By Edson Baraukwa | Africa Guardian As Donald Trump secured a second term as U.S. president, leaders across Africa quickly sent their congratulations. Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa tweeted that the country was “ready to work” with Trump, while Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu expressed hopes for “reciprocal economic and development partnerships” between Africa and the U.S. But what does Trump’s return…
The leadership of Ethiopian Airlines has opened up on the controversy over the Nigerian Air initiative of the past administration of Former President Muhammadu Buhari. POLITICS NIGERIA recalls that the former Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, had floated the airline on May 27. However, it was later discovered that an aircraft belonging to Ethiopian Airlines was used to…
Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu has made the right noises about reform but investors should remain cautious. Opinion by Selebia Etomi Foreign investors may feel guardedly optimistic as Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu prepares for office, since he has professed a willingness to introduce much-needed reforms to improve the business environment. Caution, though, must be the watchword, given uncertainty over how…
A hefty war chest, “best national organization that worked for him and the ground game” are the factors which Bola Tinubu emerged victorious at the 2023 presidential election, American diplomat Johnnie Carson has asserted. Mr. Carson co-led National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI), International Election Observation Mission to Nigeria during the elections. On Thursday, Carson, an…