•President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, fresh from winning a seventh term at age 81, said yesterday that opposition politicians were “terrorists” who had tried to use violence to overturn the results. Official results showed Museveni winning a landslide with 72 per cent from Thursday’s election, but the poll wa...
•Voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station amid delays, today Uganda’s opposition said voting had been deliberately delayed in today’s election as President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his 40-year rule amid an internet blackout and a police crackdown. Museveni, 81, is widely expected to win a seventh term in office thanks [&...
For nearly three years, Nigerians have endured one of the harshest periods in recent history — an era defined by punishing economic policies and shrinking democratic space under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. True to form, this administration has not only inflicted widespread hardship but has pursued a calculated effort to eliminate political al...
Nigeria’s proposed January tax reforms face uncertainty as allegations of alterations continue to draw opposition from lawmakers, labour and civil society, heightening risks of legal disputes, taxpayer resistance and a growing credibility crisis. Former Senate Leader Ali Ndume yesterday called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene by sus...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State A series of explosive allegations and institutional disputes yesterday painted a troubling picture of Nigeria’s pre-2027 landscape, with opposition leaders warning that internal sabotage, electoral mistrust and creeping authoritarianism now pose a greater threat than electoral defeat itself. At the centre of...
•Tinubu and EFCC logo A row broke out yesterday over the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and security agencies. Leaders of opposition parties accused the federal government of weaponising the anti-corruption agencies to silence di...
•President Hassan Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is to be inaugurated today with the internet still blocked after election protests in which the opposition says hundreds were killed by security forces. The electoral commission says Hassan won 98 percent of the vote, reports AFP. But the main opposition party, Chadema, which was barred...
•Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s 98-percent election victory is a “mockery of the democratic process”, a spokesman for the main opposition party Chadema told our correspondent yesterday. “We are calling for the intervention by a credible body to oversee another fresh election,” said John Kitoka...
•Tinubu and ADC logo The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has cautioned the federal government against using the recent news of an alleged coup plot as a pretext to clamp down on opposition leaders and begin extra-judicial surveillance on voices that do not agree with the government. In a statement signed by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the [&hel...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State Chapter, has condemned what it described as “orchestrated tension and politically motivated street agitations” taking place in parts of the country — particularly in the South East — under the banner of the #FreeNnamdiKanuProtest. In a statement issued today, the Lagos APC spokesman, Seye Oladej...
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