Politics

Corinthians 10:5-6 “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.  6 “And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete” For 16 (sixteen) PDP held sway and had a firm grip of the life lines of all …

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara arrives at the Presidential Palace to meet with his French counterpart in Abidjan, as part of a three day visit to West Africa. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) The Bureau News reports that Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has secured a controversial fourth term in office, winning 89.77% of the vote in an election …

Ninety-three–year-old President Paul Biya has been officially declared winner of the 2025 Presidential Election in Cameroon. According to the results announced by The Constitutional Council, Biya secured 53.66% of the votes against Issa Tchiroma, who obtained 35.19%. The results were officially declared on Monday, although the election held on October 12. Biya now extends his decades-long rule and will continue …

Accountability Initiative, Henry Shield, has urged Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Goodluck Jonathan to bury personal ambition and unite behind a single opposition candidate if they want to defeat Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election. In a post on X, Shield appealed directly to the three men, saying, “May I appeal to you three leaders to kindly consider Nigeria and …

With the 2027 general elections on the horizon, cracks are widening within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as some of its foundation members mount a strong push back against high-profile defectors being courted into the party. The resistance, which has spread across states like Kano, Plateau, Delta, Enugu and Osun, is fueled by fears of displacement, with long-serving APC …

Fresh pressure is mounting on former President Goodluck Jonathan to shelve his rumoured plan to contest the presidency in the 2027 general elections, as prominent figures in the Niger Delta intensify efforts to persuade him to instead support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu. Findings revealed that ex-militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, is leading the regional movement …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed how he declined a proposal to endorse Nasir el-Rufai, ex-governor of Kaduna, as his successor in 2007. El-Rufai served as the director-general (DG) of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and later as minister of the federal capital territory (FCT) between 2003 and 2007 when Obasanjo was the president of Nigeria. However, while preparing …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said the present governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may bury the party. Speaking during a session with journalists in Abuja, on Friday, Wike insinuated that governors elected on the platform of the party were not handling the crisis rocking the PDP well. PDP governors are currently locked in …

Eight days after Cameroon’s presidential election, the National Vote Counting Commission has announced preliminary results indicating that incumbent President Paul Biya has won re-election with between 53 and 54 percent of the vote, according to a report from Jeune Afrique. The long-serving leader and candidate of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) is said to have secured victory following days …

Social media is awash with tributes to the former first lady, politician and women’s rights advocate, who Ghanaian presidential spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu said had died after a short illness on Thursday morning. Her family visited President John Mahama in the afternoon to officially notify him of her death. The president leads the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, founded by …