Despite the setback experienced during his re-election bid to the National Assembly in the last general election, Jonathan Eze writes that Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, the embattled APC Chieftain who was recently acquitted by the Supreme Court still controls the district in Delta State. Political advantages are a product of long term relationship with the people […]
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Cadre deployment is one of the best-known policies of the African National Congress (ANC), which has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994. And many of the party’s woes over the past decade can be traced back to it. The concept of “deployment” has a strong military association. Conventionally, it is about […]
Ondo State will have three new faces at the Senate from June as none of the incumbents or past senators is a candidate in the 25 February senatorial elections. Like other voters across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT, the electorate in Ondo State, south-west Nigeria, will file out on 25 February […]
The move, launched at the National Industrial Court in Abuja, seeks to have the labour leaders jailed for their alleged disobedience to the court’s order. The federal government has commenced a contempt suit against the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) over Wednesday’s protest against fuel subsidy removal. The […]
With a month to the by-election into the vacant seat of the Akoko North East/Akoko North-West Federal Constituency of Ondo State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state is currently engulfed in a crisis, which has led to the suspension of its State Chairman, Fatai Adams. The suspension of Adams, over alleged anti-party activities […]
What is happening in eastern DR Congo is far from being peaceful and tranquil if politicians and diplomats continue to avoid the truth, facts, and evidence, President Paul Kagame told envoys accredited to Rwanda on Wednesday, February 8. In his address during the diplomatic corps dinner, Kagame spoke at length about Rwanda’s relations with the […]
NOW that the long wait for the unveiling of who is going to be who in the Tinubu administration is over, we start our discussion this week on that subject. And to say that the choice of individuals that the president has selected to work with him as ministers appear to be an indication that […]
French diplomacy in Africa weakened considerably in 2023 as former allies steered their foreign policies elsewhere in the wake of military coups and general political upheaval. A new law making it harder for foreigners to immigrate to France has compounded matters. French interests in Africa face monumental challenges in 2024 – especially following the toppling […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among and her deputy Thomas Tayebwa last week led the August House into a debate about homosexuality. Parliament’s fear was that there is promotion of homosexuality and recruitment of young people into homosexuality; especially in schools. This forced the Speaker to task the Committee on Education to investigate the […]
From a year of elections, to multiple summits, as well as conflict hotspots and debt burdens, 2024 will bring mixed fortunes for the African continent. Africa in 2024 will be the second fastest-growing economic region in the world (after Asia) at 4 per cent, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but behind the headline […]
The Presidency invites all South Africans to use August, as the final month for nominations for National Orders, to identify persons nationally and globally who have served the nation or attained personal achievement in exceptional ways. National Orders are the highest awards that a country, through its President, bestows on its citizens and eminent foreign […]
“In this (security) task, I call on the Inspector General of Police and indeed, all law enforcement agencies that will be complementing the police in the election security process to note that the eyes of the nation and the global community will be on you all.” President Muhammadu Buhari Monday reminded the leadership of the […]
Across the African continent – from Nigeria and Ghana to South Africa – widespread protests have taken place to demand police reform in the wake of police misconduct and brutality. A continent-wide survey done in 2022 shows very low trust in the police and a prevailing perception of the police as the most corrupt among […]
In this dynamic world where countries are computing one another to come up with problem solving research and innovation, if you are not capable of beating that contest, the lonely option you have is to be recipient of technologies. As these technologies are a means of modernizing people’s way of living and bringing the ease […]
— Majority of the senators are worried that there could be delay in the electoral process due to financial and other constraints. Senators who are poised to seek re-election at the polls come October are becoming jittery, fearing that the polls may not come as scheduled. The Senators’ fear has pushed them to summon the […]
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Liberia: Was Boakai Blindfolded?
-As he tours LTMI facilities The recent tour of the premises of Liberia Traffic Management Incorporated (LTMI), a Lebanese-owned entity with interest from some Liberians by President-elect Joseph N. Boakai has left tongues wagging. Not just because of his physical presence, but also because Mr. Boakai’s tour comes amid an ongoing legal dispute over the […]
Nigeria’s registered voters, which the Independent National Electoral Commission has put at 93.5 million, are expected to come out in their numbers in what will be Africa’s biggest election this year. They will be electing the president and members of the National Assembly on 25 February and governors and members of the State Houses of […]
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Liberia: CDC and UP Supporters Clash
In early campaign violence Supporters of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) and opposition Unity Party (UP) were involved in violent campaign clashes Thursday, August 10, leaving four persons severely wounded as police fired tear gas canisters. The violent clashes began as opposition leader Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai was enroute to his campaign headquarters […]