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A 24-month transition to elections in Gabon would be “reasonable” after last month’s coup, junta-appointed Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Sima was quoted as saying by French news agency AFP on Sunday. Army officers seized power on Aug. 30, annulling an election minutes after an announcement that President Ali Bongo had won, which they said was … [Read more…]
Addressing world leaders at the 18th G-20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, India on Saturday, the President emphasized that “Nigeria is poised, able and willing to be a major player in this family of the G-20 and in shaping a new world, without whom, the family will remain incomplete”. He called for global unity and … [Read more…]
Hundreds of protesters have been camping outside a French military base in Niger’s capital Niamey for the past six days to demand the troops’ departure, the latest sign of swelling anti-French sentiment among supporters of a military coup in July. The demonstration started last Saturday, around five weeks after soldiers toppled President Mohamed Bazoum and … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room says the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the 2023 presidential election may erode the progress made in the use of technology in elections. In a statement issued on Friday, the Situation Room said the verdict may present challenges for the innovative reforms achieved through the Electoral … [Read more…]
The Rivers State Police Command has vowed to track and prosecute gunmen who ambushed and killed one of its Divisional Police Officers, Bako Angbanshin, in Odumude community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state on Friday night. The police said Angbanshin led a team of operatives to raid some criminal hideouts in the area … [Read more…]
The African Union was made a permanent member of the G20, comprising the world’s richest and most powerful countries, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the bloc’s summit in New Delhi on Saturday. The African Union, a continental body of 55 member states, now has the same status as the European Union – the … [Read more…]
Chairman of Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev John Joseph Hayab, has described as disheartening, the attack on St Raphael’s Parish in Fadan Kamantan, Kafanchan diocese of Kaduna State where a seminarian, Bro Na’aman Ngofe Danladi, was burnt to death when the parish house was set ablaze. Bandits had stormed … [Read more…]
The Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison (AHQ Gar), Maj.-Gen Koko Isoni, on Thursday inaugurated a General Court Martial to try 14 officers and nine soldiers alleged to have breached different provisions of the Armed Forces Act. The court martial was convened at the Scorpion Officer’ Mess, Asokoro Abuja, pursuant to the powers conferred on him by … [Read more…]
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredoku, returned to the country a few minutes ago. It was gathered that the airline conveying Governor Akeredolu, who has been on medical vacation in Germany for weeks, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 3:20 pm Akeredolu, it was gathered, was flown in in … [Read more…]
Ali Bongo, ousted Gabon president, has been granted freedom from house arrest by the military junta in Gabon to depart the nation for medical care. In a statement signed by General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, military spokesperson Ulrich Manfoumbi stated, “Given his state of health, the former President of the Republic Ali Bongo Ondimba is … [Read more…]
…sues for even distribution to people at grassroots Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has flagged off the distribution of Palliatives to cushion the ameliorating effects of fuel subsidy removal on residents of the State with an appeal to the Palliative Committee to ensure distribution of the palliatives comprising forty bags to each of … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday night expressed happiness on his success at the presidential election tribunal. A five-member panel of the presidential election court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani had a few minutes ago upheld Tinubu’s election in the February 25 election. Justice Tsammani, who read the judgement, held that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) … [Read more…]