White House Struggles To Walk Back Comment Calling for Regime Change in Russia President Joe Biden’s Saturday speech mentioning that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” is getting strong reactions around the world, with the administration later saying his comment was not about changing regimes or overthrowing the government. Biden said in his speech Saturday that Putin is “a…
President Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined the new National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure that the party primaries are not influenced by “highest bidders”. The president gave the warning at the 2022 APC National Convention in Abuja. He urged party leaders to always promote internal democracy and equal opportunities for…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected new national officers after almost two years of being led by a Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). This is as a former Governor of Nassarawa state, Senator Abdullahi Adamu emerged as the National Chairman of the party alongside other national officers to pilot the affairs of the…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally put behind several postponements and uncertainties that had initially dogged the party's national convention as 7,584 delegates file out to elect new national leaders to occupy various elective positions of the party, Saturday. The elective offices in the party became vacant after the sacking of a former…
Moscow on Friday put out the casualties suffered by the Russian troops in Ukraine four weeks after it invaded its neighbour from all sides on February 24. Checks by The New Diplomat indicate that as the bloody hostilities in the Eastern European country drag on, both Russia and the Western backed Ukraine have been attempting…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants met on Thursday in Abuja to work out the possibility of producing a consensus candidate ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is in continuation of the Bauchi meeting. The immediate past Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and governors of…
With Agency Report Russia via its strictly monitored state TV has issued a chilling nuclear threat to the West should NATO wade into the bloody hostilities with its neighbour by sending peacekeeping troops into Ukraine, saying World War III may just be lurking around the corner. Barring any resolution of the alliance leaders at the…
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has officially declared his intention to vie for the office of the President of Nigeria in the 2023 elections under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The presidential hopeful made this intention publicly known during the presidential declaration event which held at the International Conference Centre in…
Hours after his tenure in office ended Thursday, the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Obiano who has now lost his constitutional immunity, was arrested at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, late Thursday at about 8.30pm. He was reportedly on his…