Tanzania’s vice president resigns in less than a year
Tanzania’s vice president has resigned less than a year into the job and President Samia Suluhu Hassan has accepted the resignation, a government spokesperson said, without citing a reason...
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Son of Uganda’s president says he will run for president in 2031
Uganda’s military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the son of the country’s long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni, said he would run for president in 2031. Kainerugaba, 52, has lo...
Meta reaches $18 billion of settlements over children’s social media addiction
Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab, agreed to make major changes to Facebook and Instagram and pay up to $18 billion to resolve claims by most U.S. states that it designed those platforms to addic...
Nigerian wanted in India over 3.3kg MDMA seizure
Indian authorities have issued a Look Out Circular against a Nigerian national, Emmanuel Afam, over his reported connection to the seizure of 3.3kg of MDMA in Kerala. The Kerala Excise Department said...
95 die, 291 foreign tourists missing in Nepal’s flash floods
Hundreds of tourists in Nepal, many of them foreigners, have gone missing in the Himalayan nation’s devastating flash floods on Wednesday, which have killed at least 95 people. Hours after the disas...
Olukoyede Orders Withdrawal of Charges against Maryam Shehu, Abubakar Shuraim Abdulhamad
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has compassionately ordered the withdrawal of charges preferred against Maryam Isah Shehu and Abubakar S...
How Atiku Abubakar Wants to Bring Back the “Scam” He Promised to Destroy!
By Dada Olusegun Just days ago, former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, took to Facebook Live and dropped a bombshell when he promised to r...
Tinubu Appoints Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan As Head Of The Civil Service Of The Federation
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, effective August 27, 2026. Mr Enitan succeeds Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who wi...
Nigeria’s Reform Scorecard: 12 Numbers That Tell The Renewed Hope Story
As Nigeria’s official campaign season begins, per INEC’s timetable, President Tinubu’s government presents a compelling narrative. In telling the Renewed Hope Story today with numbers, t...
I respect the position of the electoral INEC and APC reviewing the outcome of the election – Bola Oyebamiji
Four days after the governorship election in Osun, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Oyebamiji, popularly known as AMBO, on Tuesday broke his silence and accepted the de...
The Digital Mirage: What Osun 2026 Reveals About the Gap Between Online Noise and Electoral Reality
The re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke was as high-profile as any election in Nigeria, with the dominant narrative being that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was hell-bent on taking th...
Zambia votes in election expected to favour incumbent Hichilema
Zambians went to the polls on Thursday, 13 August 2026, in a general election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema’s economic gains since a pandemic-era debt crisis are enough to secu...
