Japan dissolved its parliament on Thursday, setting the stage for an election at the end of the month that will pit new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida against unpopular opposition in

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, yielded to intense public pressure to reverse its earlier decision to subject electronic transfer of results to the discretion of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, responding to what he called “bullying” by the Biden Administration, on Monday barred all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the state by any entity, including private

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state, has reshuffled his cabinet with some commissioners taking and senior government officials assigned new portfolios. A statement on Monday in Kaduna by Muyiwa Adekeye,

National leader of Nigeria’s governing political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, said only God, the giver of life, could take his life. Tinubu made

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, said at the weekend in London that President Muhammadu Buhari was the only politician in Nigeria at this time with the charisma and credibility

China has denounced Taiwan’s national day speech, during which President Tsai Ing-wen said her government will not bow down to pressure from Beijing and will continue to bolster the island’s

Thousands of Tunisian demonstrators have gathered in the capital on Sunday to protest against President Kais Saied’s “exceptional measures”. Government critics have described the latest measures as “a coup”. At

As the race for the position of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gathers momentum, northern leaders are considering the adoption of a consensus option to select

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Saturday that he will step down in a bid to defuse a government crisis triggered by prosecutors’ announcement that he is a target of a

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says Nigeria’s president can come from any part of the country. Abubakar spoke on Thursday at the national executive committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic

Pan Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, on Wednesday described the announcement by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, that the Federal Government may declare a

Nigeria’s federal government on Wednesday, hinted at the possibility of declaring a state of emergency in Anambra State to protect the electoral process and constitutional order, if the November 6

Former Lagos State governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has waited patiently in the wings for more than six years for President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure

Leaders of the South East rose from an expanded security meeting Tuesday and resolved to do everything within the law to ensure that there was no further sit-at-home order by