Savings: Obi Slams Tinubu Over ‘Mr Stingy’ Remark
Ahead of next month’s general elections, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi on Sunday night, expressed disdain over recent comments by his opponent in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, mocking him as ‘Mr Stingy.’ Africa Today News, New York recalls that Tinubu over the weekend had in a campaign […]
Tension As Gunmen Attack Edo Train Station, Scores Abducted
Less than a year after terrorists attacked a Kaduna-bound train from Abuja, at a place called Katari in Kaduna State, the Edo State Police Command said scores of passengers waiting to board a train from the Igueben station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State to Warri in Delta State were kidnapped by suspected […]
Obi Insensitive For Saving Money Instead Of People – Tinubu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has described his counterpart in the Labour Party, Peter Obi as a stingy man who boasts of saving money while his people starving. Tinubu made the remarks while speaking during the Ondo state rally at Democracy Park, Akure, the state capital. Tinubu said his vision for […]
Two More Men Executed In Connection With Protests In Iran
Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York recalls that Iran had on Saturday executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member during unprecedented protests sparked by the death in custody of a young woman. The most recent hangings bring the total number of executions since the statewide demonstrations began in mid-September […]
McCarthy Named US House Speaker Despite Republican Row
Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy was yesterday announced as the speaker of the US House of Representatives as he quelled a fierce rebellion among his party’s ranks that had paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress for days. McCarthy was favoured to be the next speaker of the Republican-controlled House, but a right-wing uprising within his own […]
Oil Theft: Tompolo Emerges 2022 Maritime Man Of The Year
Popular Niger Delta militant, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has emerged as the 2022 Maritime Man of the Year of the Maritime Media Limited. Africa Today News, New York reports that Tompolo, who is the chief executive officer of TANTITA Security Services Limited, one of the companies contracted by the Federal Government […]
NUPENG’s Strike Threat: FG Yet To Be Notified – Ministry
The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment yesterday disclosed that it was not yet aware of the plans made by a unit of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). Mr. Olajide Oshundun who is the spokesperson for the ministry made this known in an interview with reporters in Abuja on […]
Excessive Borrowing: We Almost Impeached Buhari – Senator
Senator Yaroe Binos who is the lawmaker representing Adamawa Southern Senatorial District in the National Assembly has opened up about how some lawmakers called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari, over his administration’s borrowing spree. Binos, who noted that the lawmakers’ call for the impeachment of the President, came on the day the 2023 […]
Over Five Migrants Drown In Shipwreck Off Tunisia
No fewer than five migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have reportedly drowned and five more still missing after their boat sank off Tunisia en route for Europe, authorities confirmed Saturday. According to Faouzi Masmoudi, the district attorney from the coastal city of Sfax, the Tunisian coastguard also saved about 20 other people from the Mediterranean. Masmoudi […]
Real Reason ASUU’s Audit Report Was Rejected – FG
The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has offered a reaction to allegations that it rejected the four-year audit report of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Mr. Olajide Oshundun who is the spokesperson for the labour ministry, told reporters in an interview on Friday, that the audit report was not received because ASUU […]
29 Killed In El Chapo’s Son’s Arrest, Govt Confirms
No fewer than ten soldiers and 19 criminal suspects died in a massive operation to arrest a son of jailed drug trafficker Joaquin ‘El Chapo‘ Guzman, the Mexican government said Friday, with a dramatic shootout damaging three planes and sowing terror at a local airport. According to reports, Ovidio Guzman, nicknamed ‘El Raton’ (The Mouse), […]
You Lack Moral Grounds To Help Yahoo Boys – Atiku To Tinubu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has asserted that his counterpart from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu does not possess the moral standard to reform Yahoo Boys. In his reaction to Tinubu’s comment where he said he would convert Yahoo Boys into technology experts if elected president, Atiku pointed out […]