Category: Politics

The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, says he always tells his daughters whenever they are getting married that if their husbands slap them, he expects them to return the slap.The emir disclosed that domestic violence form 45 per cent of cases across nine Shari’a Courts of Kano in five years.He made this known at the...

In the wake of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol’s bungled attempt to impose martial law, the country authorities on Tuesday, has banned more top officials from leaving the countryThis came a day after Yoon was hit with a travel ban, his party was forging a “resignation roadmap” that reportedly could see him step down...

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in court on Tuesday to testify in his corruption case. He faces charges of bribery, fraud and breach of public trust in three separate cases. Netanyahu, who has repeatedly sought to delay his appearance in court, is the first sitting prime minister of Israel to face a criminal...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has undergone emergency surgery to drain a bleed on his brain. He underwent the procedure after an MRI scan showed an “intracranial hemorrhage.”The surgery was successful and Lula is “well” and currently being monitored in the intensive care unit of Sirio Libanes hospital in Sao Paulo, in southeastern Brazil, a translation...

When  President Javier Milei assumed office one year ago economists warned the country was teetering on the brink of hyperinflation. It was popular outrage over this upside-down economy that fueled the rise of Milei, a self-declared “anarcho-capitalist” and former TV pundit who rode to power on vows to “blow up” the central bank, take an axe to the bloated...

Ghana’s former leader John Dramani Mahama has been declared the winner of the presidential election on Monday and pledged “a life of limitless opportunity” for citizens after voters vented their anger over the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.According to the Electoral Commission, Mahama received 56.5% of votes cast, or 6.3 million votes while his main...

Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned in parliament on Monday ahead of a planned no-confidence vote in his leadership, capping a period of fraught relations between his government and Tonga’s king.Sovaleni, who took office in 2021, did not specify a reason for his departure but his resignation halted the no-confidence motion expected on Monday....

“My recent trip to Jada was yet another opportunity to reconnect with some of my classmates at Jada Primary School. From (Left) Alh. Bello Shuaibu, Alh. Sama’ila Jauro, myself and Alh. Dahiru Bobbo.”

United State president-elect’s wife, Melania in a television interview on Friday said that preparing to enter the White House for the second time looks a lot different from the first time, as she and her husband are now familiar with the terrain.“You know what you need to establish, you know what kind of people you...