Abia State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has expressed dismay over the failure of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to issue a categorical statement on the use or otherwise of old naira notes.
Four petitioners filed a case at Kenya’s high court seeking to stop a government plan to nationalize the importation of petroleum products, saying it violates the constitution.
The Cabinet Secretary of Health, Dr. Nakhumicha S. Wafula, today met with the Egyptian Ambassador to Kenya, Wael Nasreidin, to discuss areas of mutual cooperation between the two countries.
The US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement while calling for calm amid accusations of voter fraud and concerns over technical hitches.
As controversies continue to trail Nigeria’s just concluded 2023 presidential and National Assembly polls held last weekend, The Financial Times of London has said the elections were badly flawed, just as it lambasted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for misfiring.
Six states in Nigeria on Friday night withdrew a suit asking the Supreme Court to void the result of the just-concluded presidential election, the latest twist in several challenges facing the ruling party’s victory in the vote.
Since Russia’s invasion, many African governments have officially not taken sides. But that may now be changing, even if the war’s impact on food security has not.
Some frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots with flashlights while others stood watch at their polling stations as counting got under way late Saturday amid fears of vote tampering after a day of delays in Africa’s most populous nation.
On the 24th anniversary of the election that returned Nigeria to Democracy in 1999, Nigerians will today file out to elect a President that will run the country for another four years, effective May 29.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will commence the collation of 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday at midday.
Kenya and Uganda have maintained their opposite voting stances on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, keeping a pattern that may explain the influence of Moscow in the wider African continent.
Kenya hopes to close a provisional trade agreement with the European Union (EU) next month to ensure exports continue to access Europe on a duty and quota-free basis.