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Admin - September 24, 2025

Niger, Mali, And Burkina Faso Quit ICC, Denounce “Neocolonial Repression

  By Onoja Baba, Nigeria   In a rebuke of international justice, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, three West African nations currently under military rule, have jointly announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC).   In a statement released late Monday, the three governments accused the Hague-based tribunal of serving as an “instrument […]
Admin - September 23, 2025

SOUTH SUDAN: Judge Suspends Court Trial Of Riek Machar Amid Media Restrictions

  ‎For the second consecutive day, Presiding Judge Dr James Alala Deng reiterated that the trial of suspended First Vice President Dr Riek Machar and his co-accused is publicly accessible.   However, independent journalists remain barred from attending. ‎ ‎“We would like to inform the audience that the court is open for public, as stated […]
Admin - September 23, 2025

MALAWI: Peter Mutharika Projected Winner In Presidential Election

    By Smile Hamilton, Malawi   Unofficial election results obtained by Times indicate that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader Arthur Peter Mutharika has emerged as the winner of the September 16 presidential election.o   Mutharika has secured 3,016,266 votes, representing 56.8 per cent of the ballots cast. His closest rival, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) […]
Admin - September 23, 2025

MALAWI: APM Edges Closer To Presidency As Vote Count Nears Completion

  By Smile Hamilton, Malawi   Opposition candidate Arthur Peter Mutharika, fondly known as APM, is within striking distance of reclaiming the presidency he lost in the 2020 fresh presidential election.   With results from 24 of 36 councils declared, APM has already secured 2,138,746 votes — representing 66.7 percent of the 3,206,686 valid ballots […]
Admin - September 23, 2025

MALAWI: Bakili Muluzi Urges Chakwera To Concede Defeat And Congratulate Mutharika

  By Smile Hamilton, Malawi   Malawian Former President Bakili Muluzi has revealed that he had a phone conversation yesterday with President Lazarus Chakwera, during which he advised the incumbent to concede defeat and congratulate Arthur Peter Mutharika for winning the September 16 elections.     Muluzi said he told President Chakwera that taking such […]
Admin - September 23, 2025

NIGERIA: Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Senate Office Reopened After Months-Long Lockout

    By Onoja Baba, Nigeria      The National Assembly on Tuesday witnessed a dramatic turn in the standoff between Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and Senate President Godswill Akpabio, as security personnel led by the Sergeant-at-Arms officially unsealed Office 205 in the Senate wing.   For months, Akpoti-Uduaghan’s office had remained under lock […]
Admin - September 23, 2025

MALAWI: APM Edges Closer To Presidency As Vote Count Nears Completion

  By Smile Hamilton, Malawi   Opposition candidate Arthur Peter Mutharika, fondly known as APM, is within striking distance of reclaiming the presidency he lost in the 2020 fresh presidential election.   With results from 24 of 36 councils declared, APM has already secured 2,138,746 votes — representing 66.7 percent of the 3,206,686 valid ballots […]
Admin - September 22, 2025

NIGERIA: Sowore Petitions Florida Attorney General Over Wike’s Alleged U S Properties

    By Onoja Baba, Nigeria   Human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has petitioned the Attorney General of Florida, Hon James Uthmeier, seeking the forfeiture and prosecution of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over alleged illicit property acquisitions in the United States.   In the petition […]
Admin - September 22, 2025

South Sudan’s first vice president Riek Machar’s Trial Adjourned as Defense Challenges Court Authority

  ‎By Deborah Akur Chol, South Sudan ‎ ‎The criminal trial of South Sudan’s suspended First Vice President, Riek Machar, commenced on Monday. This marked Machar’s first public appearance since his house arrest in March, as he stood in a defendant’s cage alongside seven co-accused. ‎ ‎The special court in Juba postponed proceedings until Tuesday […]
Admin - September 22, 2025

NIGERIA: Onanuga Rebukes El-Rufai Over ‘Life Presidency’ Claim Against Tinubu

  By Onoja Baba, Nigeria   Presidential Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has dismissed as “baseless and absurd” recent claims by former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, alleging that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu harbours intentions of becoming a “life president.”   In a statement posted on his Facebook page on Sunday, Onanuga criticised […]
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