Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has cautioned that democracy is dying in Africa, stressing that its decline stems from an alignment with African values and realities. Obasanjo’s concern was echoed somewhat by the former secretary general of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, who warned that military incursion in governance especially in sub Saharan Africa…
Former U.S. president Joe Biden has expressed his gratitude for the goodwill he has received following the announcement of his cancer diagnosis. “Cancer touches us all,” the 82-year-old wrote in a post on the online platform X on Monday. He said that he and his wife Jill, like so many others, had found that they…
A German government delegation is set to travel to New Delhi in an effort to strengthen economic and labour ties with India. Germany’s Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck is due to leave for New Delhi with a business delegation on Wednesday. He would be joined by Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday to open…
The ECOWAS Court has declared Senegal’s shutdown of internet services and social media platforms in June/July 2023 unlawful and violated the rights to freedom of expression and access to information. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Senegalese Government had shutdown the internet in response to protests following the conviction of opposition leader…
The Senate on Tuesday postponed the scheduled North-West geo-political zone Constitution review public hearing, citing honour to the late elder statesman and business mogul, Aminu Dantata as the it’s reason. Dantata, also a notable philanthropist from Kano State, passed away recently in Saudi Arabia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), gathered that Dantata’s burial took…
Police in southern Nigeria have launched a manhunt for armed men who abducted Justice E.J. Umokoro of the Bayelsa State High Court in a bold attack outside a fast-food outlet in Yenagoa. Confirming the incident on Sunday, police spokesperson DSP Musa Mohammed stated that the judge was seized on Saturday evening in the busy Ekeki…
Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram on Monday that Russia has once again launched heavy air attacks on Ukraine, with 19 people injured in the large city of Kharkiv in the east of the country. According to what he wrote, the city was hit by a repurposed S-400 air defence missile. In the south-eastern Ukrainian,…
The Sokoto state government has warned residents of Tureta Local Government Area against seeking treatment from local barbers for suspected cases of metal poisoning. Dr Faruk Abubakar, the State Commissioner for Health, issued the warning on Wednesday while presenting government-provided drugs for patients at General Hospital, Tureta. Represented by the Executive Director of the State…
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…
Civil servants and commercial businesses in Osogbo resumed work on Tuesday after the extensive festive holidays for the celebration of the Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that commercial banks and other businesses which closed for the Sallah celebration, have all reopened. The Osun State Secretariat in Abere, Osogbo, and other government…
