Mohamed Charfi, the Head of the Algerian National Independent Election Authority, said the amended constitution has been approved with a rate of 66.8 percent vote through a popular referendum on Sunday. Charfi told a news conference on Monday that the total number of voters reached 5.6 million out of 24.4 million eligible voters, which constituted […]
A meeting of the Governors of the North, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, as well as the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, is currently in progress in Kaduna State. The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar lll, is […]
Enhanced security measures were seen across the U.S., a country that is bracing for possible violence related to the high-stakes presidential election with election day a few hours away. In Washington, D.C., shopfronts are boarding up their windows with plywood or putting up other makeshift barriers, some of them stretching nearly entire blocks. John Falcicchio, […]
Tanzanian police have arrested the chairman of the main opposition party Chadema as well as other top leaders, ahead of planned protests Monday against an election the party said was rigged. Chadema and fellow opposition party ACT-Wazalendo rejected results which saw President John Magufuli win a second term with 84 percent of results and his […]
British Queen Elizabeth may vacate the throne next year April for her first son, Prince Charles. Multiple reports quoting the Royal biographer said the queen would do so when she clocks 95, her next birthday on 21 April. “I still firmly believe when the Queen becomes 95, that she will step down,” Robert Jobson told […]
Senators are not about to back pedal in their opposition to the nomination of the President’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), The Nation gathered last night. Senators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are understood to […]
Polls opened in Algeria on Sunday in a referendum on changes to the constitution pushed by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the powerful military. The move is meant to turn the page on last year’s popular unrest. The referendum is seen as a test of strength for both Tebboune and the leaderless opposition “Hirak” protest movement […]
Edidem Ekpo Otu, Obong of Calabar, has asked Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River state, to step aside, Daily Trust is reporting. According to the newspaper, the prominent traditional ruler blamed Ayade for the vandalism, looting and destruction of public and private property in the state last week. He reportedly said the governor needs to […]
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state governor Kayode Fayemi has debunked the notion that our amalgamation in 1914 was a mistake. He further challenged all Nigerians to work together to build the nation, saying, “Sixty years may be a long time in the life of an individual. But a sixty-year-old nation, is a nation yet […]
Ivory Coast citizens have ended voting in the presidential election on Saturday. The polling stations opened from 8:00 GMT and voting lasted 10 hours until 18:00 GMT. The election was largely boycotted in opposition stronghold. According to the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), some 7.5 million people were expected to vote in 22,381 polling stations nationwide […]
