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With the party primaries for the September 21 Edo State governorship election concluded, ADEYINKA ADEDIPE writes on the chaos generated by the exercise which may take some time to clear up The just concluded primary elections by the major political parties in Edo State to choose their candidates for the …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his 87th birthday. The governor said Obasanjo remained a towering figure in Nigerian and African history. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by Soludo’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, on Tuesday. The governor noted that laudable …

A bomb scare shut down Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls Airport on Friday, forcing the country’s president to cancel a planned address at a conference on renewable energy, an official said. Zimbabwean President Edson Mnangagwa was due to address the conference in the morning, but “had to suspend his trip to allow …

President, Christ Apostolic Church, Nigeria and overseas, Pastor (Dr) Henry Ojo has urged Nigerians to be patient with the Federal Government, saying that what they are facing now is not new in the history of Nigeria and the history of the world. The cleric recalled that Nigerians faced even more …

The Energy Commission of Nigeria has said the country needs about $4bn in investments to completely depend on renewable energy and go green by 2050. This was as it unveiled plans to work with investors to deploy wind and solar power plants to assist with energy generation and the country’s …

Tanzania’s second President Ali Hassan Mwinyi Thursday died at the age of 98. News of Mwinyi’s death was announced by President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Mwinyi served as President of Tanzania between 1985 and 1995. He succeeded the founding president, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. Mwinyi was three months away from his 99th birthday. …

The military Joint Task Force North-West Operation Hadarin Daji said, on Wednesday, that it neutralised scores of bandits and rescued eight kidnapped victims in Zamfara State. The Information Officer of Operation Hadarin Daji, Lt. Col. Suleiman Omale, stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Gusau. Omale said, “On the …

Hundreds of civil servants took to the streets of Akure, the Ondo State capital on Tuesday to protest current economic hardship in the country. The protest was based on the directives of the national body of the Nigeria Labour Congress. The peaceful protest is ongoing along the major roads in …

At least 15 Catholic worshippers were killed in a Burkina Faso village on Sunday when gunmen attacked a community as they gathered for prayers in the country’s conflict-hit northern region, church officials said. The violence in the village of Essakane was a “terrorist attack” that left 12 of the Catholic …

The apex Igbo socio-cultural group Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on the former head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), to apologise for recent “inflammatory” comments about the Nigerian Civil War experience. Ohanaeze also said his remarks have “reopened deep wounds” among the Igbo people. In a strongly-worded statement released on Sunday, …