Nigeria returns to governorship polls after disputed presidential vote
Millions of Nigerians are headed back to the polls Saturday as Africa’s most populous nation holds gubernatorial elections amid tensions after last month’s disputed presidential...
Son of Uganda’s president indicates interest in country’s leadership
The son of Uganda's aging leader, Yoweri Museveni, has said he intends to stand for the presidency in 2026, the first time the outspoken...
CAR: ex-President François Bozize leaves Chad for Guinea Bissau
One of the main leaders of the Central African rebellion, ex-president François Bozizé, has left Chad where he was exiled for Guinea-Bissau, which has...
Tunisians protest rising inflation, govt crackdown on opposition
Thousands of people marched through Tunisia’s capital Saturday, decrying an expanding crackdown on opposition voices and a proposed lifting of subsidies for food and other goods.
The...
Nigeria: The European Union deploys an Election Observation Mission
In response to the invitation by the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria, the European Union has decided to deploy an EU Election Observation...
Stanbic IBTC bank founder, Peterside, joins partisan politics
Seasoned Nigerian entrepreneur, investment banker, and economist Atedo Peterside (CON) officially joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Wednesday.
Atedo - an alumnus of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari assigned portfolios to his 44 ministers
President Buhari has assigned the officials after all of them took their oaths of office in batches.
1. President Muhammadu Buhari – Minister of Petroleum
2....
Nigeria: Breaking – 2019: Atiku Emerges PDP Presidential Candidate – to Challenge Buhari
Atiku Abubakar, a retired Customs officer and Nigeria's vice president between 1999 and 2007, has been elected the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic...
Israeli PM Netanyahu met Egypt’s al-Sisi to discuss Gaza
sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a secret summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt in May to discuss a long-term ceasefire...
Governor Dickson signs ten bills into law
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Thursday signed ten bills, including the Public Service Records and Documentation Centre Bill 2018, into law.
A statement...