today News, New York reports that the […]
You Lack Democratic Ideals, AAC Guber Hopefuls Tackle Sowore
Barely 11 days to the 2023 general elections, no fewer than five gubernatorial candidates of the African Action Congress (AAC) have disowned its party’s presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, declaring that he is undemocratic and quite inexperienced to serve as president of Nigeria. The gubernatorial candidates were: Iboro Robert Oru, Akwa Ibom State; Aliyu Ahmed, Kwara […]
Oduduwa Nation Agitators Plotting To Disrupt Elections — IGP
Usman Baba who is the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has asserted that some separatist agitators under the aegis of Oduduwa Nation are amassing weapons in an attempt to disrupt the February 25 and March 11 general elections in the South-West geopolitical zone. The IGP disclosed this during a meeting with strategic police managers at […]
Defection: LP Disowns Kano Guber Candidate
The Kano State chapter of the Labour Party has rubbished claims that Bashir Ishak-Bashir, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), was its governorship candidate, stressing that he was not. Recall that Ishak-Bashir had on Monday told newsmen that he had commenced talks with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to support it in the […]
Saudi Arabia Moves To Send Its First Woman Into Space
Saudi Arabia has concluded plans to send its first-ever woman astronaut on a space mission later this year, becoming the latest move by the kingdom to revamp its ultra-conservative image. Africa Today News, New York reports that Rayyana Barnawi will join fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni on a 10-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), […]
Campaign: Real Reason I Couldn’t Visit Oba Of Lagos – Obi
Ahead of next week’s general elections, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has clarified that contrary to wide speculations, the Oba of Lagos, HRH Rilwan Akiolu was not ‘readily available’ when he requested to visit him during his campaign in the nation’s economic capital. Speaking on Monday on Channels Television’s special […]