Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has defeated incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia's presidential election, the electoral commission said on Monday, August 16, when releasing the final results from 156 constituencies, barring one.
The electoral commission said Hichilema got 2,810,777 votes against Lungu's 1,814,201, with all but one of the 156 constituencies...
Billionaire businessman Femi Otedola joins Nigerians felicitating with ex-military president Ibrahim Babangida who marks his 80th birthday (on Tuesday, August 17).
Wishing the retired general more rewarding years, Otedola thanked IBB for the role he played during the political logjam caused by the prolonged sickness of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua...
Former US President, Donald Trump has criticized President Joe Biden’s handling of the US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, claiming the process would be ‘much more successful’ if he was still in charge.
On Thursday, August 12, the Taliban gained control of 11 provincial capital cities and military experts believe Kabul,...
North Korea has denounced South Korea over its joint military exercises with the United States, which are due to begin this week, warning that such actions risked provoking "a serious security crisis."
The warning comes as the US and South Korea began their preliminary war training games on Tuesday, August...
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has sacked all his ministers, his office said, days after he criticized some of their performances as below par.
Rajoelina's office gave no reason for the dismissals in a statement issued late on Wednesday, August 11.
On Sunday, Rajoelina said the performance of some ministers was unsatisfactory.
"Like...
New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday afternoon, August 10 announced he will resign from office following multiple allegations of sexual harassment.
Cuomo’s decision to step down comes a week after the New York attorney general’s office released the findings of an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations. The report...
Former US President, Donald Trump's political organizations have nearly $102 million in cash reserves, contributions from supporters unhappy with his 2020 electoral loss to Joe Biden and hoping for a 'change'The unprecedented cash haul - of which 3.2 million contributions flowed during the first six months of the year, is the...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has narrated how Tukur Buratai, Nigeria’s ambassador to Benin Republic was allegedly told that the country follows rule of law when he asked for Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho to be handed over to him after his arrest in the neighboring country.
In an interview on Channels Television on...
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari had been advised to seek an ‘out of court’ settlement in the case of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Apex-Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in a statement made available to POLITICS NIGERIA on Sunday, called on South-Eastern Governors and Igbo leaders of repute to prevail on the President...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again countered the national assembly's stance on electronic transmission of election result.
Recall that the national assemby blocked the electronic transmission of election results in the electoral act amendment bill, adding a clause which gives the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) power to certify national coverage,...
Republican lawmaker, Marjorie Taylor Greene has been suspended by Twitter for posting "misleading" information about Coronavirus.
Greene was suspended for 12 hours after she posted messages that violated Twitter's policy against sharing misleading information about the Coronavirus.
In two tweets on Monday July 19, she argued that vaccines should not be required, and that...
School teacher, Pedro Castillo has been declared Peru’s president-elect, six weeks after elections during which the results were delayed by claims of electoral fraud from his right-wing rival, Keiko Fujimori.
Jorge Luis Salas, head of the JNE elections jury, announced his victory in a brief virtual ceremony on Monday night,...
Senator Rufai Hanga, founder and pioneer national chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) which President Muhammadu Buhari once contested for a presidential election on, has revealed that there was an agreement that power will be handed over to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and...
Former US president Donald Trump has announced plans to sue tech giants Google, Twitter, and Facebook along with their CEOs, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey because of bans imposed on him and others.
Mr Trump was suspended from his social accounts in January over public safety concerns in the wake...
Chinese President, Xi Jinping has warned Taiwan on it's indepence move, warning other countries like the US to not interfere.
On Thursday, July 1, Xi Jinping marked his Communist Party’s 100th anniversary from Tiananmen Square and struck a bellicose tone, reconfirming China’s ‘historic mission’ to control Taiwan .
Xi said ;...
Former US President, Donald Trump has blasted US president Joe Biden for reversing his border and Immigration policies even as the immigration surge at the southern border continues to take a turn for the worst
Trump together with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joined a Fox News’ Town Hall on "Hannity"...
The agency revealed that registration begins on Wednesday, June 23 for asylum-seekers who were subject to the 'Remain in Mexico' policy and either had their cases dismissed or denied for failing to appear in court.
It's not clear how many would be eligible but it's estimated to be over 10,000.
Michele...
The US has decided to pull out missile defense systems, soldiers and other military hardware and personnel from Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East, as it realigns its forces to confront threats posed by China and Russia, according to a new report by the Wall Street...
President Buhari today June 17 paid a one-day working visit to Maiduguri, Borno state.
