Donald Trump’s campaign has accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party of “blatant foreign interference” in the U.S. presidential campaign after some volunteers travelled to help campaign for Kamala Harriss. The Republican candidate’s camp has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in Washington, calling for an investigation into what it termed illegal…
Former union leader Dan Osborn’s independent run for U.S. Senate in deeply Republican Nebraska has shown unexpected strength and if he pulls off an upset victory could make the Navy veteran a Washington wild card next year. A series of recent polls has shown Osborn within striking distance of incumbent Republican Senator Deb Fischer, a…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has congratulated Moldova and Moldovan President Maia Sandu on the vote in favour of joining the EU in spite of accusations of election interference by Russia. “In the face of Russia’s hybrid tactics, Moldova shows that it is independent, it is strong and it wants a European future’’…
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a two-week working vacation in the United Kingdom (UK). Tinubu arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 7. 20 p.m. on Saturday, and was received by senior members of the administration. It will be recalled that the President departed Abuja…
Amid hardship in the country, Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Vice President, Kashim Shettima, have left. Tinubu first left the country to go to the UK. From there, he moved to France and went there on the grounds of an annual leave. On Wednesday, his Vice, Shettima, who is supposed to be the acting…
Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, met with several candidates for his new cabinet on Monday, as the former military general prepares to take office on Sunday. Several ministers from President Joko Widodo’s administration, including Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia, visited Prabowo’s residence in South Jakarta. “Essentially,…
Nigeria was not snubbed in the 2024 UN Human Rights Council election, as some reports have claimed, says Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy. Onanuga said this in a statement titled, “Setting the Record Straight,” on Sunday. He said the country did not stand as a candidate for this cycle…
The lower house of Japan’s parliament was officially dissolved on Wednesday, setting the stage for the general election as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seeks to secure his party’s lower house majority. The general election is slated to be held on Oct. 27, with campaigning set to begin on Oct. 15. Ishiba won the presidential election…
Kenya’s Senate Speaker, Amason Kingi on Wednesday said the Senate would next week debate whether to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after the national assembly voted to impeach him. Lawmakers voted by 281 to 44 late on Tuesday to impeach Gachagua, with one abstention. That was far more than the two-thirds majority needed to carry…
Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has congratulated Taye Atske Selassie on his appointment as Ethiopia’s new president. Earlier, the two houses of the Ethiopian parliament appointed Foreign Minister Atske Selassie as the country’s new president. The appointment followed the end of the term of current President Sahle-Work Zewde after six…
