politics

An Ambition Under Attack

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nyesom Wike’s ambition to become Rivers State governor in 2015 threatens PDP’s…

Akpabio denies planning to impose candidates

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state, said he has no plans to impose any…

Lamido Supports Jonathan At Last

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido’s presidential ambition is torn into shreds as PDP…

Impeaching Suntai Is Unnecessary

Chief David Kente, chairman of DSK Group of Companies, is a chieftain of the Peoples…

South West PDP in a show of support for Jonathan

Prominent members of the PDP and their allies in western Nigeria, said they had collected…

Tanko survives impeachment plot

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers in the Nassarawa State House of Assembly…

Russian opposition leader kept under house arrest

A Russian court rejected Friday a request by prosecutors to jail top opposition leader Alexei…

Kenya launches giant port construction with $480m deal

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta launched Friday a construction deal for the first berths in a…

Somali Islamists shoot dead fifth lawmaker

Somalia's Shebab insurgents said they had assassinated a lawmaker in Mogadishu as he left prayers…

Senegal ex-president's son on trial for corruption

The flamboyant "super minister" son of former Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade went on trial Thursday…