Billionaire tech entrepreneur Musk, who has called for major spending cuts, has been chosen alongside biotech investor Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (Doge). This acronym is a nod to Musk's…
APC demands fresh governorship election in Bayelsa
APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, told newsmen in Abuja that the volte face commendation of the Supreme Court and INEC by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the political situation in the state…
Tunisia PM forms govt despite majority party opting…
Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh formed a new government on Saturday. The former finance minister, was tasked by Tunisia’s president with forming a government after a previous list proposed under the leadership of the Ennahdha…
Mauritania parliament probing ex-president over corruption
Mauritania on Friday opened a parliamentary inquiry into the regime of immediate past president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The inquiry is over alleged corruption and mismanagement of the country’s resources Lemrabott Bennahi, spokesman for commission…
Embattled Malawi poll chief defends annulled vote
Malawi’s electoral commission head, Jane Ansah, has admitted using tippex correction fluid on ballot tally sheets in the now annulled 2019 election, but claimed there is “no evidence” to suggest that it favored any particular…
Malawi President Mutharika loses election court challenge
The Constitutional Court in Malawi rejected an appeal, brought by President Peter Mutharika and Malawi's electoral commission, to suspend the judgment it made last week annulling the May 2019 presidential election. The court also dismissed…
EU blasts Mozambique’s ‘rigged’ election
The European Union has described as "astonishing" the extent of vote-rigging in last October's elections in Mozambique. In their final report, published on Wednesday, EU observers gave a withering assessment of the polls saying they…
Lesotho has messy govt, equally toxic opposition –…
Lesotho’s ruling party, the All Basotho Congress, ABC, is having strong words in an introspection over recent political crisis that involves its leader and Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane’s household. Professor Nqosa Mahao, ABC deputy leader…
Omar al-Bashir: Sudan agrees ex-president must face ICC
Sudan's rulers have agreed to hand over ex-President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face genocide and war crimes charges. Bashir is accused of serious crimes in a conflict that broke out…
Senate suspends plenary over death of Sen. Longjan
The suspension of plenary followed a point of order raised by the Majority Leader, Sen.Abdullahi Yahaya (APC Kebbi). Abudullahi cited order 43 which gave provision for personal explanation and officially announced the death of Sen.…
Algerians rally for release of Left-wing party leader
Activists of the left-wing Workers’ Party in Algeria are demanding the release of Louisa Hanoune. They demonstrated in the town of Blida, about 45 kilometres south-west of the capital, where Hanoune and Said Bouteflika, the…
Cameroon votes under tension
Cameroon voted Sunday in polls overshadowed by a partial opposition boycott and separatist violence that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Elections for the central African country’s legislature and local councils are taking place…
Kanu IPOB leader threatens to hunt down children…
Fugitive leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from his safe haven in London has threatened to deal with the Abia State Commissioner of Police, Ene Okon should there be any killing on…
Why APC govt can’t claim to be architect…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has condemned the claim by the immediate past administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, that it built a modern Oyo State. He stated that the claim…
Kenya asks AU to intervene in Djibouti’s UNSC…
Kenya has asked the Africa Union to ensure it protects the integrity of the continental organisation and fidelity to its procedures over Djibouti's insistence to continue its bid for the UN Security Council non-permanent seat.…
African Union 2020 Summit Commences
The annual African Union Summit has kicked off in Addis Ababa. This 33rd Ordinary Summit, which commenced on 21st January, will run until the 10th of February. Comprising statutory meetings and side events, the summit…
Lesotho First Lady Maesaiah Thabane charged with murdering…
The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho has been formally charged in court with murdering his previous wife. First Lady Maesaiah Thabane has not yet been asked to plead. She surrendered to police on…
Namibia court upholds president Geingob’s election victory
Namibia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the results of last year’s presidential election on Wednesday, saying the challengers failed to prove that the ruling party manipulated electronic voting machines. The ruling means President Hage Geingob…
Guinea referendum to hold on March 1 with…
Guinea’s president announced late Tuesday that he would go ahead with a contested plan to revise the West African country’s constitution next month, a move that threatened to further inflame political tensions after a series…
