Politics

The Taliban will not announce the makeup of its government until the United States completes its troop withdrawal, Africa Daily News, New York has learnt.

‘It has been decided that the formation of the government and cabinet will not be announced as long as a single US soldier is present in Afghanistan,’ a Taliban source said.

Also on Monday, the Taliban warned there would be ‘consequences’ if the United States and its allies extend their presence in Afghanistan beyond next week, as chaos continued to overwhelm Kabul airport.

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Tunisian President, Kais Saied has extended the suspension of parliament and parliamentary immunity until further notice.

He said he would address the nation in the coming days, without giving more details.

The president assumed executive authority last month in a surprise move his opponents labelled as a coup.

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Africa Dialy News, New York reports thst Tunisia has been in a political crisis since the president’s move on 25 July – amid a struggling economy and a surge in Covid infections, with a rising international concern.

Mr Saied has defended his actions, …

Two Katsina State House of Assembly members on Monday burst into uncontrollable tears at a plenary as the legislators deliberated over the issue of insecurity afflicting many Local Government Areas of the state.

Africa Daily News, New York gahered that the Deputy Speaker of the house, Alhaji Shehu Dalhatu-Tafoki, had earlier presented a motion of urgent public importance over the level of insecurity in the state at the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Alhaji Tasi’u Maigari.

According to Dalhatu-Tafoki, (APC Faskari), despite the efforts of the federal, state governments, and the security agencies, the security problem was increasing everyday …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has denied any interest in the 2023 election as being widely speculated.

This is according to a statement issued on Monday by his media aide, Laolu Akande.

He said his principal is rather focused on working in his capacity as the Vice President to address the various challenges facing the country, including finding effective and lasting solutions to the security challenges and working to further boost the economy.

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‘The Office of the Vice President is not in any way connected with the distribution …

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has described calls to break up Nigeria as unpatriotic and also appealing to the media to stop giving voice and platform to those with such intentions.

Masari spoke in Kaduna, weekend while receiving awards from Nagarta, a Kaduna-based Amplitude Modulation radio station.

The Governor who was represented by the state Commissioner for Information, AbdulKarim Sirika, the governor said the media had a greater role to play to keep Nigeria united in the face of calls for secession and break up of the country.

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has threatened to drag President Muhammadu Buhari to court should he insist on going ahead with any policy that will support open grazing or grazing reserve in the country.

Gov Ortom made gave this threat when he spoke with newsmen on Sunday after arriving Makurdi from Asaba. He insisted that under his watch, the state will never accept open grazing.

While maintaining that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria supercedes the Northern Nigeria Law that provided for Grazing Reserves, the Governor said the State government will not accept the Grazing Reserve Policy, insisting …

Bishop Callistus Onaga has lamented the alarming rate of agitations in several parts of the country, pointing out that the development is worrisome.

Onaga who is the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, made the assertion during the second plenary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) in Enugu on Sunday, calling Nigerians to pray for solutions to the numerous challenges facing the nation.

‘Politically, the current wave of agitations all over the country is very worrisome. This informed the picking of the title of this homily ‘Will you also go away.’

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The Zamfara State Government has reacted to claims by some residents of the State that there has been a lapse in governance since Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC).

Africa Daily News, New York reports that many of them have lamented that Matawalle has occupied himself focusing on the reconciliation with former Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, and Senator Kabiru Marafa’s faction of the APC in the state.

However, in a swift response, the state Commissioner of Information, Hon. Ibrahim Dosara, said that security challenges in the state was a household discussion before Governor Matawalle assumed office …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has hit back at people they described as ‘naysayers’ to stop spewing negative and false narratives around Boko Haram members who are surrendering in droves in the North-East.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in an interview with reporters in Washington.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that no fewer than 1,000 Boko Haram fighters and their families have handed themselves over to army units in recent weeks in the southern Borno towns of Konduga, Bama, and Mafa.

The minister also lambasted those who were alleging that the surrendered …

Aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) numbering about 100 in Benue State have sued the party’s caretaker committee chairman, Governor Mai Bala Buni of Yobe State.

Africa Daily News, New York repors that the suit, filed over the status of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention (CECPC) of the APC, joins as defendants the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and others.

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The aggrieved APC members through their lawyer, Samuel Irabor, in the suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja, sought …

Youths of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has revealed some subtle moves of the All Progressives Congress (APC), governors, ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

The National Youth Coordinator of PDP youths, Usman Okai Austin, has alleged that APC governors are seriously  ‘lobbying, romancing, and begging’ former President Goodluck Jonathan to join the ruling party.

Speaking with newsmen on Friday, Okai alleged that APC governors including its Caretaker National Chairman, Mai Mala Buni plans to give Jonathan an automatic presidential ticket in 2023, if he defects to the ruling party.

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