The Police Service Commission has ordered the immediate retirement of all senior police officers who have either exceeded 35 years in service or are above the age of 60. The directive follows controversy over the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun after he clocked 60 years, reports The Nation. The Police and […]
•Samson Itodo The Executive Director of pro-democracy group, Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, says yesterday’s Peace Accord fallout may impair voters’ turnout in the September 21, 2024 governorship poll in Edo State. “What has happened today will further escalate the tension,” Itodo said on Channels Television last night. “When you have this crisis...
•President William Ruto Kenyan President William Ruto today named four heavyweight opposition politicians to join a “broad-based” cabinet in the wake of more than a month of anti-government protests. Ruto announced the names of 10 ministers to be part of a reformed cabinet, including four who are close to veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga...
•Governor Ademola Adeleke Four hundred and one chairmen and members of caretaker committees running Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas in Osun State have all resigned their positions. Those that resigned include; 69 caretaker chairmen and 332 caretaker members drawn from each of the 332 wards in the state. Letters of re...
•Kenya’s President William Ruto Kenyan President William Ruto announced today the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a “broad-based government”, as he scrambled to contain the fallout of deadly protests against his administration. The East African nation was left reeling after peaceful rallies last month over stee...
•Nigerian Governors Forum Following the order by President Bola Tínubu for the full implementation of the Oronsaye report, especially as it pertains to cutting down the cost of governance, the state governors are under pressure to toe the same line. The pressure is coming from Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, who have challenged the state go...
•Photo (L-R ) The leader of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali’s military leader Colonel Assimi Goita and Niger’s General Abdourahmane Tchiani. The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced today their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS, saying it has become a threat to member states. The leaders of the thr...

