Former vice president Mnangagwa replaces Mugabe as ZANU-PF party chief
Robert Mugabe has been removed as president of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party and replaced by his former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, a party delegate told AFP on Sunday outside a meeting in...
View ArticleMugabe must resign or be impeached, says ruling party
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party said on Sunday that Robert Mugabe must resign as the country’s president or face impeachment, as it also resolved to expel his wife Grace. A party meeting in Harare...
View ArticleBuhari congratulates Jonathan at 60
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday congratulated his predecessor, former President Goodluck Jonathan, on his 60th birthday which holds on Monday. In a statement by his Special...
View ArticleBREAKING: Zimbabwe’s ZANU-PF picks ousted VP Mnangagwa for 2018 polls
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party said on Sunday that former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose sacking sparked a military takeover earlier this week, would be its candidate for president in...
View ArticleBREAKING: Grace Mugabe expelled from Zimbabwe’s ruling party
Grace Mugabe has been expelled from Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF. Details soon.
View ArticleTurkey bans LGBTI events across Ankara province
Turkish authorities on Sunday announced a ban on all LGBTI cultural events in Ankara province until further notice to “maintain public order”. The move follows a ban on a festival of German-language...
View ArticleInsecurity: Police ban motorbikes in Akwa Ibom
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has banned the use of motorbikes in Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun local government areas. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Bala...
View ArticleHuman trafficking, illegal migration embarrassing Nigeria, Saraki laments
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has described the alarming rate of human trafficking and illegal migration by some Nigerians as threat to national security that requires...
View ArticleMugabe’s end game: How the president could leave power
Zimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU-PF sacked President Robert Mugabe as party leader Sunday marking the accelerating collapse of the 93-year-old’s support and power base. Following mass demonstrations...
View ArticleUnion opposes FG plans to hire Malaysian consultants for $1m
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Industrial Global Union Africa has opposed the decision of the Federal Government to hire Malaysian consultants for $1 million to conduct a study that will aid the...
View ArticleRestructuring: Southern senators to hold confab
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Members of the Senate under the auspices of the Southern Senators Forum have expressed their commitment to ensuring an equitable, progressive and prosperous Nigeria. Chairman of the...
View ArticleEx-PDP chairman’s son, allegedly stabbed to death by wife
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja Bilyamin Muhammed Bello, the son of a former PDP chairman, Haliru Bello, was last night, allegedly, stabbed to death by his wife, Maryam Sanda, the daughter of embattled former...
View ArticleLagos bus conductors to wear uniforms from Jan 1
The Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria says that its members in Lagos State will start wearing uniforms from Jan. 1, 2018 for security and effective service delivery. The National President of the...
View ArticleAnambra election: Why I lost – Chidoka
Chief Osita Chidoka, United Progressive Party (UPP) governorship candidate, has accepted defeat even before INEC’s final declaration of the winner. Chidoka, the former Minister of Aviation, accepted...
View ArticleUPDATED: Mugabe to address Zimbabwe as end of his presidency nears
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe was on Sunday facing the end of his 37-year rule, as he prepared to address the nation after the ZANU-PF party sacked him as its leader and told him to resign as...
View ArticleBREAKING: INEC declares Obiano winner of Anambra election
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Governor Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance the winner of the November 18, 2017 governorship election in Anambra State. The...
View ArticleBREAKING: Mugabe agrees to resign
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule appeared at an end Sunday after a source confirmed he had agreed to resign and was preparing to address the nation. Mugabe’s grip on power was broken...
View ArticleMugabe starts TV address amid resignation reports
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Sunday began a TV address amid reports that he would resign. Mugabe’s grip on power was broken last week when the military took over, angered at his wife Grace’s...
View ArticleFrench police officer kills three before committing suicide
A 31-year-old French police officer shot three people dead before turning the gun on himself, in a killing spree sparked by a row with his girlfriend, authorities said Sunday. The news comes with...
View ArticleUPDATED: Mugabe defies resignation expectations in TV speech
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, in a much-expected TV address Sunday, stressed he was still in power after his authoritarian 37-year reign was rocked by a military takeover. “The (ruling ZANU-PF)...
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