The Caribbean island of Barbados has announced its intention to sack British Queen Elizabeth as its head of state.
It said it would carry out the sack before its 55th Independence anniversary on 30 November 2021 and become a republic.
Governor General Dame Sandra Mason delivered the news Tuesday as she delivered her Throne Speech at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.
She said the country is moving from a parliamentary constitutional monarchy under a hierarchy monarchy, to a Republic.
“The peril and uncertainty of the times compel us to reinforce our foundation. Equally, we are challenged to shore up our …
The United Kingdom has threatened to ban politicians who resort to electoral violence, ahead of the Ondo and Edo governorship elections.
This was contained in a statement posted on Twitter by the UK Embassy in Nigeria on Tuesday.
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The British government warned that it would seize the assets of such persons and confirmed it would be sending observers to monitor the conduct of the polls in the two states.
…‘The UK takes a strong stand against election-related violence and, just as we did in the general election in
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wanted to assassinate Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad in 2017, but that his then-secretary of defense Jim Mattis opposed the operation.
“I would have rather taken him out. I had him all set,” Trump told the morning show Fox & Friends.
“Mattis didn’t want to do it. Mattis was a highly overrated general, and I let him go.”
The revelations support reporting that came out in 2018 when Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward published his book “Fear: Trump in the White House” and which the president denied at the time.
“That was never even …
The credibility of Guinea’s electoral roll is a recurring issue in the West African state and was a key concern among international observers during a controversial constitutional referendum in the country this year.
Some 5.4 million voters appear on the roll in the nation of 13 million people, according to statistics that officials from Guinea’s Independent National Electoral Commission presented at a press conference Monday.
But opponents are skeptical of the regional
West African leaders met the head of Mali’s military junta on Tuesday to press for the return to civilian rule nearly a month after rebel officers seized power in the fragile state.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) slapped sanctions on Mali after the putsch, including closing borders and a ban on trade and financial flows, and has called for elections within 12 months.
The 15-nation bloc also gave the new military rulers until Tuesday to name a civilian president and prime minister to head a transition government.
“My reason for this meeting is simple. We need to …
Twenty-five days to the October governorship election in Ondo State, the candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, Mr Agboola Ajayi, on Tuesday accused the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, of frustrating his campaign move.
He alleged that the governor refused to approve the venue to kick off his campaign in Akure, the state capital.
Ajayi, who is also the Deputy Governor of the state, alleged that the agency to approve the venue for the political campaign flag-off refused to approve the venue for the ZLP, in spite of the party’s readiness to pay the amount charged.
The ZLP candidate alleged …
John Oyegun, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has refused to endorse Osagie Ize-Iyamu, his party’s candidate in the Edo governorship election.
In a statement he issued on Monday, Oyegun rejected what he described as “primitive politics”, calling on the people of Edo to vote their conscience.
He criticised the ‘forced exit’ of Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, from the APC, saying the governor suffered “unacceptable indignity” while standing for the people.
…‘My views and statements on the Edo state political situation have been consistent. I strongly advised
The All Progressives Congress in South Africa (APC SÁ) has thrown its weight behind the Governorship Candidate of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-lyamu, in the Edo State Governorship Election on September 19.
The group gave its support in a statement signed by Mr Sanni David, the National Publicity Secretary of the chapter, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday.
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‘The APC SA has confidence that Pastor Osagie lze-Iyamu will deliver the much needed radical economic transformation for the people.
‘The Edo people
Abiru, former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, has also pleaded with the party faithfuls to go from community to community, house to house or local council to local council, convincing about two million registered electorate in Lagos East to vote the APC and his candidate in the next by-election.
He made this appeal at …
The MoU was entered into by Kaduna, Bauchi Yobe, Borno, Kano, and Sokoto states with Aliko Dangote Foundation and the Bill and Melina Gates Foundation.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said this in Abuja at the 65th joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.
Ehanire said that the achievements of the states in implementing the terms to …
United States Ambassador to China, Terry Branstad, will leave Beijing soon.
Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, made the announcement on Monday.
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He thanked Branstad for his more than three years of service to the American people as envoy to China.
‘Ambassador Branstad has contributed to rebalancing U.S.-China relations so that it is results-oriented, reciprocal, and fair,’ the senior official said.
Pompeo did not give a reason for Branstad’s exit.
CNN reported that Branstad would likely leave Beijing before the November 3 presidential election.
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Senator Daisy Danjuma on Monday called on Edo women to rally round the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki for a second term in the September 19th, governorship election in the state.
Daisy, who is the wife of retired Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, made the call at a reception organised in her honour by Edo women in Benin
According to her, there was no need to change a performing team adding that Obaseki deserved a second term to continue with his sterling governance.
She said the governor’s sterling performance in all sectors …
