Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark has warned of possible hostilities in the Niger Delta region if the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is not reversed,
A former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied claims that he is floating a political party. He noted that reports of him picking three former Governors to help actualise the
Concern mounted on Sunday over what social critics called attempts by federal legislators to rig the 2023 general election ahead of time through the manipulation of the Electoral Amendment Bill
The architects of Chile’s new constitution have chosen an Indigenous Mapuche woman to lead the process, as the country’s constitutional assembly was inaugurated on Sunday in the capital, Santiago. University
A new Electoral Act Amendment Bill which provides for total ban of electronic transmission of votes is to be introduced at the Senate next Tuesday. The provision forms part of
Seventeen governors of Nigeria’s southern states will on Monday converge on Lagos for the second time this year to continue their search for solution to the myriad of problems confronting
Iran’s supreme leader promoted a hardline Muslim leader to serve as head of the judiciary amid international calls for investigations into allegations of abuses. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, now the judiciary’s
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Nigeria’s parliament on Thursday passed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) after considering and adopting the report of its committee. In the Senate, the PIB was passed with three per cent
Algerian Finance Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane was named prime minister Wednesday, the presidency said, following legislative elections earlier this month and as the country seeks to curb a deep socio-economic crisis.
South Africa has raised concerns about the deteriorating situation in the Kingdom of Eswatini with demonstrators in a sixth-day protest calling for electoral reforms. Property, including trucks, has been damaged
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike recently declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors and other political office holders, who are defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) lacked conscience
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus on Wednesday presented the certificate of return to Valentine Ozigbo as the Anambra State governorship candidate of the
For China’s Communist Party, celebrating its 100th birthday on Thursday is not just about glorifying its past. It’s also about cementing its future and that of its leader, Chinese President
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Donald Trump has held his first campaign-style rally since leaving the White House, repeating his election grievances and baseless claims of fraud as he urged his supporters to help Republicans
There was confusion on Saturday in Anambra over the conduct of the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as two factions of the party held separate elections.
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The presidency has washed its hands off the current attempt by the National Assembly to amend the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Act and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Act, a
Charles Soludo, a former Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank has won the governorship primary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) held on Wednesday in Awka, the Anambra state capital.
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