The Peoples Democratic Party, the Coalition of United Political Parties and the Social Democratic Party have condemned the House of Representatives’ move to impose age limits for the offices of the president and governor in the country. Through a bill that passed second reading yesterday, the House aimed to prevent individuals over 60 from run...
•General Brice Oligui Nguema (R) Gabon’s military leader General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a 2023 coup to end 55 years of Bongo dynasty rule, announced yesterday that he would run for president in April. Oligui had pledged to hand power back to civilians in the oil-rich central African nation after an interim period following […]
•Tinubu and Obasa The removal of the embattled lawmaker, Mudasiru Obasa, as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has created cracks in President Bola Tinubu’s dynasty, reports Sunday PUNCH. There are indications that President Bola Tinubu’s decades-long political dynasty in Lagos is experiencing its first major crisis following the in...
•South Korea acting President Han Duck-soo South Korean lawmakers impeached the acting president today, as the country struggles to shake off political turmoil sparked by his predecessor’s martial law declaration that shocked the world. Han Duck-soo took over as acting president from President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was suspended following a parli...
•President Lula da Silva Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has undergone surgery following a brain haemorrhage caused by a recent fall, the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in São Paulo announced today. “The operation was completed without complications” last night, and Lula is “doing well and under monitoring” in an intensive care unit, th...
•Harris and Trump Arguably, the United States of America is having one of its keenest presidential elections ever. Ahead of the conclusion of voting, today, former President Donald Trump of the Republican Party, and Vice President Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party, as of the time of filing this report, were locked in a very […]
•Defeated Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi said today he would “step aside” after his party suffered a resounding defeat in general elections, according to preliminary tallies. “I wish to congratulate the opposition on their victory and concede the election,” Masisi told reporters at a press conference,...
•Tinubu and Buhari The Special Adviser to the President on Public Communications and Orientation, Sunday Dare, yesterday hailed President Bola Tinubu’s role in the emergence of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Before dislodging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led Federal Government in 2015, Buhari ran unsuccessfully for presidency in the ...
•Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu The president of cash-strapped Maldives will take a 50-percent pay cut as part of an austerity drive that will see public sector salaries reduced to prevent a debt crisis in the tourist hotspot, his office said today. Mohamed Muizzu is introducing a mandatory 10-percent pay cut to most public sector jobs, [&h...
•General Luong Cuong takes his oath as Vietnam’s President today Vietnam’s rubber-stamp parliament unanimously approved army general Luong Cuong as the country’s new president today, the fourth person in the job in less than two years. The president in Vietnam occupies a largely ceremonial role, which includes meeting foreign counterparts, rep...

