The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Saturday declared opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera, 65, winner of Tuesday’s presidential rerun election with about 59% of the votes cast. The announcement triggered wild jubilation by supporters of his nine-party Tonse Coalition, but defeated President Peter Mutharika has yet to concede defeat. He... Read more
A former commissioner for Information, during the administration of Peter Obi in Anambra State, Mr Joe-Martins Uzodike has said that the incumbent Willie Obiano administration lied by claiming that it inherited 96 roads from his predecessor when in actual fact he inherited only 52 roads. Uzodike was reacting to... Read more
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) expressed concern about the effect that the Chinese Communist Party’s proposed national security legislation will have on religious freedom conditions in Hong Kong. “Hong Kong has long been living proof that religious freedom and Chinese culture can coexist in... Read more
The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, says policies are in the pipeline to improve the quality of training and certification, as well as remuneration for the country’s seafarers. Jamoh stated this in Lagos during a webinar hosted by NIMASA to mark the... Read more
By Professor Atahiru Jega THERE is currently an upsurge of passionate demands for “restructuring”, “true federalism” and “actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra”. These demands are intricately intertwined and interconnected, and so vociferous that they are overheating the polity. Sooner than later, these matters have to be addressed... Read more
The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) on Wednesday explained that it responded within 24 hours after a pipeline blast by vandals at its Taylor Creek oilfields in Aug 2019 and shut the facility to curtail further degradation of the environment. The explanation is coming on the heels of... Read more
By Wale Akinola With three years away to the expiration of the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari as President of Nigeria, intense jostling over his successor has begun in rabid earnest. Here are the issues at play, the major players to watch and the shape of things to... Read more
Fasoranti, Clarke, Nwodo, 13 others lead legal charge. Elders and leaders of the major socio-cultural groups from Nigeria’s Southern and Middle-belt geographicallgeographical blocs have sued the country’s President, Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami for N50 billion over the unbridled policy of marginalisation of the people of the... Read more
At Ihube … the victim of the latest Fulani herdsmen bloodletting in Nigeria. Photo credit: John Okoye.Fulani herdsmen who fled after killing an indigene of Ihube in the Okigwe area of Imo State, Nigeria have been apprehended and handed over to the police by members of the community who... Read more
Washington, DC – U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chair Gayle Manchin and Vice Chair Tony Perkins met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo earlier this month to discuss findings and recommendations from USCIRF’s 2020 Annual Report. “We appreciate Secretary Pompeo’s efforts to elevate international religious freedom as... Read more
