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Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has delivered a withering verdict on Keir Starmer’s premiership, branding him “a terrible Prime Minister” within hours of his resignation and pinning Britain’s troubles on Labour’s wider policy direction rather than the outgoing leader alone. In a statement posted on her official X account shortly after Starmer announced his…
The Indigenous People of Biafra has defended detained leader Nnamdi Kanu’s indefinite expulsion of members of its dissolved Third Directorate of State, with the deputy head of the newly constituted Fourth DOS, Solomon Egbo, alleging that the affected officials worked to undermine Kanu’s authority and threatened the survival of the movement. In a statement…
A High Court in Harare has acquitted Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba of undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s authority, ending nearly a year of prosecution over a satirical column and handing Zimbabwe’s embattled press corps a rare legal victory. The High Court in Harare quashed the charges on Friday, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights,…
Dozens of artisanal gold miners were killed or wounded in airstrikes on mining sites near the Sudan-Egypt border, with Sudanese political parties and survivors squarely accusing Egyptian forces of carrying out the attack, even as Cairo has stayed silent and casualty figures remain difficult to verify independently. At least 15 people were killed and…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress in Ebonyi State suffered a major blow on Monday as its Deputy Chairman, Comrade Okey Idenyi, Secretary Barr. Chinedu Adum, Welfare Officer Cyril Ajah, Youth Leader Anthony Nwofe and several other state executives resigned together, citing corruption, financial fraud, and disputes over the party’s recently concluded primaries. Addressing journalists in…
Veteran UK politician Andy Burnham confirmed on Monday that he would seek to replace Keir Starmer as leader of the ruling Labour Party and prime minister, shortly after Starmer announced his resignation outside 10 Downing Street. Burnham, 56, called for an “orderly and responsible” transition after Starmer, 63, said he accepted with “good grace”…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the remand of activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Correctional Centre, following the dismissal of his application seeking the recusal of the trial judge. Justice Mohammed Umar ordered that Sowore be kept in custody pending the hearing and…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as Labour leader, bowing out after less than two years in office at the end of a turbulent term defined by policy reversals, ministerial walkouts and historic electoral defeats. Starmer announced on Monday that he was resigning as leader of the ruling Labour Party, a…
Two of Nigeria’s most-followed TikTok personalities are once again at the centre of online debate, this time over the question of whether wealth alone qualifies a young man for marriage. Social media commentator Ojaigho Prosper, popularly known as GehGeh, has publicly faulted the decision of TikTok star Habeeb Hamzat, better known as Peller, to…
Hopes are rising that the schoolchildren and teachers held captive for more than five weeks in Oyo State could soon regain their freedom, as security operatives tighten their cordon around a hideout deep inside the Old Oyo National Park and the abductors scale back their list of demands. Multiple security sources familiar with the…
