COTE d’Ivoire’s main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Cote d’Ivoire (PDCI), said on Monday it had launched legal action to overturn a court ruling that bars its leader, Tidjane Thiam, from contesting this year’s presidential election. The move comes as…
A NATIONAL forum of political actors in Mali has called for junta leader Assimi Goita to be officially named president for a new five-year term, marking a significant escalation in the military-led government’s consolidation of power. The recommendation emerged from…
AUHTORITIES in Ghana have arrested three Indian nationals suspected of running a longstanding gold smuggling syndicate believed to have moved tonnes of the precious metal out of the country over more than a decade, according to the state gold trading…
THE military-led governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have formally endorsed Morocco’s initiative to provide them access to global trade through its Atlantic ports, according to Morocco’s state news agency, as reported by Reuters. The foreign ministers of the three Sahel states expressed their…
ACROSS Africa today, a quiet but devastating tragedy unfolds. It is not a shortage of ambition, nor a lack of resources, that holds the continent back. It is the deeper failure to fully believe in ourselves: to invest in African…
THE Katsina State House of Assembly is committed to enacting laws that benefit the public, prioritising the interests of the less privileged and people with special needs. Deputy Speaker of the assembly, Alhaji Abduljalal Runka, made this known while declaring…
THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogun Command, has assured Nigerians of its readiness to enhance security at the Sagamu interchange axis on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mrs Remilekun Ekundayo, the NSCDC State Commandant, gave the assurance at the…
RESIDENTS of Atimbo in Calabar, Cross River, have urged the state government to address the issue of falling trees during rainfalls. They said that falling of venerable trees have been destroying their properties especially houses and cars under them.…
THE Federal Government has declared Thursday as a public holiday to mark the 2025 Workers Day. This is contained in a statement by the Ministry of Interior’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Magdalene Ajani in Abuja. The Minister of Interior, Dr…
MR. President, Good morning. I say good morning to inspire positive energy, despite the morning not being so good. The country is on the brink of disaster. We are on the road to Mogadishu. The Ice of March is here,…
