President Bola Tinubu has extended condolences to the government and people of the United States of America on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100. According to Tinubu, Carter, the 39th President of the United States, was a beacon of service to humanity, demonstrating to leaders worldwide the…

Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981, has died, his nonprofit foundation said Sunday. Carter had been in hospice care since mid-February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia -- the same small town where…

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and other northern politicians to abandon thoughts of taking over the Presidency in 2027. According to Akume, if God ordains Atiku to become President, he can still achieve his goal at the age of 90. Urging…

Following the rejection of a bill seeking a six-year single term for Nigeria’s presidency by the House of Representatives on Thursday, members who sponsored the bill have described the development as a temporary setback. According to them, more consultations would be done on the bill and represented at a later time. The lead sponsor and…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a bill seeking a six-year single term for Nigeria’s presidency.

A Ugandan court has convicted a 21-year-old content creator for calling for the public flogging of President Yoweri Museveni on video-sharing platform TikTok, a state prosecutor said on Thursday. Emmanuel Nabugodi, who created a video depicting a mock Museveni trial, faces up to seven years in prison for "spreading hate speech" against the head of…

Nine members of an armed rebel movement seeking the release of Niger's ousted president surrendered Monday, officials in the north of the military-ruled country said. The rebel Patriotic Liberation Front (FPL) was set up in August 2023, a month after Niger's democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown in a military coup. Since then, Bazoum…

National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, has boldly declared that the South East has "produced a president" in His Excellency Peter Obi, as he addressed a large crowd at the Obidient Movement symposium held at All Saints' Cathedral in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Saturday Tanko reflected on the historic significance of the…

The Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN) has formally petitioned the Nigerian Police over an alleged N65 million fraud involving some of its executives. The petition, addressed to the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Zone 2 Command in Onikan, Lagos, claims that Mr Fasasi Atanda, the association’s president, diverted the…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday congratulated "President Donald Trump", saying he was ready to work with the US vote frontrunner "with respect and ambition" like "we managed to do for four years". In a post on X, Macron said that the relationship with Trump, who is leading the US presidential vote, would "take account…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday congratulated Donald Trump, who claimed victory in the US presidential election, calling it "history's greatest comeback" and a new beginning in the US-Israel alliance. "Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback!," said Netanyahu in a statement issued by his office. "Your historic return to the White House offers a new…

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday offered his congratulations to "president elect" Donald Trump, though the ex-reality TV star had not been widely declared winner of the White House race. "There is hope and morning in America again! Donald Trump is now our President-elect, chosen by the American people for such a time as this,"…