Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he was wrongly judged by some of his friends and political opponents before the 2015 presidential election because of his personal convictions and the vision he had for the country. He, however, insisted that he does not hold any grudge against his detractors for their harsh criticisms. It would be recalled that the ex-President was widely criticised, before the election, for his approach to alleged corruption in his administration, the perennial problem of insecurity, and the sacking of some top government functionaries within his administration including the former Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido…

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has won a second four-year term in office, the election commission said on Wednesday, following a tightly contested vote that was tainted by violence in which five people died. Akufo-Addo fended off a hard-fought challenge from his predecessor winning 51.59% of the vote against old rival John Mahama with 47.37%. Mahama’s party said it rejected the results, calling the election “flawed” and “discredited.” Akufo-Addo has promised to implement a $17 billion programme to boost growth in one of West Africa’s largest economies. The coronavirus pandemic hit the price of oil and cocoa exports this year, resulting…

National Executive Committee of All Progressives Congress (APC) met Tuesday where five major resolutions were reached. The resolutions include dissolution of all APC executives at wards, local governments, states and zones across Nigeria. Details of the resolutions were provided by Governor Nasir El-Rufai who briefed journalists after the meeting. The five resolutions are as follows: National Executive Committee of the party approves the extension of the tenure of Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee led by Mai Mala Buni, which expires December 25, 2020 for another six months period, to terminate 30th of June, 2021. This is to enable the Caretaker…

The long awaited National Executive Committee meeting of All Progressives Congress will hold today (Tuesday) as party leaders flay a suit filed by a member of the dissolved Adams Oshimohole-led National Working Committee, Hilliard Eta. Eta, who was APC National Vice Chairman (South South), filed a suit challenging the decision of the National Executive Committee meeting of June 25, which dissolved the NWC. Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC, Yekini Nabena, who spoke for the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, said that it had not received any court process stopping Tuesday’s meeting. Nabena said, “The NEC meeting…