Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, on Monday narrated how the federal government rejected a request by governors to borrow N50 billion (about $131m) from

President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the United States government has told Russia “there will be consequences” if Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny dies in prison. “We have

Former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday night described a former governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, as a despicable fellow, who resorts to lies and half-truths to try

The Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) Friday debunked claims by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State that the federal government printed between N50 billion – N60 billion to bridge the shortfall

Nigeria’s main opposition political party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate sack of the country’s minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed for what it says was an attempt to

Benin’s constitutional court has approved the election results that showed President Patrice Talon had won. President Talon won with 86% of the votes, while Allasane Soumanou got about 11.3% and

Mali’s transitional government has announced 27 February 2022 as the date for the country’s legislative and presidential elections. The West African country is expected to return to democracy after last

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arrested a former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, in Abuja. Spokesman of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed his arrest

Former President Goodluck Jonathan Monday canvassed the overhaul of the electoral process to make the electorate the ultimate decision-makers in an election, saying winners should be decided through the ballot

Ecuadorean banker Guillermo Lasso pulled off a surprise win in Sunday’s presidential runoff against socialist economist Andres Arauz, putting the country on track to maintain open market policies rather than

Governors of Nigeria’s southeastern states have resolved to establish a joint security vigilante outfit for the region code named ‘Ebube Agu’ to tackle growing insecurity in the area. The governors

Voters in Benin are set to cast their ballots in a presidential election on Sunday, days after violent demonstrations broke out against President Patrice Talon, who critics accuse of sidelining

The Yoruba Leadership and Peace Initiative (TYLPI) has denounced a statement by the Zamfara State governor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, claiming the killing of northerners in the South and threatening reprisals

Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, and the wives of the 36 states’ governors have canvassed policy and administrative measures at the national and state levels to formally accommodate the existence

President Ismail Omar Guelleh thanks his supporters after the election body declared him the winner, obtaining almost 99 percent of the vote. Djibouti’s veteran ruler Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected

Fourteen Governors elected under the platform of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have said that there is an alarming drift of the country, which if allowed to continue will make

The Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara says former leader Laurent Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude are free to return to the country after they were definitively acquitted of