Kenya’s senate will next week debate whether to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, the senate speaker said on Wednesday, after the national assembly voted to impeach Gachagua. Lawmakers voted by 281 to 44 late...
Kenya’s senate will next week debate whether to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, the senate speaker said on Wednesday, after the national assembly voted to impeach Gachagua. Lawmakers voted by 281 to 44 late on Tuesday to impeach Gachagua, with one abstention. That was far more than the two-thirds...
Twenty-one passengers have lost their lives after two boats drowned at Imore town in Amuwo-Odofin LGA of Lagos state.The two boats, each carrying 16 passengers, reportedly collided and capsized in the middle of the lagoon on Monday night.Confirming the incident, Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos police spokesperson, said it was reported...
A French-Cameroonian writer, Charles Onana, is due to go on trial in Paris accused of complicity in contesting the 1994 Rwandan genocide. About 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed within 100 days. In a book published five years ago, Mr Onana described the idea that the Hutu government...
A 30- year old husband, Moturayo Olaniyi, has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife, Olajumoke Olaniyi, 25, over little misunderstanding in Lagos. The incident was confirmed by the Lagos state command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement made available Blueprint in Lagos. He said the incident occurred on October...
Rights groups have accused President Samia’s government of stifling dissent and targeting opponents ahead of next year’s general elections. It follows a recent wave of abductions, arrests and the brutal killing of an opposition official in the country. Wednesday’s ban affects all websites, social media and YouTube platforms of...
Members of parliament in Kenya have started the process of removing the country’s deputy president from office. Those who back the effort accuse Rigathi Gachagua of having a role in June’s violent anti-government demonstrations, as well as involvement in corruption, undermining government and promoting ethnically divisive politics. The deputy...
The Burkinabe government has reportedly dismissed its Ambassador to Ghana, Sini Pierre Sanou, after allegations surfaced linking him to a plot to overthrow the administration of Captain Ibrahim Traoré. The ruling military junta claims to have uncovered a conspiracy involving military and civilian groups based in both Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana,...
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, is under scrutiny following accusations of links to terrorism and banditry. This is according to The Punch. The allegations stem from his tenure as Zamfara State Governor, where he allegedly procured vehicles for notorious bandit leaders, including Bello Turji. Current Zamfara...
The lanky black complexioned young man who resides with his parents in Ikorodu in Lagos is now cooling his head inside the cell of Lagos state Police Command Tactical Unit, Ikeja. If Ayomide Adeleye, a 23-year-old, 300-level philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), had understood the profound consequences of...
Prophet Elvis Mbonye has released a video highlighting all his prophetic fulfillments this year, stating that they are; “for a sign and a wonder to you that you may rely on the LORD your God and that you may realize that in your midst the LORD your God has...