And why the “civic gospel” cannot be revived WESSIE DU TOIT “Growth in every corner of the country”, “more money in people’s pockets”, and “people taking back control of what matters to them”: these three phrases could summarise Andy Burnham’s big idea of devolving power away from Westminster, but they are actually taken from Labour’s 2024…
The former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has declared that no political opponent can match the experience, competence and public service credentials of President Bola Tinubu and Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, ahead of the 2027 general elections. Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
Minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has explained that the sharp increase in Nigeria’s dept profile was mostly due to depreciation of the naira, and not necessarily from fresh borrowings by the Federal Government. Oyedele made the clarification on Monday while addressing the Senate committee on finance on the state…
France’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires in Paris after two French embassy staff members were detained, interrogated and physically intimidated by Iranian security services in Tehran on Sunday evening, in what Paris described as a flagrant violation of diplomatic immunity. The French Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires on Tuesday, two…
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — eWAKA (www.eWAKA.tech) today announced the company’s Co-founder and CEO, Céleste Tchetgen Vogel, has been selected as a 2026 Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow. Vogel was recognized for her work to electrify Africa’s last mile, giving riders clean vehicles they can own and a better way to earn. Chosen from…
I have, for hours now, sat diligently in front of my laptop to write this emergency ToryDiary in the wake of Burnham’s Cabinet appointments. Since his election victory in Makerfield, rumours have been afloat over who will take which brief in his rehashed Number 10 operation. Would Shabana Mahmood remain as Home Secretary? Perhaps Ed…
