•Zimbabwean flag A prominent Zimbabwean journalist was detained yesterday over a satirical article critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a charge media groups decried was another attack on freedom of expression. Faith Zaba, editor of the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper, is the latest journalist to be charged in court over what the govern...
Calls to stop the president from appointing the Chairman, National Commissioners, and other presiding officers to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) took centre stage on Monday in Abuja as the Nigerian Civil Society Situation presented its comprehensive Credibility Threshold for Nigeria’s 2027 General Election. The document w...
•Tinubu and Aliyu Aliyu Audu, former senior special assistant on public affairs to President Bola Tinubu, has reiterated his resolve to work against the president’s re-election in 2027. Audu, who recently resigned from Tinubu’s administration, said that despite being a spokesperson to the president, he had no access to him for almost two years...
•Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde A former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State, Kunmi Mustapha, has backed Governor Seyi Makinde for President in 2027. Mustapha, in a statement he signed yesterday in Ibadan, the state capital, to mark Makinde’s sixth anniversary as governor, said the bravery and leadership qualities the go...
•Akinwunmi Adesina and his successor, Sidi Ould Tah Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected President as the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Tah is expected to succeed Nigeria’s Akinwunmi Adesina whose tenure elapses by the end of August. Adesina served two terms of [&hel...
•Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is an integral part of Nigeria’s democratic history and that the continued existence of the party is tied to the country’s survival. The founding PDP member, who was a guest on Channels Television today, said should ...
•German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for debates on migration to be held with reason amid increased border controls under the country’s new government. “Immigration was never easy,” Steinmeier said in Berlin today at an event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Intercultural Week, a nati...
•Ednaldo Rodrigues A court in Rio de Janeiro ordered the dismissal yesterday of Brazilian football federation head Ednaldo Rodrigues, citing problems in his employment agreement. Rodrigues had already been temporarily suspended in 2023 after a court found irregularities with his 2022 election, but was reinstated on orders of a Supreme Court ju...
•Brice Oligui Nguema Gabon’s President-elect Brice Oligui Nguema who led a coup ending decades of Bongo family rule and swept polls last month with nearly 95 percent of the vote will be sworn in today. The General and former junta leader, who toppled Ali Bongo in August 2023, ending 55 years of dynastic rule by […]
•Buhari Immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari has advised those in leadership positions to attach more importance to the welfare of the people than their personal welfare. The former president also said that he left office as the president with the same physical assets he had before his election, reports Vanguard. Speaking when he received...
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