LP Chair, Spokesman Disagree Over Okupe’s Expulsion
Confusion and controversy have continued to trail Thursday’s expulsion of the Director General of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Chief Doyin Okupe, and 10 other members of the Labour Party over alleged ‘non-financial membership status, political rascality and misappropriation of funds.’ Africa Today News, New York recalls that the leadership of the Ogun State Chapter […]
Nigerians, Not God, Behind Present Woes – Obasanjo
A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has asserted that Nigeria, not God, is responsible for the present woes bedeviling the country saying the nation should blame itself for failing to use the resources given to it by God. He, however, pointed out that Nigeria has got away with a lot of ‘stupid things’ because […]
2023 Elections: We Are Coming For Your Thugs, NSA Warns Govs
Ahead of next year’s general elections in Nigeria, the country’s National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) has sent a warning to state governors employing the use of thugs to prevent members opposition from mounting campaign materials in their domains that security agencies will soon catch up with them. Anchoring the ministerial briefing at […]
LG Funds: Buhari Labels Nigerian Governors As Thieves
The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) on Thursday threw its weight behind the Federal Government’s insistence that state governors were looting local government allocation. President Muhammadu Buhari had yesterday asserted that the lack of development that was being experienced at the local government level in many States in Nigeria was caused by governors […]
How $20,000 Dropped In Street Was Returned In Switzerland
On Thursday, when an elderly man suddenly realised that he was missing more than $20,000 in cash he withdrew from a Swiss bank, he concluded that he had been robbed but fate had other plans. A couple picked up the wad of notes, stuffed into an envelope, and dropped it in the street, and went […]
Mar-a-Lago Case: US Appeals Court Rules Against Trump
Former US President, Donald Trump, was yesterday dealt a heavy blow after the United States appealed to the court to end an independent review of documents seized from the former president’s Florida home and giving permission for all of the records to be used in a criminal investigation against him. Africa Today News, New York […]
My Husband Is Civilised, He’s Not A Bush Fulani –Atiku’s Wife
The wife of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Titi Atiku Abubakar, has declared that Nigerians should not lose sleep with her husband, Atiku Abubakar, becoming the president due to his tribe. Titi explained that her husband despite being Fulani is civilised and not the ones that stay in the bush. She […]
UK Royals In New Race Battle As William And Kate Head To US
A godmother of Prince William on Wednesday quit the royal household and also apologised for repeatedly asking a black British woman where she was ‘really’ from, which has now sent Buckingham Palace into a fresh racism row. Africa Today News, New York reports that Susan Hussey’s resignation is coming on the heels of William and […]
2023: APC Did Nothing For Nigerians In 8 Years – Atiku
Atiku Abubakar who is the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has wasted eight good years in the annals of the country. While describing the eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration as nothing, the former Vice President asserted that the maladministration of […]
Why Federal Borrowing Must Strictly Be For Production – Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has explained his consumption to production theory, which is the punchline for his presidential campaign. In a statement made available to Africa Today New York on Wednesday, Obi asserted that the federal borrowing for consumption must stop and be channeled into regenerative projects adding that if […]
US Senate Votes To Protect Same-Sex Marriage
The US Senate yesterday passed a landmark bill protecting same-sex marriage, as lawmakers from both parties intensified moves to forestall the possibility of the conservative-led Supreme Court taking away this right as it did with abortion. ‘With today’s bipartisan Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, the United States is on the brink of […]
Why Nigerians Must Fight Monopolistic Democracy – Ezekwesili
Oby Ezekwesili who is a former Minister of Education in Nigeria has called on Nigerians and other Africans to fight against a monopolistic style of democracy. Ezekwesili made this call while speaking at the Office Of The Citizen (OOTC) inauguration by #FixPolitics, an organization she founded. The ex-Vice President of the World Bank (Africa) noted […]