National Chairman of the National Rescue Movement, NRM, Amb. Isaac Chigozie Udeh says he remains the authentic leader of the party. Ambassador Udeh who stated this while briefing newsmen in Abuja promised not to step down for anybody. Reacting to a protest embarked by some factional members of the NRM over the non inclusion of their candidate, Dr. Dennis Osaron Aikoriogie in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo state, Amb […]
Kenyan President William Ruto has come under a barrage of criticism following his threat to disobey court orders from "corrupt judges". Mr Ruto on Tuesday said some unnamed judges had teamed up with opposition politicians and "cartels" to block his government's projects. But in a swift response, Chief Justice Martha Koome said defying court orders was a breach of public trust placed in state and public officers. "When state or […]
The leader of South Korea's political opposition has been stabbed at a news conference in the southern port city of Busan. Lee Jae-myung, who narrowly lost the presidential elections in 2022, was stabbed on the left side of his neck on Tuesday morning. The attacker was arrested at the scene. Mr Lee sustained a 1cm laceration and was treated in the hospital while conscious, reports said. Police said his wound […]
Uganda’s main opposition leader Bobi Wine has been arrested upon returning to the country from a trip abroad, according to his National Unity Platform (NUP) party. The singer-turned-politician arrived at Entebbe International Airport on Thursday morning after a tour of several countries, including South Africa. Our President [Bobi Wine] picked up by regime operatives as soon as he landed at the airport,” David Lewis Rubongoya, the general […]
The recent coups in Africa are attempts by militaries to save their countries from presidents' "broken promises," the head of Guinea´s junta said Thursday as he rebuffed the West for boxing in the continent of more than 1 billion people. Col. Mamadi Doumbouya, who was sworn in as Guinea's interim president following the coup in 2021, told the U.N. General Assembly that beyond condemning the coups, global leaders must also "look […]
The head of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), has pledged to support humanitarian organizations to deliver aid to those affected by the war. Hemedti committed in a telephone conversation with the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Martin Griffins. He said that RSF was ready to enhance "collaboration and coordination... to ensure a seamless provision of aid to those affected". […]
Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Wagner, a private military company, has been killed in a plane crash. BBC reported that Prigozhin was among 10 passengers on board a private jet that crashed in the north of Moscow, the capital of Russia, on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. The Russian Civil Aviation Authority said seven passengers and three crew were on board the Embraer aircraft, which was en route from Moscow to St. […]
General Abdourahamane Tchiani, leader of the Niger junta, has criticized sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), saying they were unjustified. Speaking in a televised broadcast on Saturday night, Tchiani demanded the restoration of electricity cut off by the Federal Government as part of the embargoes slammed on the coupists following the overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26. He said the regional bloc’s economic […]
Niger’s coup leader has declared that he will not bow down to pressure to reinstate deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, criticising sanctions imposed by West African leaders as “illegal” and “inhumane” and urging his countrymen to get ready to defend their nation. General Abdourahamane Tchiani‘s comments, issued in a televised address on Wednesday, came as the defence chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met in neighbouring Nigeria to discuss the […]
