Category: Politics

An X user with the handle @Samsonthegoat25 in a post on Monday claimed that: “My friend dad bought a piece of land at Abuja in 2012 for ₦80,000. “Recently, the same land was sold for ₦250 million without his full knowledge or proper consent, and the new buyer has already started building on it…” he...

Cameroonian opposition leader Anicet Ekane, who supported a bid for president by a rival to the country’s long-serving leader in October, died in detention on Monday, his lawyer and family said, a development that may worsen political tensions. According to the vice president of his party told reporters “Anicet Ekane died this morning in Yaounde,...

Thousands of demonstrators including from the Roman Catholic church clergy protested in the Philippines on Sunday, calling for the swift prosecution of top legislators and officials implicated in a corruption scandal that has buffeted the Asian democracy. Left-wing groups led a separate protest in Manila’s main park with a blunt demand for all implicated government officials to immediately resign...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has declared indefinite ban of masquerade display across the state. The governor at a state function yesterday said the declaration was informed by a recent wave of attacks on innocent residents by suspected criminals disguised as masquerades in various parts of the state. “This year’s Christmas celebration opens up...

Former governor of Anambra state and 2023 presidential hopeful Peter Gregory Obi in a post on X on Sunday reflected on Guinea-Bissau’s coup: “On Thursday, November 27th, I arrived in Abuja early in the morning after attending a productive meeting at the European Parliament. “To my distress, I learned that our former President, Dr. Goodluck...

Reno Omokri, the former aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan, in a statement on X on Sunday likens president Tinubu’s virtue to that of Christ while promising to serve humanity in his ambassadorial role.This is coming after Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Saturday forwarded 32 new ambassadorial nominees to the Senate, comprising 15 career diplomats...

The Installation of Barbados’ second president, The Most Honourable Jeffrey Bostic, took place at Kensington Oval during the annual Independence Day Parade and National Awards as the  island marked 59 years since breaking from British rule in 1966 and four years as a republic since 2021. “Barbados, today is our day” declared Prime Minister Mia...

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...