Politics

The security in Chad at the moment is air tight, as about a dozen African heads of state and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to attend the funeral of the late Chadian President, Idriss Déby Itno, even as rebels threaten to to resume an offensive on the capital.

According to reports, several of the Chadian army officers, led by General Idriss Abdéramane Dicko, also refused to recognise the authority of the Transitional Military Council, led by Mahamat Idriss Déby. While Mahamat took over as head of the Military Transitional Council after the death of his father, the Chadian opposition …

Members of the UN Security Council have appealed to Somalia’s leaders to return to the negotiating table, following the controversial extension of the president’s term by parliament.

The members have also welcomed the plan by the African Union (AU) to mediate the talks.

Somali leaders were urged to implement the 17 September 2020 agreement on an electoral framework – under which clan elders would select delegates to electoral colleges, which in turn choose federal lawmakers who then pick a president.

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Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo asked the AU …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over ‘the sudden and tragic’ death of his Chadian counterpart President Idriss Deby.

According to official sources, the 68-year-old leader died on the front line, fighting against rebel soldiers.

Reacting to the incident on Tuesday, President Buhari said: ‘I’m deeply shocked and devastated by the sudden death of Idriss Deby on the battle front to defend the sovereignty of his country.’

According to the President, ‘the late Deby had played a very active role in our regional joint collaboration in the military campaign against the Boko Haram terrorists.’

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike of yesterday, urged the Federal Government to allow states to develop and operate their respective minerals and pay a royalty to the central government.

Wike made the strong call when Mr. Uchechukwu Ogah, the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Port Harcourt.

He said the call is imperative because the federal government which unilaterally controls the country’s rich mineral endowment has failed to translate the mineral wealth into overall economic development.

The Governor maintained that in order for the country to benefit from …

The Federal Government has frowned at the widely reported decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to ‘persecuted’ members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, saying it is disrespectful of Nigeria as a nation.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also said that the decision amounted to sabotaging the fight against terrorism and generally undermining Nigeria’s security.

Fielding questions at a News Agency of Nigeria flagship interview programme, NANForum, on Tuesday in Abuja, Mohammed said the decision is unacceptable to Nigeria.

“Let me say straight away that this issue is within the purview of the Honourable …

The President of China, Xi Jinping has advocated for a fairer system of global governance, even as Beijing faces increasing accusations from its own neighbours of ‘bullying’ in the Asia-Pacific region.

While speaking at the annual Boao Forum for Asia, Xi told delegates that the world ‘wants justice, not ‘bossing others around or meddling in others’ internal affairs would not get one any support.’ 

The China-based forum is a gathering of political and business leaders intended as Asia’s answer to Davos.

‘We must advocate peace, development, equity, justice, democracy, and freedom, which are common values of humanity, and …

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has called on the African Union (AU) to begin talks about a process that would lead to free and fair elections in the country.

The president said all stakeholders would participate in the talks for the future of the country’s democracy.

The Somali president is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, who is the AU chairperson.

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Mr. Farmajo last week approved an extension of his term in office by two years as voted by parliament. The AU condemned the extension.

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Federal Government workers who retired from March 2020 to March 2021 have not been paid their pensions.

The Director-General, National Pension Commission, Aisha Umar, revealed this while making a presentation at the oversight visit of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Services to the commission in Abuja on Sunday.

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‘It is sad to report that we have today, a large number of Federal Government employees who retired from March 2020 to March 2021 under the Contributory Pension Scheme that are yet to receive pensions due to non-payment