Category: World

Nigeria’s election commission has promised to hand over immediately to the opposition all material linked to last month’s disputed presidential poll. The chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, said it had nothing to hide. The opposition Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) want access to the election data in order to back up...

The Tanzanian government has banned boarding at nursery and lower years at primary schools, saying their aim is to give children the opportunity to bond with their families – understanding the traditions, cultures and values of the country. Education Commissioner Lyabwene Mtahabwa says boarding services for children up to the age of 10 will end...

Ruling party candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu is leading Nigeria’s most hotly contested general election since the country’s return to democracy over two decades ago. Fourteen of the 36 states have thus far been officially declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec). Mr Tinubu has now secured 44% of the votes counted so far. The...

Obasanjo in his letter on Monday, February 27, 2023, alleged that INEC officials tampered with BVAS machines and manipulated election results. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel all elections that do not pass credibility and transparency test. The former President said this in a letter to Buhari amid calls for...

Opposition parties have walked out of the venue where results from Nigeria’s tightly contested presidential elections are being announced. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party have claimed there is a lack of transparency with the new electronic voter system. This is the first national election where an electronic device has...

All the serious presidential candidates will deploy every trick in their books to ensure they get the maximum votes from these states. As the February 25, 2023 presidential election draws ever so near, frontline presidential candidates have continued to travel the length and breadth of the country in their frantic effort to convince Nigerians to...

A court in Mozambique has sentenced five out of eight people involved in the murder of a man with albinism in July last year to jail. The sentences range from eight to 30 years. The judge said the convicts had committed crimes of aggravated homicide, possession of human bones and criminal association. They must also...

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution demanding Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine and end the fighting, a year after Russia launched its invasion. The resolution (PDF) urged a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace” that it said “would constitute a significant contribution to strengthening international peace and...

Nigeria has ordered the closure of all its land borders during Saturday’s tightly contested elections. The directive is meant to ensure that the “elections are free, fair and devoid of anomalies”, the Nigeria Immigration Service said. Border officials have been told to ensure strict enforcement of the order. The presidential and parliamentary elections are reported...