Politics

Sudanese Prime Minister has warned of ‘deeply worrying’ fractures within the country’s security forces while calling for reconciliation between civilian and military-political factions.

Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok made the comments as he announced an initiative to unify the factions guiding Sudan through a fragile transition following the April 2019 ouster of dictator Omar al-Bashir.

Sudan has been led by a civilian-military ruling administration since the sides reached a power-sharing deal the following August.

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Nearly two years later, the transition continues to face pressing challenges including pressure from rebels and civilians …

A non-governmental organisation identified as Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry (CADAM), has raised the alarm over increasing cases of drug use in Nigeria, explaining that an estimated 10.6 million people (10.8 percent) of the population had used cannabis in the past year while opioids accounted for 4.6 million.

The NGO believes most of the users of the harmful substances were youths which spells doom for the future.

The Director-General of CADAM, Dr. Dokun Adedeji regretted that despite several disorders associated with drug use, an estimated 14.4 percent of the population in Nigeria or 14.3 million people between the ages of …

A former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan is set to spend seven years behind bars over a $500,000 bribe from billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola.

In 2013, Lawan was said to have collected $500,000 of a $3m bribe solicited from an oil tycoon, Otedola to drop his company from the investigation.

Justice Angella Otaluka, who delivered the judgment convicted Lawan on the three-count charge on which he was tried by the Independent Corrupt Practices and …

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has for the umpteenth time read the Riot Act to the people behind the present unrest in Nigeria this time promising to arrest and ensure they are brought to justice.

Buhari stressed that he will not rest until the country is rid of those he described as ‘divisive elements’.

The president gave this fresh warning on Monday in Abuja while declaring open the Progressives Youth Conference organised by the office of the National Youth Leader in the party’s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC.

‘As you are all aware, we are currently dealing with some internal …

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has berated President Muhammadu Buhari, over his comments on restructuring, declaring that the presidency was insensitive to the unity of the country and her future and the country could be headed for anarchy.

PANDEF’s national publicity secretary, Ken Robinson, stated this while reacting to the president’s comment that those calling for the restructuring of the country are dangerous and naive.

Robinson in a statement released on Sunday and made available to our correspondent in Port Harcourt further said the comments of the President was an indictment to his party, the All Progressives Congress.…

Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has defended the Federal Government’s resort to loans which have seen the Buhari-led administration borrow more than any administration in Nigeria’s history in only 6 years.

According to the minister, borrowing was the only way to expand the poor infrastructure in the country.

Fashola, made these claims when spoke to correspondents yesterday noting that the country would not make meaningful progress without taking loans to boost infrastructure.

He pointed out categorically that borrowing is not a sin and it is part of the essence of keeping the economy growing.

His words; ‘It …