As president, Obasanjo ordered shoot at sight, Oshiomhole alleges.

Nigeria's president Muhammad Buhari thrust himself in the eye of the storm after that statement during his party caucus meeting yesterday.

Senegal, the most stable democracy in West Africa, is preparing for an election with President Macky Sall facing off against four other candidates.

More than a dozen US states filed a joint lawsuit arguing that President Donald Trump's national emergency is unconstitutional. The suit stresses that it is Congress who has the authority on funding matters.

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said President Muhammadu Buhari never ordered security agencies to shoot Nigerians summarily.

Self-declared interim President Juan Guaido has vowed to bring aid into the country and set up a volunteer network for citizens to participate. Nicolas Maduro denounced the aid as a planned US invasion in disguise.

Venezuela's acting president, Nicolas Maduro, denies that there is a humanitarian crisis in his country, but its interim president, Juan Guaido, has asked for international aid — and thus tested the military's loyalties.

US Vice President Mike Pence has criticized European partners for sticking to the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, after the US withdrew. He also condemned the Nord Stream 2 oil pipeline between Russia and Germany.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is a judo black belt holder, took part in a training session of the country's national judo team in Sochi on Thursday.

President Muhamamdu Buhari has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for postponing the 2019 general election which was meant to start on Saturday.

Thousands of President Muhammadu Buhari's supporters took over Katsina, the Katsina State capital, to receive him as he closed his presidential campaign for the 2019 elections.

Amaka Anku, head of the Africa practice at Eurasia Group, discusses the outlook for Nigeria's election as President Muhammadu Buhari and his main opponent, Atiku Abubakar, head to the polls on Sunday.