Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in the general elections held on October 30, 2024, bringing an end to the Botswana Democratic Party‘s (BDP) nearly six-decade rule. This monumental change comes as the opposition coalition, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), emerged victorious, securing a significant number of parliamentary seats and signalling a new era…
Just because some people can purchase data, and surf online, they think they possess unbridled access to the lives of others.They literally think that they can pontificate on issues and matters that they have no jurisdiction over. Which is why I’m the one here to drag those hypocritical, jobless and caustic online in-laws today.I’m ready…
With nearly 60 million ballots already cast, everyone interested in the presidential election is trying to figure out where the race stands. Despite so many votes having been cast, it is hard to know what it means. Many more people have yet to vote, and exactly how many there will be or how they will…
Former President Barack Obama has opened up about some of the “somewhat inappropriate” attention he received from women while commander in chief and also what kept him on a “straight and narrow path” throughout it. In an interview on released Tuesday, Obama, 63, acknowledged his stardom but insisted that he “was not tripping” from his admirers, to the…
In an unforeseen interference to the Spanish football calendar, Real Madrid‘s upcoming La Liga match against Valencia, scheduled for this weekend, has been postponed due to catastrophic flooding that has swept through eastern Spain. The decision was made by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), which cited the severe impact of the floods that have claimed…
In a stark reminder of the escalating trend of fraudulent activities among Nigerian youth, a court in Port Harcourt has sentenced a university undergraduate to prison for his involvement in cyber fraud. This case shows the broader socio-economic issues driving young people towards illegal activities as they grapple with an increasingly challenging economic landscape. The…
The Rivers State Government on Wednesday appealed the Federal High Court, Abuja’s judgment which retrained the Central Bank of Nigeria from further releasing allocations from the federation account to the state. This came as the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, celebrated one of the failed attempts to impeach him by the Martin Amaewhule-led state House of…
Democratic nominee Kamala Harris will be the next president of the United States and beat Republican rival Donald Trump on Election Day, or so historian and election forecaster Allan Lichtman still predicts. Known for correctly predicting the results of the last nine out of 10 presidential elections, Lichtman said on his YouTube channel Tuesday night that his prediction has not changed, despite Democratic…
NEW YORK (AP) — In the shadow of the White House, seven days before the final votes of the 2024 election are cast, Kamala Harris vowed to put country over party and warned that Donald Trump is obsessed with revenge and his own personal interests. Less than 48 hours earlier inside Madison Square Garden, Trump called his Democratic…
Only yesterday, a court somewhere in Nigeria took it upon itself to inject the honorable court into the intractable man-made crisis in Rivers State. We can look at a ruling like this and remember June 12. A certain Judge ruled that the Electoral Commission should stop releasing results of the elections. Going back all the…
