Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday hours after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country in which political violence is rare and guns are tightly controlled. A man opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind with an apparently homemade gun as he spoke at…
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, has disqualified Sheriff Oborevwori, the candidate of the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election. Delivering judgement, Justice Taiwo agreed with the plaintiff that Oborevwori, ought not to be on the 2023 governorship election for the PDP on account…
As the 2023 general elections approach, the Nigerian political terrain continues to unfold with the emergence of a seemingly third force. Having successfully conducted the primary elections, the ruling All Progressive Party (APC) and the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have announced Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as their respective…
President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, joined African leaders in Dakar, Senegal to launch “the largest financial package ever mobilised in the history of the International Development Association (IDA) – $93billion – geared towards a “robust and resilient economy for Africa.” According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, seventy percent of the global fund will…
An Uxbridges Magistrate Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that David Nwamini Ukpo, the alleged kidney donor for the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is not 15 years old. Reports indicate that Ukpo has admitted to the court that he is 21 years old and had been in the UK since February but only…
The Federal Government has declared Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July, 2022, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Thursday, congratulated all Muslims and Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora on this occasion….
Boris Johnson has officially resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and declared he would remain in office until a new Conservative party leader is chosen. Johnson disclosed this in a press statement on Thursday afternoon after reports emerged he was going to resign after most of his senior cabinet quit this week. He…
A Kenyan High Court has seized Sh7 Billion ($59 million), from 56 accounts belonging to fintechs including Nigeria’s Flutterwave, stating they were used as conduits for money laundering in the guise of providing merchant services. This was disclosed in a report by Kenya’s The Star on Wednesday evening. The affected fintechs are Flutterwave Payment Technology…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce his resignation Thursday amid a party revolt and is due to give a statement. Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure from his own Conservative party to resign, as the United Kingdom woke on Thursday morning to more than 50 members of government leaving their posts, including…
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday visited the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje attacked by terrorists, spending about 30 minutes there. Soon after he arrived, he was briefed about the attack by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Mohammad Lamido Belgore and the Controller General of Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, showing him the bombed-out…