Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family, friends and acquaintances of Comrade Yinka Odumakin, spokesman of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere. Odumankin was the publicity secretary of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere. Buhari’s position on Odumakin,...

Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, is dead. Heritage Times gathered that the human rights activist died on Saturday in Lagos due to COVID-19 complications. Married to a fellow rights activist, Mrs...

Niger has had its first democratic transfer of power after Mohamed Bazoum was sworn in as president. The inauguration ceremony on Friday in the capital, Niamey, was attended by dozens of foreign dignitaries, including government representatives...

Plans by President George Weah to shorten presidential terms and to allow dual citizenship have been rejected by Liberians. This was made known by the country's electoral commission while announcing referendum results delayed for months over...

Senate President, Ahmed Lawan on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to create enabling environment for the nation’s scientists to collaborate with international agencies and other citizens to have a local Covid-19 vaccine.   Speaking at the...

      Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has fired his Commissioner for Environment, Dr Igbiks Tamuno.   The governor in a brief statement by his Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, directed the sacked commissioner to...