Despite the dwindling revenues of states and their inability to effectively meet workers’ demands and other obligations, many Nigerian state governments are unwilling to repeal the laws that legalised the
Prominent Nigerians led by a northern elder-statesman, are making nationwide consultation to ensure that political parties, especially the major ones like, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives
Peru’s interim president resigned Sunday as the nation plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in two decades following massive protests unleashed when Congress ousted the nation’s popular leader. In a
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has criticized the application of some laws in the country that allows some states like Zamfara mine and manage gold and other solid minerals in
Godwin Obaseki the executive governor of Edo state has promised to consolidate his first-term achievements saying he will ensure his administration rapidly develop the state’s critical energy, housing, digital, and road Infrastructure. The governor
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel to stay on in her position, in what one source said could be a prelude to Trump’s
A former governor of Lagos State Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has backed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s plan to repeal the Pension Law that gave pension packages to former governors and their deputies.
US President-elect Joe Biden has insisted that “nothing’s going to stop” his administration moving ahead with transition plans, calling President Trump’s refusal to concede “an embarrassment.” Biden said in a
US President-elect Joe Biden has defended the healthcare reform act known as Obamacare as the Supreme Court considered whether to overturn the law and cut health insurance to millions of
The African Union has called for a ceasefire in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where federal troops are engaged in an offensive against the local government that they accuse of attacking
Senior members of the Republican party are backing US President Donald Trump in his refusal to concede to Democrat rival Joe Biden, who is the projected president-elect. Few in the
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has named Ahmed Mu’azu -a national commissioner – as the acting chairman of the Nigerian electoral commission. Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the outgoing chairman of
Twelve years ago on a chilly night on November 4, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. It was a historic victory, and for millions of African Americans,
South-west governors, ministers and monarchs sunday called for a comprehensive review of the nation’s security system and advised that a review and implementation of reports of constitutional conferences, including the
After the declaration on Saturday that Democrat Joe Biden had won the race for the White House, Republican President Donald Trump and his allies made one thing clear: he does
Expectations of improved relations between Africa and the US following the victory of Joe Biden as President-elect will amount to disillusionment and disappointment, Professor George Obiozor a former Nigerian Ambassador
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Saturday he would not congratulate a winner of the US presidential election until legal challenges are concluded, in an apparent bid to
US President-elect Joe Biden is set to make good on his longstanding promise to immediately sign a number of executive orders aimed at reversing several of President Donald Trump’s unilateral
President Donald Trump has continued to push his unsubstantiated claims of illegality in the voting process in states like Pennsylvania. The president lost his lead in the battleground state to rival
Democratic candidate Joe Biden has won the US presidential election. Biden reached the 273 electoral college votes needed to defeat President Donald Trump and clinch the White House, after it
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