Politics

Tennessee Republican Rep. Andy Ogles has filed articles of Condemnation of Vice President Kamala Harris over her handling of the southern border and for her insistence that Joe Biden was fit for the top of the Democratic ticket. Harris has faced GOP attacks from all sides since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Republicans have …

Hillary Clinton’s historic 2016 campaign highlighted the persistent barriers women face in politics. Despite winning the popular vote, she lost the presidency to Donald Trump. This moment built on the efforts of trailblazers like Victoria Woodhull and Shirley Chisholm, showing the evolving path for women in leadership roles. Hillary Clinton …

Veteran journalist and publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has knocked former presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe, for supporting President Bola Tinubu despite the prevailing economic hardship. He said since he had known Okupe, the former presidential spokesperson had been in the habit of supporting utter failures despite evidence suggesting all …

The Senate has removed Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip and replaced him with Senator Tahir Monguno. Ndume’s replacement by the Senate followed a directive issued to that effect in a letter written by the National Chairman of the party, Umar Ganduje and National Secretary, Senator Bashir Ajibola. The …

The United Kingdom’s Labour Party swept to power early on Friday after winning the country’s general election, crossing the 326-seat threshold for a working majority in the House of Commons.   “A mandate like this comes with a great responsibility,” Labour leader Keir Starmer told supporters at a triumphant dawn …

A Bolivian general has been arrested and accused of mounting a coup against the government after attempting to storm the presidential palace on Wednesday. Military units led by Gen. Juan Jose Zuniga – dismissed as commander of the Bolivian army just a day earlier – occupied the main square in …

South Africa’s seventh democratically elected President Cyril Ramaphosa was officially sworn in Wednesday for a second term in office after his reelection by parliament last Friday.   Chief Justice Raymond Zondo administered the oath of office in a colorful ceremony attended by several heads of state and government in the …

The Kerala unit of the Congress took a dig at the BJP and at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that the BJP MP and newly elected minister Suresh Gopi “wants to quit because he wants to do films!” The Kerala unit of the Congress claimed on Monday that actor and …

Peter Odili ex-Rivers State Governor, has said it was God that destined Sir Siminalayi Fubara to become the governor of the state.   Addressing the governor while inaugurating the dualised Omoku-Egbema Road constructed by the Fubara administration, Odili said: “Your Excellency, the man God destined to govern Rivers State; a humble …

Nyesom Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, has apologised to the Rivers people for appointing Governor Siminalayi Fubara as his successor, claiming that he never instructed anyone to worship him in order to gain power. Wike, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), issued the apology on Saturday …