Rivers, Kano, Abuja Will Be Getting 9000 Capacity Prisons – FG
Rauf Aregbesola who is the Nigerian Minister of Interior has on Monday noted that the federal government of Nigeria would be completing the 9,000 special facility capacity custodial centres in three states of the country by December, 2022. These 3,000 capacity custodial centres have been slated to be located in Kano, Rivers and Abuja. Read […]
Nigerian Senate Calls For Speedy Trial Of Crude Oil Thieves
The Nigerian Senate has on Monday made an open call for the expeditious and speeedy trial of all crude oil thieves, while reiterating that their actions also amount to the major economic sabotage against the people and the country in general. The Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan had also made the call while he […]
Israel PM Visits Berlin To Reconstruct Nuclear Deal With Iran
Yair Lapid who is the Israeli Prime Minister has taken off for Germany on Sunday, in his latest diplomatic effort to try to persuade all the Western powers to make sure that they ditch a nuclear deal with the Iranian nation. Israel has also long opposed a revival of the 2015 accord, which had also […]
Queen Elizabeth’s Coffin Arrives In Edinburgh On Final Journey
As Queen Elizabeth’s coffin embarks on its final journey, some thousands of mourners have thronged the route for the final journey of Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday as her coffin had arrived in Edinburgh from the Scottish retreat where she had died. Some huge crowds had also noticeably gathered along the streets of Scotland’s capital […]
Zamfara House Commends Matawalle Over Cash Transfer
Hon. Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya who is the Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly has lauded the monthly unconditional cash transfer which had been introduced by Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle as a catalyst which had been instigated against insecurity and abject poverty in the State. The Speaker had also disclosed this to newsmen in […]
NIC Court Summons ASUU Over Strike Action
The Nigerian National Industrial Court, NIC, has finally tendered a series of summons to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to make sure that they appear before it on Monday in Abuja over the lingering strike which had been embarked on by the union eight months ago. The […]
Fourth Peruvian Foreign Minister Resigns In 14 Months
Miguel Angel Rodriguez who is Peru’s Foreign Minister has tendered in his resignation on Friday which would also make him the fourth diplomatic chief to openly step down under President Pedro Castillo whose government had been wracked by political instability. Castillo, who had also survived two political impeachment attempts since he had taken over in […]
Three Declared Dead After Croatia Train Crash
Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has revealed that at least three people have been killed and 11 have also been injured when a passenger train had collided with a stationary freight train in central Croatia. The accident had also occurred at 9:30 pm (1930 GMT) Friday near the central […]
Pyrates Confraternity Blasts FG Over State Of Tertiary Education
The National Association of Seadogs, (Pyrates Confraternity) in Nigeria, have come out to openly condemn the terrible state of education as it is in most tertiary institutions in Nigeria, especially the public universities. The group had also revealed that it was scandalous that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, would have to embark on […]
FG Announces Plan To Shut Unregistered Medical Laboratories
Joseph Ekumankama who is the Nigerian Minister of State for Health has revealed that the Federal Government of Nigeria would be shutting down all the unregistered medical laboratories in the country following a few sanctions as well. This announcement had also been disclosed in a statement which had been made available by the Director of […]
‘We’ll Go To Russia If US Denies It’s Missile Pledge’ – Erdogan
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed on Friday that Turkey will be turning to countries such as Russia if the United States fails to follow through on a pledge which she had made to deliver F-16 fighter jets. Turkey had been reportedly kicked out of a programme which had been billed to […]
Albania Cyber Attack: US Announces New Iran Sanctions
In lieu of the recent breaches by Iran, the United States Government has announced a series of fresh sanctions on Friday on Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and its minister Esmail Khatib, after Tehran had been fingered for being responsible for an unprecedented cyberattack against NATO ally, Albania. Iran had also allegedly carried out […]