Politics

Ilhan Omar, the congresswoman representing Minnesota’s 5th District, has criticised President Donald Trump and some Republican lawmakers, saying their recent remarks show that the United States is “being led by idiots”. Omar’s comments came after Trump attacked her in a social media post, accusing her, a Somali descent, of “telling us how to run our country”. Trump also called for …

Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK Conservative Party, has condemned Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood. In a post on X, the Tory leader described the policy as an “absolutely disastrous” decision made by the ruling Labour Party under the prime minister’s leadership. The Conservative Party leader stated that the administration has only made this decision to …

Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has alleged that the government of President Bola Tinubu is worse than any military regime Nigeria has ever experienced. Speaking when he hosted former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar at the weekend, El-Rufai described the Tinubu government as a “disgrace to democratic ideals”. Atiku paid a solidarity visit to the former governor over the …

Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, has publicly urged Cameroonians not to vote for her father in the October 2025 election. In a TikTok live session, Brenda—known as “King Nasty”—blamed his father’s 43-year rule for poverty, unemployment, and stagnation in Cameroon. This marks the first time in African political history that a sitting president’s child has openly opposed …

Some loyalists of former President Muhammadu Buhari have declared their support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, signalling cracks within the All Progressives Congress (APC). The declaration was made on Wednesday at a private meeting in Abuja. State chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Buhari’s original political platform, gathered at Atiku’s residence to chart a new course. …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has declared that he is a proud agent of President Bola Tinubu.‎‎Wike described himself as one of the agents Tinubu is using to fix the problems Nigerians are facing due to bad governance in the past.‎‎He spoke during the official flag-off of the construction of Northern Parkway from Ring Road …

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for what it described as a “confused and inconsistent” stance on zoning its 2027 presidential ticket. In a statement issued on Thursday, APC spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, said the PDP’s latest decision to leave its ticket open to all zones after initially zoning it …

Excerpts of Wike’s interview with Seun Okinboloye on ChannelsTV’s #PoliticsToday Will you be happy if you were an elected governor and you are removed by an equally elected President? Wait, a governor was removed before. See, let me tell you…let’s not personalise this. Wait, I always tell people, like I hear Atiku today pontificating. I have said it before on …

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has cautioned former President Goodluck Jonathan to tread carefully as pressure mounts on him to stage a political comeback ahead of the 2027 elections. Kukah issued the warning during his address at the Democracy Dialogue of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday. The fiery cleric praised Jonathan’s historic decision …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly addressed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a ceremony in Jerusalem yesterday, declaring “this is our city” as he inaugurated the Pilgrimage Road in the City of David, which was opened after years of excavation. In his speech during the event, Netanyahu recalled a 1998 meeting with then-Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yılmaz. He recounted that …