May 7, 2021

Donald Trump is seeking to tighten his iron grip on the party even after a ruling Wednesday extending his ban on Facebook.

Despite losing the presidency to Joe Biden last year and enduring a second impeachment after January’s deadly insurrection at the US Capitol, the brash billionaire remains his party’s most influential figure.

He made clear he knows it Wednesday, reiterating his false claims of election fraud and demanding a leadership shake-up which led his former rival Biden to declare that a ‘mini-revolution’ was upending the Republican Party.

Read Also: Facebook Oversight Board Set To Rule On Trump Ban

Somalia has revealed that it has restored diplomatic ties with Kenya after severing them in December last year.

It accused its neighbor of meddling in domestic politics ahead of elections which have now been postponed.

Relations between the two countries are often stormy.

They have been engaged in a maritime dispute for years, with both sides claiming potentially oil-rich waters.

Read Also: UN Opt For Dialogue To Resolve Somalia Poll Crisis

Kenya has nearly 4,000 troops based in southern Somalia in an attempt to form a buffer zone to defend against the jihadist group al-Shabab.

AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that Nigerians have no other choice but work collectively to rescue the nation from the prevailing insecurity and other challenges to ensure a better country.

He stated this in Benin while receiving members of the South-South Zone Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by its National Vice Chairman, South-South, Chief Dan Orbih.

While identifying insecurity as one of the country’s biggest challenges, Obaseki blamed mismanagement of the nation’s economy for the worrisome trend.

Read Also: Don’t Lose Hope In Nigeria, Obaseki Urges Nigerian Youths

‘We run a …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday insisted that the unity of the country should not be compromised in any way while asserting that Nigeria was better together.

According to him, despite the challenges currently bedeviling Nigeria, The country remained a great nation with its diversity.

Osinbajo urged Nigerians to harness the inherent benefits in the nation’s diversity to promote sustainable socio-economic growth and development and cautioned those fanning the embers of discord to desist from it.

The Vice President stated this when he spoke during a courtesy call on the Obi of Owa Kingdom in Ika North-East Local Government …