…Threaten court action until he agrees to contest The Nassiriya Organization in 21 states of the federation has vowed to leave no stone unturned in its resolve to drag the Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru Ahmad El- Rufa’i into the 2023 presidential race. Speaking to journalists in Kaduna, the National Leader of the Nassiriya […]
UN Secretary -General , Antonio Guterres , has called for peace in Saturday ’ s presidential election in Ivory Coast amid reports of deadly pre -election protests in the country . Guterres made this known in a statement signed by his spokesman, Mr Stephane Dujarric , in New York on Friday. “ On the eve […]
Tanzanian President John Magufuli claimed 84 percent of votes cast in Wednesday’s election, to post a resounding victory, which the opposition quickly denounced as fraudulent. His main challenger, the Chadema party candidate Tundu Lissu, 52, won only 13 % of the vote. The opposition complained the election was riddled with irregularities such as ballot box […]
Immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan, has said the root cause of the recent protests in the country had been with Nigeria for a long time. Presidential aide, Femi Adesina said Jonathan made the comment during a virtual meeting between Nigeria’s former heads of state and President Muhammadu Buhari held on October 23rd. In a post […]
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede has challenged the victory of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the elections petition tribunal. Joined in the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC, the Deputy Governor- elect, […]
The entire Igbo leaders, including South East Governors, the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, pro-Biafra group, the political class, traditional and religious leaders of Igbo extraction, have demanded that the Igbo should be given the opportunity to be President of Nigeria in 2023 In a communique arising from a meeting of the Movement for Actualisation of […]
…Kicks against impunity, erosion of freedoms Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration against playing politics of exclusion, saying it was dangerous for Nigeria’s corporate existence. Tambuwal, who spoke during the national flag-off of “Project 20 million”, a masses-driven and grassroots mobilization initiative, in Abuja yesterday, said such exclusion […]
The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Diocese of Ogbaru, has told the Federal Government that the cries against marginalization and for restructuring are too loud to be suppressed by federal might, urging it to embrace restructuring to address many problems facing Nigeria. The Diocese also said that even with all the campaign promises and resources […]
The Arewa Youth Consultative Movement and the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Movement, on Thursday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for reappointing Prof. Mahmood Yakubu , as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. In two separate statements , the two groups described Yakubu ’ s appointment as an opportunity for the INEC boss to prepare adequately in […]
Tanzania’ s main opposition presidential candidate Thursday declared he would not recognise the result of an election he said was marred by irregularities such as ballot -box stuffing . Counting was ongoing on the Tanzanian mainland while the semi -autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar — which elects its own president and lawmakers — announced the ruling […]
