Finkbeiner Test: An Accurate Sexism-Filter For Science News?
This week’s episode of Lost Women of Science Podcast titled ‘The Feminist Test We Keep Failing’ featured an interesting conversation about how journalists and reporters write profiles or news stories of women scientists making waves in research and innovative technology. Are they doing it right? Is there something they should fix? Well, in 2013, a […]
Your Future Is In Your Hands
The excitement is almost tangible. The fragrance in the air and the excitement is so thick that you could literally cut a slice from it. It’s November and the holiday is staring us in the face. Are you excited about the achievements you have made so far or disappointed about the things you were unable […]
2023: I Won’t Step Down For Atiku, Kwankwaso Insists
Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso yesterday dismissed insinuation in some quarters that he would step down for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the forthcoming general election. Speaking in Lagos at a meeting with Nigeria Guilds of Editors, Kwankwaso said, ‘Some people are […]
PDP Crisis: G5 Forms Integrity Group, Issue Fresh Warnings
The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems not to be ending soon after five of the aggrieved governors of the party have announced the formation of the Integrity Group within the party. Their decision was made public when the G5 met in Lagos on Sunday. Speaking at the meeting, the group disclosed that […]
Real Reason Nigerian Visa Applications Are Soaring – UK Envoy
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has asserted that the number of Nigerians who are applying for visas to the United Kingdom has skyrocketed in recent times. Laing disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja when she featured at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York. […]
World Cup: Over 2.95 Million Tickets Sold So Far – FIFA
World football governing body, FIFA on Sunday revealed that nearly three million World Cup tickets have been sold so far as the governing body’s president revealed the tournament had helped push revenues over the past four years to a record $7.5 billion. A FIFA spokesman informed newsmen on Sunday that about 2.95 million tickets had […]
2023: No Underage Person Will Be Allowed To Vote – INEC
In the face of multiple allegations of underage voter registrations which have been discovered ahead of the 2023 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reiterated its assurance to the Nigerian people that citizens who have yet to attain the legal voting age will not be allowed to vote during the elections. Mr. Victor […]
Incessant Kidnapping: Military Take Over Cross River Forests
Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that the Governor of Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade’s call to the federal government to as a matter of urgency deploy soldiers to the Uyanga forests in Akamkpa LGA of the state has been granted. Recall that a few days ago, the […]
How Oil Thieves Used Technology To Lay Pipelines – Mele Kyari
Mallam Mele Kyari who is the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd has decried the spate of oil theft going on in Nigeria, stressing that he has just discovered that those that engage in the act now deploy technology to lay pipelines. Speaking on Newsnight, which is a pre-recorded programme […]
Murderers: Turkey Rejects US Embassy’s Condolences
The Government of Turkey has on Monday rejected the United States condolences over the death of six people in a bomb attack which had recently occurred in Istanbul that Ankara had blamed on an outlawed Kurdish militant group. Earlier, Soylu had revealed that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which […]
President Macron To Call Putin After Historic G20 Meeting
President Emmanuel Macron has revealed that he will be calling his counterpart, Vladimir Putin after a Group of 20 summit which would be held in Bali where the Russian leader is expected to face strong pressure from other world leaders. Macron “will call him after the G20,” the senior Elysee official had revealed to reporters, […]
NBC Slams Fines On Arise TV Over Recent Report On Tinubu
Coming on the heels of some political reports which had been vetted out by Arise TV, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has slammed some fresh fines on Arise Television to the tune of ₦2 million over a fake report about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu. And it has also […]