Port Harcourt, Nigeria – The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Senator John Mbata, the newly elected President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to resign from his position. The group asserts that Ikwerres are not part of the Igbo ethnic group and therefore find Senator Mbata, an Ikwerre, unfit to lead an…
Lagos, Nigeria – The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday impeached Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, replacing him with Mojisola Meranda, the representative of Apapa I. Meranda’s election marks a historic moment as she becomes the first female Speaker of the Lagos State Legislature. Born on 16 August 1980 in Lagos, Meranda has an extensive political…
Lagos, Nigeria – The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has been impeached following allegations of multiple statutory and financial infractions. Obasa, in response to speculations about his political ambitions, clarified his focus on party-building rather than personal aspirations. “My intention is to promote our party on the platform of Mandate,”…
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned on Sunday of the consequences of reducing Germany’s financial support for arms deliveries to Ukraine. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on Syria in Saudi Arabia, Baerbock said that the German government spent almost €7 billion ($7.2 billion) on weapons procurement for Ukraine last year.She said that if…
Contradicting what U.S. spy agencies have publicly said, senior National Security Council officials told a group of Havana Syndrome victims in a meeting at the White House that they have seen information that undercuts the intelligence community’s assessment that no foreign adversary was behind the incidents. In a meeting in the Situation Room on Nov. 18, deputy assistant to the President and…
Berlin, Germany – The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is narrowing the gap with Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc in voter support ahead of the February 23 election, according to a new poll released on Saturday. Early nationwide elections were called following the collapse of centre-left German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition in November. The…
