Hon. Ojo Omolewa, Caretaker Committee Chairman of Ese-Odo Local Government council of Ondo State, has emerged the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming local government elections in the state. The election, held at Igbekebo town hall in the council headquarters on Friday, had Omolewa polling 199 votes to defeat Mr […]

Says Sultan, Ooni, Igwe Achebe, others to converge on Osogbo to discuss insecurity By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A Professor of Yoruba history, Siyan Oyeweso has said traditional rulers do not have to rely on government for salary to protect the peoples’ interest. He added that subjecting monarchs to the authority of local government by […]

Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam is stepping down amid revelations that the Swiss bank spied on two former executives, the company said Friday. Thiam, who joined the bank in 2015, will resign Feb. 14 and be replaced by Thomas Gottstein, the current CEO of Credit Suisse’s Swiss operations, the bank said. The shakeup comes amid […]

Malawian President Peter Mutharika on Friday filed an appeal against a top court decision that overturned his 2019 election victory, documents showed. Malawi made history on Monday when the top court ruled in favour of an opposition bid to cancel last May’s presidential election results over allegations of rigging. In his appeal papers, Mutharika said […]

At least eight civilians were killed in eastern DR Congo and another 20 reported missing on Friday, police said, in the latest massacre blamed on a militia in the troubled region. DR Congo’s east has been hit by months of attacks and massacres blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which is the target of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ahead of the 33rd Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). The President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmed, confirmed the development on his Twitter account on Friday evening. The Nigerian leader, who left Abuja after performing some official engagements […]

President Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping early Friday for “leading the counterattack” against the coronavirus, saying the leader was leading “what will be a very successful operation.” “He is strong, sharp and powerfully focused on leading the counterattack on the Coronavirus. He feels they are doing very well, even building hospitals in a matter […]

Pakistan’s parliament on Friday voted in favour of a non-binding resolution calling for the public hanging of criminals convicted of the sexual abuse of children. “Those who commit crimes against children deserve no mercy  they should be hanged in the middle of the cities,’’ Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohamed Khan said after presenting the […]

Mixed reactions have trailed the deregistration of 74 political parties out of the 92 parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while some residents of Awka, the Anambra capital, expressed delight over the measure, others expressed dissatisfaction over the development. Mr Emma Iloegbunam, a former member of […]

Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, on Friday said he was worried that the federal government has continued to flout valid court orders relating to the bail of persons that are facing corruption-related charges. Ozekhome while receiving an Award from an American based human rights organization, Rectitude International Mission cited the case of the immediate past Attorney […]

Horrifying images show the moment an Indian man who had decapitated his wife paraded her head, waved to stunned onlookers and sang his country’s national anthem, according to a report. Akhilesh Rawat, 30, and his wife of more than two years, Rajani, began an argument that turned violent Saturday – and he allegedly attacked her […]

Voters in Cameroon will cast their ballots Sunday in a country where the mood has been darkened by separatist violence and calls for an election boycott. Elections to renew the central African country’s legislature and local councils are taking place for the first time in seven years, after two postponements. Despite the delays, the campaigning […]

By Owei Lakemfa WHEN I was a boy, magic was associated with what the adults called ‘American Wonder’. The United States of America, USA, was a wonder to that generation and it was believed that it was a country of anything goes. That America could change white into blue or insist that white is actually […]

Four countries have turned away a cruise ship carrying more than 2,000 people over coronavirus fears even though the crew insists no one on board is infected, according to new reports. Holland America’s MS Westerdam ship has been prohibited from docking in Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and the US territory of Guam, The Daily Mail […]

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Friday Nigeria has not recorded any suspected case of coronavirus. The minister stated this during a ministerial briefing in Abuja. He said that Nigeria had developed enough capacity to detect and isolate any coronavirus case, especially at international entry points to the country. He disclosed that […]