Ebonyi Governor Umahi Informs Buhari Of Presidential Ambition
The race for the 2023 presidential ticket in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is gathering momentum as Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State on Tuesday declared his interest in the nation’s number one seat. Like former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was at the State House, Abuja, on Monday to inform President […]
Russia And China Block UN Support For ECOWAS Sanctions On Mali
Russia and China have blocked the United Nations Security Council from supporting a decision by the West African economic bloc ECOWAS to impose new sanctions on Mali, after its military leaders proposed staying in power for up to five years before staging elections. A French-drafted council statement endorsing the sanctions failed to be approved in […]
Burkinabe Soldiers Held Over Plot to ‘Destabilise’ Institutions
Authorities in Burkina Faso say eight soldiers, including a high-ranking commander, have been detained in connection with an alleged plot to “destabilise” the country’s institutions. The announcement on Tuesday came after President Roch Marc Christian Kabore replaced the entire government amid an escalating security crisis that has led to street protests calling for him to step […]
Hong Kong ‘patriots only’ Legislature Convenes First Session
Hong Kong’s legislature convened Wednesday for the first time since elections last month that were held under new legislation ensuring that only “patriots” who have proven their loyalty to Beijing could run as candidates. The 90-seat Legislative Council, known as LegCo, is now completely dominated by Beijing’s allies. Leading opposition figures are in jail, exile […]
NATO, Russia In High-level Talks As Ukraine Tensions Simmer
Senior NATO and Russian officials were meeting Wednesday to try to bridge seemingly irreconcilable differences over the future of Ukraine, amid deep skepticism that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s security proposals for easing tensions are genuine. The talks come during a week of high-stakes diplomacy and a U.S.-led effort to prevent preparations for what Washington believes could […]
Top Republicans Stand Up For Rounds After Trump’s Attack: He ‘told the truth’
Senior Republicans are closing ranks behind Sen. Mike Rounds after he endured a scathing attack from former President Donald Trump for acknowledging the reality that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. “I think Sen. Rounds told the truth about what happened in the 2020 election,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNN on Tuesday. “And I […]
Biden To Make ‘forceful’ Push For Voting Rights In Georgia
With less than 10 months until the 2022 midterm elections, President Joe Biden heads to Georgia on Tuesday to make his latest push for national voting rights bills and to discuss possible changes to Senate filibuster rules if it helps get legislation onto his desk. Echoing his impassioned address on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection when he […]
100 Invited To Downing Street Garden Lockdown Drinks
As many as 100 people were invited to a “bring-your-own-booze” drinks event in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown, it is understood. Witnesses have told the BBC the PM and his wife were among about 30 people who attended the gathering on 20 May 2020. But Boris Johnson has declined to say whether […]
Man Gets Genetically-modified Pig Heart In World-first Transplant
A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental seven-hour procedure in Baltimore, doctors say. The transplant was considered the last hope of saving Mr Bennett’s life, though it is not yet clear […]
Ernest Shonekan Dies At 85
Chief Ernest Shonekan who headed the Interim National Government that succeeded the junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, has died. Shonekan died in Lagos at the age of 85. He was the interim head of the Nigerian Government between August 26 and November 17 1993 when he was ousted in a coup led by late General […]
