Despite Washington’s emphasis on adjusting its focus on Africa, it seems that US-Africa cooperation may still be a test of whether the US return to Africa can actually yield results or become just more empty talk. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a tour of four African countries this week. He is scheduled […]
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“I will have nothing to do with sewer politics,” he said in a 13-page statement on Thursday. He won about 44% of the votes in last year’s presidential election which was plagued by allegations of foul play. However, several MPs from his CCC party later lost their seats in what Mr Chamisa said was sabotage. […]
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The Chairperson of the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), Ekiti State, Mrs Monisola Susan Ogundare has been accused of shady dealings and misappropriation of funds of the association running into millions of naira. A petition to the National President of POWA, Mrs Elizabeth Egbetokun, by a group of insiders identified as Team Independent Investigation, accused […]
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The permission granted Mr Koroma is coming amid rumours that he had agreed to go on exile in Nigeria if all charges against him were dropped. Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma has been granted permission to seek medical attention in Nigeria. He was granted permission by a Sierra Leone High Court, according to a BBC report. […]
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Rivers State crisis has yet to be resolved fully despite alleged intervention by President Tinubu. Abuja, Nigeria – On October 30, oil-rich Rivers State, Nigeria’s oil capital, became the latest hub of political drama in the country following the state parliament’s attempted impeachment of Siminalayi Fubara, who had been governor for only five months. The impeachment […]
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the judgement of a lower court that sentenced former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, to five years imprisonment for receiving a bribe of $500,000 from businessman, Femi Otedola. Lawan was tried for receiving $500,000 bribe during a legislative probe into the fuel subsidy regime in 2012. SaharaReporters […]
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The Kogi State governor, Usman Ododo, has made some appointments on his first day in office, retaining his predecessor, Yahaya Bello’s loyalists, nephew and other commissioners. Ododo, who was sworn in at the Muhammadu Buhari Mini Stadium, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital on Saturday, made his first appointments during his inaugural speech. The governor nominated […]
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This week, a group of military leaders in Gabon ousted the country’s newly elected officials in the eighth coup in Africa since 2020. Five of the 15 members of the regional political body Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) were suspended, as regional leaders, the United Nations and Western democracies pressure military juntas to […]
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Following weeks of bitter rows and mud-slinging between President William Ruto and Kenya’s judges, two separate courts have ruled against the government, both on matters close to the president’s heart. Firstly, a court on Friday ordered the government to stop taking payments for a new housing levy and just an hour or so later, a […]
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With an election on the horizon, the country is attempting to reclaim the moral authority it had in the years after apartheid. Within South Africa, the case has also helped bring together the ANC at perhaps the most challenging moment in its history. After being propelled to power on a commitment to “a better life […]
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