The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Edo State governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has endorsed the proposed plan by foreign embassies, prominently the United States of America, to impose visa restrictions on political actors found to have sponsored violence during elections, or involved in acts undermining the electoral process in Nigeria. Ize-Iyamu…
Don’t Be Distracted By Threats, Friends of Atiku In UK Tell International Community
The threat by the Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad el’Rufai that foreign observers who meddle in Nigeria’s elections would return home in body bags, and the strongly-worded statement by the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, in which he accused the United States of America…
Paris Attack: Germany Arrest Five
Five people have been arrested near the western city of Aachen in Germany following a tip that one of them might be linked to the Paris attacks that killed 129 people. Werner Schneider, Police spokesman said three people were arrested Tuesday morning by a SWAT team in Alsdorf, just northeast of Aachen and near the…
EU Warns Against Politicizing Security Challenge
The European Union Election Observer Mission, EUEOM, on Tuesday cautioned the Federal Government on the security challenge that the country is currently faced with, stressing that security, albeit important, should not be turned to a political issue. In a statement issued by Santiago Fisas, Chief Observer, EUEOM, the election monitoring group said it was seriously…
We Won’t Send Election Observers to North East – EU
Santiago Fisas, Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observer Mission in Nigeria, has said that the EU would not send election observers to the North-Eastern part of the country, which is the hotbed of Boko Haram insurgents. Fisas made the disclosure on Monday when members of the mission paid a courtesy visit on the…
West Africa’s Productive Sector Under Threat
The subtle pressure by the European Commission, EC, may have spurred the ECOWAS Commission to renew negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement, EPA, which has been stalled due to many contentious issues. The EC, last September, threatened to withdraw free market access to the European Union, EU, market by January 1, 2014 from countries that…
