A former Nigerian presidential candidate, Professor Kingsley Moghalu has said demonstrations for an end to police brutality and the #EndSARS protests across the country are a manifestation of a broader problem of bad governance in

Israel and Bahrain on Sunday agreed to establish formal diplomatic relations, making the Gulf country the fourth Arab state to normalize ties with Israel. The US-brokered agreement capped a one-day

With less than three weeks until the US election, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has launched his own political party. “I’m launching one of the boldest things I’ve ever launched,” Diddy announced

Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has shielded #EndSARS protesters from Saturdays’ attack on his life pinning the charge which he said was deliberate and pre-planned on political thugs. According to

Voters in Guinea are casting their ballots in a controversial election which see President Alpha Condé, 82, seek a third term. The already bitterly divided West African country was gripped

US President Donald Trump, who played down the coronavirus pandemic from its onset, criticized Michigan’s Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Saturday for her policies to curb the outbreak, drawing shouts

US President Donald Trump takes his re-election push to Michigan and Wisconsin on Saturday before launching a tour of western states to shore up support as national polls show him

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country’s general election. With most ballots tallied, Ardern’s Labour Party has won 49% of the vote and

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US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said the “future rests in renewable energy” as he put distance between his clean energy goals and the Green New Deal. At a

Guinea’s opposition leader and presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo has held his final rally ahead of Sunday’s election, denouncing President Alpha Conde’s decision to run for a third term in

US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will duel on different prime-time town hall events on Thursday instead of their second presidential debate. The twin events, in which

A former Nigerian presidential candidate Ahmed Buhari has said the continued stay of the country’s service chiefs poses a huge problem to Nigeria. The country is witnessing massive protests by

With Election Day just three weeks away, US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden concentrated on battleground states both see as critical to clinching an Electoral College

US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faced some tough questions on everything from Obamacare to her stance on abortion from senators on the second day of

US rapper Kanye West has released the first advertisement for his presidential campaign, just 22 days ahead of Election Day. West shared the video, which is a little longer than one

Many Nigerian senators have described the country’s 2021 Appropriation Bil of N13.082 trillion as one that is unrealistic and unachievable. On Tuesday the lawmakers commenced deliberation on the general principles

One of Africa’s leading think tanks and civil society groups, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has called on authorities in Nigeria to enforce stiffer measures against those involved

The US Senate Judiciary Committee has opened its four-day confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.  President Trump picked Judge Barrett to replace liberal Justice

Rotimi Akeredolu, incumbent governor of Nigeria’s southwestern Ondo state and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared winner of the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State