While in the state, the President met with the troops fighting to end the insurgency in the state. He also met with of the wounded soldiers..
He was received by students who took to the streets to...
US President, Joe Biden fumbled during a press conference at the G-7 summit on Sunday, June 13, mixing up "Libya" for "Syria" – not once, but three times – while discussing humanitarian aid to countries torn apart by civil war.
Biden, who is gaffe-prone, was discussing working with Russia in...
Russian President, Vladimir Putin has said Russia is prepared to extradite cyber criminals to the United States on a reciprocal basis.
According to Russia's state-run TASS news agency on Sunday June 13, Putin said that both Russia and the US must "assume equal commitments," adding that "Russia will naturally do...
Israel has welcomed a new prime minister for the first time in more than a decade.
Naftali Bennett, 49, was sworn in on Sunday June 13, after a new coalition government unseated longtime Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu. Bennett, 49, was a former chief of staff to Netanyahu
The newly elected prime...
Firmin Ngrebada, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic on Thursday June 10 announced that his government had tendered its resignation.
The development also comes amid a turbulent week in Bangui after the French military announced it was suspending military operations with Central African Republic.
Ngrebada tweeted;
“I have just handed over to...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan's son-in-law, Prince Godswill Edward has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Edward popularly called Prince 7 decamped to the ruling party together with a multitude of his supporters at Usumutong/Abeugo council ward in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River...
A Moscow court has banned political organisations linked to the jailed Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, classifying them as "extremist".
According to the court ruling, activists will risk prison sentences if they continue their work with Navalny and anyone who publicly supports Navalny's political network will now be barred from running...
Albanian President, Ilir Meta has been impeached by the country’s parliament for violating the constitution.
The parliament voted 104-7 to discharge the president on Wednesday, June 9, while three abstained. The final approval lies with Albania’s Constitutional Court within three months.
A report following a parliamentary investigation concluded that Meta had...
Britain's leader, Queen Elizabeth will welcome US President, Joe Biden to Windsor Castle on June 13 for their first one-on-one meeting, Buckingham Palace have announced.
Elizabeth's meeting with Biden and first lady Jill Biden will come during the President's visit to the United Kingdom for the upcoming G7 summit, his...
Former US president, Donald Trump has been banned from Facebook for at least two years.
The Republican politician was indefinitely suspended from all Facebook platforms over the 6 January US Capitol riot, in which his supporters violently tried to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s election win.
Now Mr. Trump’s account will...
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents have announced they have reached a deal to form a new governing coalition, paving the way for the removal of Netanyahu, who has been Israel's longest serving leader.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid and his main coalition partner, Naftali Bennett, announced they had reached an...
Former US president, Donald Trump has shut down his newly launched site where he posts statements just 29 days after it was launched.
The website ''From the Desk of Donald J. Trump' has been scrubbed from the former president's website and instead the URL redirects users to a page to...
Jewish Agency chairman, Isaac Herzog has been elected as the11th president of the State of Israel after receiving 87 votes from parliamentary members in a secret ballot vote in the Knesset plenum.
60-year-old Herzog's opponent, Israel Prize-winning educator Miriam Peretz received 27 votes and three Members abstained. Had she been elected, Peretz would have become Israel’s...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), has punished Belarus for its president's decision last week to order a military jet to hijack a RyanAir flight heading to Lithuania so it can arrest political dissident and journalist, Roman Protasevich.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that personnel at Belarus' diplomatic mission...
Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of the post-coup junta in Mali has been named as the country's transitional President by the constitutional court.
The ruling issued late on Friday May 28, said Assimi Goita would “lead the transition process to its conclusion” and carry the title of “president of the transition, head of...
Former US President Trump has said that “absolute immunity” and the First Amendment protects him against a new civil lawsuit charging him with inciting the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol.
Hours before a mob infamously attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, Trump held a rally in Washington urging...
Former US President, Donald Trump has said 'there is no way' Joe Biden won the 2020 Presidential Election after a new poll claimed the majority of GOP voters do not consider the president to be the legitimate winner.
A CBS News poll published on Sunday, May 16, showed that 67...
A group of more than 120 retired military officers have written President Joe Biden a letter to tell him his election was illegitimate while raising questions about his mental acuity.
The letter talks about former US President Donald Trump's claims of widespread election fraud and comes a day after Rep....
More than 100 Republicans will reportedly sign a letter Thursday May 11, threatening to create a third party if the GOP doesn't "break" with former President Trump.
