Category: Politics

The day before Honduras elects a new president, suddenly the main topics of conversation here shifted from domestic matters to U.S. President Donald Trump and the former Honduran president he said he will pardon. Trump cannonballed into the deep end of Honduran politics this week, first endorsing presidential candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura from the conservative National Party and...

Conservatives Ahead Of Governing Party In Honduras Presidential Vote, Early Results Show  With votes from about 43% of polling places counted early Monday in Honduras’ presidential contest, preliminary and partial results showed two conservative challengers leading the race. The vote came just days after U.S. President Donald Trump intervened in a close race by endorsing a candidate and announcing that...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of 32 new ambassadors in a sweeping diplomatic reshuffle designed to reposition Nigeria’s foreign engagements and strengthen its presence in key global arenas. Among those newly nominated are notable political figures and former government officials, including former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode, former presidential media aide Reno Omokri,...

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), has revealed that he resisted attempts by the military hierarchy to block then Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu from emerging governor of Lagos State during the 1999 election. Marwa made the revelation while delivering the keynote address at the...

“I came into office in October 1979 with a set of my own rich native dresses and left office in December 1983 with same set of dresses; no addition and no substraction. I had two personal cars at the time I assumed office but left without any: one had ended its serviceable lifespan with its...

Former President Jonathan: “What happened in Guinea Bissau wasn’t a coup. The President (Umaro Embalo) was the one who announced the coup. While the coup took place, the president was the one calling media organisations to say there was a coup. I’m a Nigerian, and I know how heads of states are treated when there’s...

Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Friday appointed a close ally of the deposed president as prime minister, after seizing power following disputed national elections earlier this week. The country’s new military leader, Gen. Horta Inta-a, announced the appointment of finance minister Ilídio Vieira Té as prime minister in a decree. Vieira Té is a close ally of the deposed President...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese married his partner Jodie Haydon in a secretive and intimate ceremony on Saturday at his official residence in the national capital, Canberra. Albanese is the first prime minister to marry while in office in the 124-year history of the Australian federal government. The couple were married by a civil celebrant before around...

 President José Jerí of Peru said his government on Friday would declare a state of emergency along the country’s southern border and deploy more armed forces to the area as a large number of Venezuelan migrants venture north from Chile, where anti-immigrant sentiment has surged during a fraught presidential campaign. Hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing...