To do what the PFIPC did, an agency in Nigeria must pass through some of the most powerful offices in government – the secretary to the government of the federation – effectively the government’s chief administrator, the head of the civil service, the accountant-general who controls public accounts, the budget office, and finally parliament, which…
At the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Thursday, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama delivered speeches before a crowd of international dignitaries, elected officials and Democratic supporters. The Obamas lavished Chicago with praise. Mrs. Obama, who grew up on Chicago’s South Side, urged Chicagoans to visit the center, which…
The 2026 midterm election cycle could surpass the 2024 presidential cycle to reach record advertising spend for any U.S. election, according to a new report from advertising intelligence company AdImpact. This year’s races are projected to reach $11.6 billion in ad spend, making it the most expensive cycle ever and eclipsing the $11.2 billion spent…
Less than a year before the most important French presidential election in the history of the Fifth Republic, the phoney war is almost over. On 7 July, a court will decide whether to uphold Marine Le Pen’s appeal against a fraud conviction and a five-year ban from public office. Should she lose, her party’s 30‑year‑old president, Jordan…
In less than 24 hours’ time, the polls will open for the first Real Madrid presidential election in 20 years. Florentino Perez and Enrique Riquelme will go head-to-head for the top job at the Bernabeu, and ahead of the voting opening, the former spoke on Saturday at his closing campaign ceremony. Perez has been very…
Yes, there will be the more predictable elements: a full-scale model of the Oval Office, videos of election nights and mannequins wearing the first lady’s dresses. But the Obama Presidential Center, which officially opens on the South Side of Chicago in June, will also have a feature rarely — if ever — prominent in past…
Nairobi — Former Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo has urged President William Ruto to forgo the 2027 presidential race and instead back his bid, arguing it would be a reciprocal gesture for his support in 2022. Speaking on Chamgei FM, Owalo said he is ready to serve a single term focused…
Shorouk Express Sinn Féin leaders are meeting Monday in the Dublin suburb of Dún Laoghaire to discuss, behind closed doors, who — if anyone — should be their candidate. Ahead of that meeting, McDonald told RTÉ radio it wouldn’t be her — and stressed the party wouldn’t announce its decision until a final Sept. 20…
Shorouk Express The debate closed out a two-day conference organized by France’s largest employers’ association, MEDEF, at which Bayrou spoke earlier in the day. Bardella accused various governments under Macron of bringing France to the precipice of “bankruptcy,” while Bompard maintained the only way to “stop the chaos” was to bring down Bayrou’s government. Even…
Shorouk Express “My priority now is my health. Given that the election is in a short couple of months, I do not believe that I have the strength to give the campaign my all,” McGuinness said in a statement issued by her political party, Fine Gael. Her withdrawal means the centrist Fine Gael party, a…
