March 14, 2021

The conservative party in Germany a party which German Chancellor Angela Merkel belongs to suffered heavy losses in two key regional elections Sunday, early estimates showed, as voters vented anger over pandemic setbacks and a face-mask procurement scandal.

Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was on track to score its worst-ever results in the southwestern states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, according to exit polls from public broadcasters ARD and ZDF.

Both votes were being closely watched as a barometer of the national mood ahead of a general election on September 26 — when Merkel’s successor will be chosen.

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Senator Ali Ndume, who is the Chairman of, Senate Committee on Army, has stated that it will be contrary to the constitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) if the northern region is allowed to produce the party’s next presidential candidate.

The Yobe State-born Senator, who represents Borno South in the Senate, made this disclosure at a press roundtable organized by the Correspondents’ Chapel, Nigerian Union of Journalists, FCT Council, on Saturday.

According to him, any attempt to zone the party’s presidential ticket to the north would be tantamount to the third term after President Muhammad Buhari’s second term in …

Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, on Saturday said Nigerians should stop distracting him with 2023 politics.

Amaechi said he is not a politician, hence should be allowed to carry out his duties as a minister.

The former governor of Rivers State, who appeared on Arise Television was reacting to questions on his purported 2023 presidential ambition.

The minister pointed out that he was currently focused on ensuring that railway projects are delivered across Nigeria.

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Amaechi said mischief-makers misinterpreted his recent visit to Taraba State for a wedding mean the flag-off of …

Ex-Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II has been appointed by the African leader of the Tijjaniyyah sect, Sheikh Makki Nyass, as the leader of the sect in Nigeria at an event organized to honour a servant of Allah, Shehu Nyass in Sokoto state.

This rare appointment may be interpreted by many as a new political twist that may impact future elections in the country in Africa’s most populous country.

The appointment, which was made on Friday at Sokoto during the annual festival of the sect, is seen as both a spiritual and temporal elevation of the deposed emir.

Shortly after …