Paul Biya President Paul Biya of Cameroon has declared interest in seeking an eighth term in office in October’s elections. He has been in office for nearly 43 years. Biya, 92, posted the announcement on X in French and English. “I am a candidate for the 12 October 2025 presidential election. “Rest assured that my…
The Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, has kicked against the imposition of a six-month jail term for Nigerians who failed to vote, saying the move is draconian in every respect, and undermines the freedom to participate in the electoral process. He noted that though Nigeria will not be the first country that practices compulsory…
Robert Francis Prevost became the first Pope from the United States on Thursday, picking the papal name Leo XIV after cardinals from around the world elected him leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Tens of thousands of people packed in St Peter’s Square cheered as Prevost appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica,…
As political parties continue to make plans about how to take the Anambra governorship seat in the 2025 election which comes up on November 8, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which has in previous years dominated the political space in the state is missing. In the 2021 governorship election in the state, the party fielded…
The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the outcome of the local government elections that were held in Rivers State on October 5, 2024. The apex court upheld an appeal that was brought before it by the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the court…
A High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has ordered the arrest of Professor Ignatius Uduk, a Nigerian academic accused of election fraud. The professor, who serves as a lecturer of Human Kinetics at the University of Uyo, is facing charges of perjury and announcing false election results during the 2019 general elections in Essien…
Barely 48 hours to the Saturday local government election in Ondo State, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has withdrawn from the exercise. The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) had scheduled this Saturday for the council election, with no fewer than 10 political parties participating in the upcoming exercise. Bakita Bello, the acting chairman…
Over 33 people have died following unrest at a maximum security prison in Mozambican capital, Maputo. Dozens of people were killed as a result of the prison riot on Christmas Day, according to authorities. According to the Guardian UK, the riot resulted to the death of 33 people, while 15 others were injured. Bernadino Rachel,…
