Magdalena Andersson has been approved by Sweden’s parliament as the country’s first ever female prime minister, after replacing Stefan Lofven as leader of the centre-left Social Democrats. Sweden is the
Barbados, a former British colony, will next week ditch Queen Elizabeth as head of state, breaking its last remaining imperial bonds with Britain nearly 400 years since the first English
At the beginning of 2015, then U.S. President Barack Obama invoked the Leahy Laws against Nigeria by allocating a mere $700,000 and blocked the sale of Cobra helicopters to the
As respected leaders from the southeast mount pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to grant amnesty to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, the one thing they
Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, politician, university professor and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, is still in the race for the 2023 presidential election, but with a different
A political slugfest seems to be in the offing between Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his godfather, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as an Osinbajo support group made public and formal
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of Civil Society Partners on Electoral Matters, have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency, sign the new electoral act
A difficult political atmosphere for President Joe Biden may have become even more treacherous with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. Biden was already facing sliding poll numbers with an electorate
Venezuelans head to the polls on Sunday in local and regional elections which represent a major challenge for electoral authorities and opposition politicians alike, as the latter return to compete
Though, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday declared that an unconditional release of the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, currently standing trial for treason, runs
The President and Founder of Anap Foundation, Mr. Atedo Peterside has announced that the foundation has teamed up with select social influencers across the country to appeal to Nigerian youths
Governors lobbying President Muhammadu Buhari not to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill may have lost out in the equation going by the disclosure from the Speaker of the
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Tuesday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would adopt consensus option for the emergence of its presidential candidate for the 2023 election. He also
Last week, Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approved a five-year National Development Plan, NDP, targeting N348.7 trillion in investments from the federal and state governments as well as the private sector.
Myanmar has charged 16 people, including former elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with election fraud over the 2020 elections, state media reported on Tuesday. Aung San Suu Kyi, former
The conduct of the just concluded Anambra State governorship poll once again brought to the fore the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission to hold hitch-free elections in Nigeria.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained that the monitoring of the direct primaries of the 18 registered political parties in the country has financial and security implications, stating
Though President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to sign into law the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed this week by the National Assembly, which, among other things, makes direct primaries
Controversy continues to swirl around the Paris Club loan refunds, following the concerns raised by the Nigerian Governors Forum over the decision by the attorney general and minister of justice,
Having listened to Abubakar Malami’s defence of his directive on the payment of $418 million to the consultants, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head of Media and Public Affairs at the Nigerian Governors’
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