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Togo has elected its first female head of the National Assembly, following parliamentary elections that saw the ruling party maintain its majority. Yawa Djigbodi Tsegan, from President Faure Gnassingbe’s Union for the Republic party, was chosen on Wednesday in a vote by her fellow lawmakers. The 47-year-old Tsegan, a tax inspector who previously held the position of parliamentary administrator, won 88 nominations from the 89 members of parliament who voted, an AFP reporter said. She…

A man has divorced his wife and he explained to BBC Hausa that he did so because she insists on voting for Buhari in the coming presidential election. Abdullahi Yada’u, a resident of Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State, told BBC Hausa Service on Thursday that he divorced his wife, Hafsat Suleiman, because she insisted on voting for Mr Buhari. He tried convincing his wife not to vote for the incumbent president and when…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has on Thursday, barred the Danladi Umar-led Code of Conduct Tribunal from trying the Chief Justice of Nigeria, NJC, Walter Onnoghen. A three-man panel of the court granted the interim order pending ruling on the Onnoghen’s application for stay of proceedings. The appellate court stopped the CCT from proceeding with hearing in the false assets declaration.

The withdrawal of Oby Ezekwesili, presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) for the 2019 presidential race has been rejected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to INEC, there is is an electoral act which stipulates that a candidate would only withdraw from the race no less that 45 days to the date of elections, Th Sun reports. The candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) announced her…

Nigeria Senate on Thursday confirmed a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari on the National minimum wage bill. In a letter which was read by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu who presided over Thursday’s plenary, Buhari urged the legislators to expedite action on the bill. The letter further noted that passing the bill on time would stabilise the economy as Nigerian workers have been looking towards solving the Labour crisis. “Mr. Senate President, I hope…

Following the widrawal of Oby Ezekwesili, presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) from the presidential race, Buhari’s social media aide, Lauretta Onochie in a post on her Twitter page said integrity and massive support for President Buhari made Ezekwesili ‘chicken out’ of the presidential race. She wrote: “Oby Ezekwesili, the Presidential Candidate of ACPN, has chickened out after watching the mammoth crowd that continues to receive Mr. Integrity across the nation, she…

The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, on Wednesday disclosed why Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad, F-SARS, was disbanded. NPF spokesperson, Frank Mba explained that FSARS was decentralised in a bid to correct the abnormality, restore order and bring the police closer to the people. Featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Mba disclosed that the reforms of F-SARS won’t be cosmetics. Mba said the move was just “a tip of the iceberg among very many reforms IGP Mohammed…

Calls for unity dominated speeches during an event to mark the 25th death anniversary of Kenya’s first Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. ODM leader Raila Odinga called on the church to pray for the truce deal and peace in the country, saying it is a sure way for development. The African Union High Representative for Infrastructural Development noted that the country also needs a working justice system to thrive. “Without truth we cannot have justice;…

It’s all work, work, work, work, work for Rihanna! The 30-year-old singer is reportedly working with LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton) to launch a luxury, high-end brand under her name, according to multiple reports.  LVMH has already handpicked a handful of employees from within, including some from Louis Vuitton and Celine, to work on the project with Rihanna and some of her key associates, sources told WWD, who was first to report the news. ET has reached out to Rihanna’s…