…Alausa tells Senate to stop approving establishment bills, cites NN1.3trn ASUU revitalisation debt, infrastructure deficits By Joseph Erunke, Abuja Consequently, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has appealed to the Senate and other members of the National Assembly to stop considering and passing bills seeking to establish additional federal tertiary institutions during the seven-year moratorium.
Barring divine or other intervention, Donald Trump will remain in the Oval Office for a further two years and 10 weeks. The defeats of Trump allies in Serbia and Brazil were delicious appetisers, but this was the feast.
South Africa’s once-dominant African National Congress was headed for its worst-ever election performance Friday with about a third of support after 80 percent of the votes from local government polls had been counted. At the heart of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle, the ANC — the party of jailed liberation hero-turned-president Nelson Mandela — took nearly 70 percent of the national vote in 2004.
The president said he resigned to protect stability, social peace, and democratic institutions.
Even Donald Trump has acknowledged that support for Israel is increasingly a political liability in US politics. Abdul El-Sayed’s victorious path to the US Senate must become a wake-up call to the Democratic party.
Democrats widen gap in House chamber by flipping more seats, including in Ohio, Arizona and North Carolina; Ted Cruz calls election a ‘Watergate-level repudiation’ Live results | Q&A: Ask your questions about Democrats’ win Sign up for Breaking News US email With the dust still settling on the midterms, attention is already turning to the Republicans who might seek to lead the party into the next presidential race in 2028. In this report, my colleague Ariana Baio looks at the early jockeying, the potential contenders and what the midterm results could mean for the party’s future: A number of…
Texas business owner says he expected ICE raids to focus on those with criminal records not his relatives and employees Tuesday night’s explosive rout of the Republican party was supercharged by the fury of Hispanic Americans who turned out in record numbers in key battlegrounds to protest the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant assault on their communities. “Trump went against us,” said Benny Melendez from Weslaco, Texas.
Gavin Newsom’s decision to empty California’s death row saves hundreds of lives and signals a national shift Gavin Newsom’s decision to empty his state’s death row is a truly remarkable moment in the US’s death penalty history. Not only will it free hundreds of people from the threat of execution, but coming from a politician seemingly looking to run for the presidency, it sends an important signal that America’s attachment to capital punishment is weakening, and opposing the death penalty is no longer a third rail in US politics.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced strict electoral guidelines for its forthcoming Regional Elections, prohibiting proxy voting, prescribing identification requirements for delegates and placing the Ghana Police Service in sole charge of security at all election centres. The party stated in its announcement that: “Delegates must present any one of the following for identification and validation: Valid NDC Party Identification Card; Official accreditation document; or Embossed photograph as captured in the approved voters’ register.”
Employers will be forced to publish salaries on job adverts, Andy Burnham has announced, in the government’s latest “small fix” to help improve people’s lives. Andy Burnham has said he wants to “recast” the UK’s deal to cede control of the Chagos Islands after resistance from Washington, which said the agreement could instead be modelled on America’s Greenland deal with Denmark.
Under the Modi Government, the common person’s life had become trapped in a dual vicious cycle of inflation and debt, Jairam Ramesh shared on X
A post against the CJI from the official X account of the Keralam unit of Congress went viral on October 12, drawing sharp criticism on social media, before it was deleted
A US federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s massive triumphal arch project on Thursday, casting doubt over the future of the project hours after it was green-lit by a public commission. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, ruled that the Trump administration cannot start construction on the arch for two weeks while the court considers challenges to its legality.
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In today’s Nigerian newspapers review programme, Today in the News, Vanguard leads with the Federal High Court in Abuja sacking the Senator David Mark-led executives of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and invalidating all actions they took on behalf of the party including the election of a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. Moving to another newspaper, The Guardian reports that Vice President Kashim Shettima, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) (Ondo chapter) have rejected FCT…
The announcement of incentives marks a policy shift for West Bengal as the previous Trinamool Congress government had passed the Revocation of West Bengal Incentive Schemes and Obligations 2025
Says Peter Obi incident isolated case A human rights activist and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress has dismissed recent claims of insecurity in Calabar by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a product of gossip far from reality. On the incident involving the campaign convoy of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress, the former presidential aide said stone-throwing during campaigns, even in advanced democracies like the United States.
US President Donald Trump has signed an order designating the Oval Office as a national monument, a move he said would prevent future presidents from altering or demolishing the historic space. The move, however, has fuelled speculation that Trump could be considering further changes to the West Wing, following earlier suggestions that he might relocate reporters from the White House briefing room, which is close to the Oval Office.
Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has said President Bola Tinubu has demonstrated concern for workers’ welfare through the Federal Government’s approval of a ₦70,000 monthly transport allowance. The senator also faulted the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, for allegedly failing to present an alternative to Tinubu’s policies.
Joseph, popularly known as Fadojoe, expressed concern over the implications of the Federal High Court judgment concerning the leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the presidential nomination of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. Joseph further raised concerns about the state of opposition politics under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, citing persistent leadership disputes, factional disagreements and legal battles involving opposition parties.
Peter Obi is a trader, he hasn’t offered any alternative — Oshiomhole. Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has described the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, as a trader who has failed to present an alternative to President Bola Tinubu’s policies ahead of the 2027 general election.
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has reportedly resigned amid a political crisis following the collapse of Ueno Bank, a digital lender allegedly linked to his former business interests. According to Reuters, the resignation followed moves by Paraguay’s lower house of Congress to pursue impeachment proceedings against Peña over allegations of conflict of interest and misconduct relating to the bank.
Ekiti PDP, SDP, APM, others unite for Tinubu. “With a total registered vote of 1,028,000, it is our hope, prayer and aspiration that from January 16, 2027, APC will garner 90 to 95 per cent of the votes cast in Ekiti State,” Shettima said.
Republican redistricting largely backfired in Texas and beyond, but one redrawn district delivered for the party.
The 2027 presidential election campaign was thrown into fresh controversy, yesterday, as a Federal High Court in Abuja sacked the Senator David Mark-led National Working Committee of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, declared its emergence illegal and nullified all actions taken by the leadership, including the nomination of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s presidential candidate. Court upholds Gombe’s suit Justice Lifu upheld the suit by Nafiu Gombe, a former National Deputy Chairman (North-East) of the ADC, who challenged the process through which the Mark-led…