Abiy’s efforts to block external supplies to TPLF attract Mideast powers to conflict
The desire by the Ethiopian government to seal off external access routes for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has attracted Middle East rivals to the Tigray war, adding outside influence to the year-long conflict. This week, the TPLF, once a ruling party in Ethiopia but now considered a terrorist
Mum watches sons, Nnamani brothers serially rape 9 year-old girl
Police in Enugu have arrested two brothers, Chima Nnamani and Michael Nnamani, for the serial rape of a nine-year-old minor Enugu community. The two brothers hail from Akpawfu community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. The Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the
Osoba hosts senators in London, urges Buhari to sign electoral bill
The founding Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to sign the 2010 Electoral Act (amendment) Bill 2021, into law. He supported the direct primary method as a means of selecting candidates of all political parties as contained in
Lagos4Lagos defection is to resurrect Lagos PDP —Jandor
LEAD visioner of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, Dr Olajide Adediran, aka Jandor, says his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to resurrect the party to win elections in Lagos State. Formerly of the Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC), Jandor led other members of the Lagos4Lagos Movement to join the
Gambia: Barrow takes slim lead in presidential election
Gambian President Adama Barrow had a narrow early lead after Saturday’s presidential election, according to provisional results from the first few constituencies to be verified by the electoral commission. In a test of stability and democratic progress, the small West African country is holding its first election since former President
Ezeife: Ndigbo will kneel, prostrate, beg for 2023 presidency
Former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, says the quest to have an Igbo president in 2023 has become such a serious matter that the South-East was ready to “kneel down, even prostrate and beg in order to get the opportunity to become Nigeria’s President come 2023.” Ezeife who was
African Union’s landmark decision-Arkebe for UNIDO
The African Union unanimously endorsed ACET Board member Dr. Arkebe Oqubay as the sole African candidate for the post of Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) at the 38th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU), held February 3-4, 2021. Dr. Arkebe
Belarus crisis is ‘greatest attempt to destabilize Europe’ since Cold War
Poland’s PM Mateusz Morawiecki slammed Belarus’ efforts to use migrants as “weapons” against the bloc ahead of talks with EU leaders. He also accused Belarus of having the “back-room support” of Russian President Putin. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki accused Belarus on Sunday of seeking to destabilize the EU by
CAN:US shouldn’t have removed Nigeria from Religious Freedom Blacklist
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed displeasure at the removal of Nigeria from the religious freedom blacklist by the United States Government. CAN’s President, Rev Samson Ayokunle in a statement titled, ‘CPC List: We Are At a Loss On the Data the US Government Used for the Delisting
Rail workers go on strike over low salary payments, poor welfare
Locomotive drivers and workers of the Nigerian Railway Corporation or NRC started a three-day warning strike on Thursday over low salary payments and poor welfare. The workers protested at the train stations in Lagos, Oyo and Abuja. They accused Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi of depriving them of their rights.