Speculation about a unified opposition front for Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election intensified this week after a key aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar publicly advocated for a joint ticket featuring Atiku and the Labour Party’s 2023 candidate, Peter Obi. Demola Olarewaju, the Special Assistant on Digital Media Strategy to Atiku Abubakar, articulated his view […]
The group leading mass protests has demanded the government’s dismissal after days of unrest that left three people dead. The GenZ 212 has demanded the dismissal of the current government for its failure to protect the constitutional rights of Moroccans and respond to their social demands. The group, whose main organisers remain unknown, also said […]
The UN World Food Programme has announced that it is cutting food assistance for hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia, where millions are facing the devastating effects of climate change and acute levels of hunger. The agency said the number of people receiving emergency food assistance in the country will decrease from 1.1 million […]
Lawmakers in Chad have fast-tracked a proposal to allow the president to serve an unlimited number of terms, in a move that the opposition warns opens the door to authoritarianism. The vote means that Chad’s constitution will be amended to extend the president’s term from five to seven years, renewable without limit. Both houses approved […]
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Oil Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has said the divestments by the International Oil Companies (IOCs) in the Nigerian petroleum upstream sector have added 200,000 barrels per to national production. He also said the divestments have unlocked over $5.5 billion in final investment decisions (FIDs) within months. Lokpobiri spoke on behalf […]
African leaders have called on the Israeli government to release their citizens who were part of hundreds of activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian supplies to the Palestinian city of Gaza. The flotilla, comprising about 40 boats, was intercepted on Wednesday after weeks of sailing. Among those detained is the grandson of former […]
Two Kenyan human rights activists, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, went missing in Uganda after reportedly being abducted by armed men while attending opposition leader Bobi Wine’s campaign event. Bobi Wine strongly condemned the “abduction”, saying the pair had been “picked up mafia-style” at a petrol station and driven off to an unknown destination. Bobi […]
Manchester United have finalised a deal to sign 17-year-old Colombian midfielder Cristian Orozco from Fortaleza CEIF. The agreement, confirmed by renowned transfer expert Fabrizio Romano on Thursday, will see the young talent join the Red Devils in the summer of 2026 upon turning 18. According to Romano, all contracts have been approved by United’s lawyers, […]
President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to commission the $400m Otakikpo Onshore Crude Oil Export Terminal in Rivers State on October 8, the first new crude export facility to be built in Nigeria in over 50 years. The facility, developed by Green Energy International Limited, operators of the Otakikpo field in OML 11, Ikuru town, Andoni […]
The Lagos State Government has defended the ongoing demolition of illegal structures at the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, insisting that the exercise is a technical enforcement of planning laws and not targeted at any ethnic group. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Olumide Oluyinka, made the clarification on Thursday during an interview on […]
