More Than 620 Individuals Arrested In Chad Protests
Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has revealed that more than 620 people which also include some dozens of minors have all been arrested in Chad, after the anti-regime protests had all left at least 50 dead. The arrest figure which has also been stipulated as being far higher than […]
Fans To Chant Mahsa Amini’s Name At Iran World Cup Games
Some of the Iranian activists have made an open call on all the football fans who would be attending Iran’s matches at the World Cup which is starting later this month to chant the name of Mahsa Amini, whose death in custody had sparked some nationwide protests. It has also been reported that Iran has […]
Nigerians Should Report Dead Persons On Voter Lists – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has recently urged Nigerians in general to raise any objections against the inclusion of any person who would be deemed not qualified to actually vote or the name of a dead person which has also appeared on the voter register which has been slated to be published on Saturday, […]
ASUU: Reduce Lawmakers’ Salaries By Half – Ndume To FG
One of the controversial Nigerian Senators, Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South) in lieu of the recent squabble between the Federal Government of Nigeria and ASUU has openly urged the Federal Government to take the initiative to slash some of the salaries of the National Assembly members by 50 percent and then give it to the Academic […]
Attack On Convoy: Atiku Fingers Borno Political Leaders
The former Vice President of Nigeria who is also the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has made some revelations about the facts surrounding the recent attack which had been made on his convoy in Borno State while revealing that it had been masterminded by political leaders of the state. […]
3 New York Correction Officers Charged With ‘Leave’ Fraud
Some correction officers in New York have finally met their waterloo as two criminal complaints had been unsealed today in a federal court in Brooklyn while charging some three correction officers who had been employed by the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) at Rikers Island with federal program fraud. Correction Officers Steven Cange, […]
65,699 PVCs, 904 Ballot Boxes Destroyed In Ogun Fire – INEC
Recent reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has revealed that the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally given a sequence report of some of the items which had been destroyed when its office in Iyana Mortuary, Abeokuta South Local Government of Ogun State had been set […]
South Africa Govt Workers Down Tools In Strike Over Pay
In another fresh report, some thousands of public workers in South Africa downed their tools on Thursday in solidarity to a nationwide strike which had been announced over some of their wages after talks with the South African government had hit a deadlock, threatening to affect essential services. The work stoppage had also been led […]
We Won’t Be Going Back On BVAS, IReV – INEC
Dr Emmanuel Alex Hart who is the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Residence Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Bayelsa State has reiterated his earlier claims that there would be no going back on the deployment of the recently announced Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for voters accreditation and also for the transmission of results to the INEC […]
Lagos Govt Decrees To Jail Sellers Of Expired Products
In a fresh decree, the Lagos State Government has revealed that it would be going tough on some of the business owners and manufacturers who are currently selling some of the adulterated and expired products ahead of the recent December rush. The General Manager of the Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA), Afolabi Solebo has […]
Uganda Shuts Down Schools After Eight Pupils Die Of Ebola
The Government of Uganda has revealed that they will be closing some of their schools nationwide later this month after 23 Ebola cases had been confirmed among their pupils, including eight children who died. Janet Museveni, the First Lady of Uganda who is also the education minister, had also revealed that there had been some […]
FCT Court Slams Jail Time On Bawa, EFCC chairman
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is currently on the verge of moving to jail as an FCT High Court had convicted him and slammed some jail time on him for contempt of court. The conviction had also come following the failure of the EFCC to comply with a […]