February 2022

West African leaders will on Thursday (today) hold a key summit as a wave of coups buffet a region struggling with poverty and a long history of turbulence.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that emergency talks in the Ghanaian capital Accra were triggered after Burkina Faso on January 24 became the third member of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be overtaken by the military in less than two years.

Burkina followed Mali, where a coup in August 2020 was followed by a second in May 2021, and Guinea, where elected president Alpha Conde was …

Over 15 months after the 2020 Endsars protests, the Senate has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to evolve and implement holistic reforms in the Nigerian Police Force.

The national assembly noted that it believes that employing more able-bodied personnel, injecting more financial resources for the purpose of procuring arms, ammunition, and other policing gadgets, as well undertaking regular training will ensure efficient policing in the country.

This formed part of the recommendations contained in the 69-page report of the Joint Committee on National Security and Intelligence; Defence; Police Affairs; Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on the mayhem …

Former governor of Imo State and current member of the National Assembly, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, has alleged that the ₦2.9 billion fraud charges filed against him at the Abuja division of the Federal High Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is politically motivated and a ploy to get him out of the 2023 presidential race.

Speaking on a television programme which was monitored Africa Daily News, New York, Okorocha denied the allegations, while also going on to maintain that he had not been served any court papers and that he was certain that someone was behind …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday declared that he doesn’t think anyone is more qualified to become Nigeria’s President other than himself and in due course, he would make his plans known to himself.

Wike made the assertion when he spoke from Port Harcourt during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, said based on his records as Minister as well as the governor of the oil-rich state, he has the requisite experience to govern the country.

‘For somebody of my kind and record, a governor and a minister, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the Federal Government has resolved to honour every promise made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to prevent disruptive strikes, encourage uninterrupted academic programmes and improve funding of educational institutions.

President Buhari gave this assurance on Tuesday while receiving members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev’d Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle at the presidential villa, Abuja.

The President lauded the leadership of NIREC for intervening in the year-long strike by ASUU and holding …

Former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has declared that he will contest for the presidency in 2023 if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zones the ticket to the South East.

Obi who was the vice presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 election, made this statement through his Twitter handle at exactly 12.30am on February 1, revealing that he will contest if it is zoned to the South East but that if it thrown open, Nigerians will also hear from him.

“Yes, I will step into the field to contest for the opportunity to serve this …

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has lambasted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), accusing the body of making itself a willing tool towards harassing the people of the South-East out of the 2023 presidential race.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that this was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike.

Okwu, who hailed former Imo Governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha for joining the presidential race, said it has become a norm for the EFCC to go after the people of the South-East once they …