Tagged: United Kingdom
Conrad Omodiagbe
UK Imposes Sanctions On Zimbabwean Security Chiefs
The United Kingdom (UK) has announced sanctions on four Zimbabwean security officials over alleged human rights abuses, especially those that occurred following the country’s 2018 general elections. Announcing this through a statement, the United Kingdom (UK) as part of a new sanction regime following its exit from the European Union, on Monday, cited a crackdown on protests […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Nigeria: Visa Ban As Consequence For Rigging
The international community is set to take action against Nigeria by imposing travel bans on individuals in response to cases of violence and election rigging. This includes cases of rigging in last November’s Kogi and Bayelsa state elections as well as in the run-up to the September and October 2020 Edo and Ondo state elections. […]
Farida Adamu
UK House of Commons Elects New Speaker
After winning the final round of voting against Chris Bryant, the Labour MP and Deputy Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has been elected by Members of Parliament as the new House of Commons Speaker. The 158th Speaker of the House of Commons was elected on the 4th of November 2019, in an election where he received […]
Farida Adamu
The UK to Hold General Elections in December
The House of Commons has backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to hold a snap election in the UK on the 12 of December, two weeks before Christmas this year. This will be the third time the UK is holding an election in four years. The elections leave the option of remaining in the EU […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Does Scotland Want Independence from the UK?
Fifty-Two per cent of the people residing in Scotland want independence from the UK, according to a poll by Lord Michael Ashcroft, a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. However, this is not the first time such numbers have appeared. In 2014, an independence referendum recorded a 45 per cent vote asking for Scotland […]
Farida Adamu
UK Prime Minister Race: Who Gets the Keys to 10 Downing Street?
Following Theresa May’s failure to come up with an agreement to lead Britain out of the European Union, she announced she will stand down as Tory leader and hand over the keys to 10 Downing Street, in a tearful resignation speech delivered on May 24. In this speech, she described being prime minister as “the […]