According to a report by Reuters, Trump's grip on the GOP has gotten stronger since the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as the party...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa has said that they recovered $153 million and 80 houses from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
Bawa made the claim in the April edition of the EFCC magazine, EFCC Alert. Noting that the properties were valued at $80m, the anti-graft agency...
UK prime minister, Boris Johnson is being investigated by the U.K. Parliament’s standards regulator over a £15k holiday to the Caribbean.
Kathryn Stone, the parliamentary commissioner for standards has confirmed for the first time that she is inquiring into whether the Prime Minister has properly declared the £15,000 stay on...
Former US president, Donald Trump on Tuesday May 4, launched a communications platform, where he can post messages that can be shared by others to Twitter and Facebook, sites where he remains banned.
The platform, "From the Desk of Donald J. Trump" appears on www.DonaldJTrump.com/desk. The platform allows Trump to...
The Presidency has blasted the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Father Ejike Mbaka, for daring to call for the resignation or impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity in the country, revealing that the priest had requested compensation for supporting the president.
This was contained in a...
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Thursday April 29, said he is angered and troubled by terror attacks in different parts of the country.
Tinubu, in series of tweets, lamented that the attacks had caused many to disparage the military and security forces. He...
US Vice President, Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have made history after they shared the stage during President Joe Biden's first joint session to Congress.
On Wednesday, April 28, President Joe Biden delivered his first joint address to Congress, with both Harris and Pelosi sitting behind him throughout his speech.
It...
The leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has vowed to avenge the death of one of the leaders of the Eastern Security Network, ESN in Imo State, identified as Ikonso, IgbereTV reports.
Recall that the Nigeria Police Force and their counterparts from the Nigerian Army...
In a series of tweets on Saturday, Moghalu said Pantami should “never have scaled the vetting process and approved for that office.”
Moghalu said the presidency exhibited double standards as Kemi Adeosun, former minister of finance, was made to resign for a wrongdoing in her past.
He said: “I have refrained...
Caitlyn Jenner has filed paperwork to run for governor of California as Gavin Newsom faces a possible recall over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Friday, April 23, the former “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” reality TV star and Olympic gold medalist released a statement saying she had filed...
Russian President, Vladimir Putin has warned the US and NATO not to cross a "red line" with Russia and condemned what he called a coup plot against the Belarus government.
Speaking in his annual state of the nation address on Wednesday, April 21, Putin claimed that the West shouldn't misjudge...
The US government under Joe Biden has communicated to its embassies all over the world to fly the Gay Pride flag on the same flagpole as the U.S. flag in support for LGBTQ rights.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a blanket authorization for U.S. diplomatic outposts around the world...
Former US President, George W. Bush on Tuesday described the Republican Party, of which he is a member, as "isolationist, protectionist and, to a certain extent, nativist," his strongest and most direct criticism yet against the party since leaving office in 2009.
The comment of Bush is sure to ring...
In the aftermath of the death of President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled Chad for three decades, his 37-year-old son has taken over as president, according to a charter released Wednesday by the presidency.
The charter states that Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has been named transitional leader as head of a military council following his...
Former US president, Donald Trump has revealed he is looking 'very seriously' at running for president again in 2024.
Speaking during his very first television interview since leaving office in January, Trump announced his Presidential ambitions. He also attacked Joe Biden for his handling of the southern border and then warned...
Chad’s newly re-elected President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country.
The country's army spokesperson, General Azem Bermandoa Agouna made the announcement hours after electoral officials declared 68-year-old Deby as winner of the April 11 presidential election, paving the way...
The US has warned Russian president, Vladmir Putin, there will be consequences if Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny dies in jail after doctors warned his health is failing amid hunger strike.
Navalny, an anti-corruption campaigner and Putin's most-prominent critic, was first arrested in January upon his return to Russia following...
Former US President Donald Trump has faulted Joe Biden's timeline for removing troops from Afghanistan following a 20 year old war with the Taliban controlled state.
Last week, Biden said the withdrawal of American troops will begin on May 1, in line with the agreement the Trump administration made with...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday, April 16, that his country will expel 10 US diplomats, curb the activity of US non-profit groups in the country and sanction US officials in a series of retaliatory measures after US President Joe Biden placed sweeping sanctions against the Kremlin...
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon, Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after being found guilty of unauthorized assembly.
Lai was among nine of Hong Kong's most prominent democracy campaigners found guilty of organizing and participating in one of the city's biggest-ever protests in 2019.
Organizers say 1.7...
