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Maybe the idea of "stand ins" in Nigeria would be more believable if such deception was more common. Or less common? Or maybe if corruption in the Presidential complex were less credible? Nigeria's secret service arrest 'fake first lady' A woman who used various false identities to gain access to Nigeria's presidential complex to allegedly run business scams has been arrested. The secret service said Amina Mohammed initially posed as Kogi state's first lady to gain entry to the presidential villa in the capital, Abuja. She then allegedly invited people to the villa making them believe it was at the invitation of the president's wife. Peter Afunanya, a spokesman for Nigeria's domestic spy agency, known as the Department of State Security (DSS), told reporters the scandal took place while First Lady Aisha Buhari was out of the country in November 2017. Wealthy businessman Alexander Chika Okafor, invited to the the presidential villa by Ms Mohammed, a

It was a sad joke when a character in a Monty Python movie claimed to be "not dead yet." In Nigeria, recently, it was defensive politics for the president to make the same claim. 'It's real me': Nigerian president denies dying and being replaced by clone Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has denied claims that he had died and was replaced by a Sudanese impostor, breaking his silence on a rumour that has circulated on social media for months. Buhari Buhari, who is running for re-election in February, spent five months in Britain last year being treated for an undisclosed illness. One theory widely aired on social media – and by some political opponents – was that he had been replaced by a lookalike from Sudan called Jubril. No evidence has been presented, but videos making the claim have been viewed thousands of times on YouTube and Facebook “It’s real me, I assure you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and I will still go strong,” Buhari told Nigerians in

Mexico's new president makes promises Amlo promises to 'purify public life' as he assumes Mexican presidency AMLO Leftwing politician Andrés Manuel López Obrador has assumed Mexico’s presidency with a promise to profoundly transform Latin America’s second-biggest economy and to lead a government free of corruption. Seemingly tireless at 65, López Obrador – known as Amlo – breezed through a day of public appearances on Saturday that included taking the oath of office, speaking to Congress and attending an inaugural celebration in the centre of Mexico City. He received a spiritual cleansing by indigenous leaders as part of the festivities… They invoked the spirits of their ancestors and the land to liberate him from any bad influences. “What we want, what we desire is to purify public life in Mexico,” Amlo said during the ceremony. “I repeat my commitment: I will not lie, I will not steal or betray the people of Mexico.” He gave a 90-minute speech to the thousands of jubilan

The football stories are always among the most read in the Nigerian press. This one especially. Nigeria beat SA on penalties to win 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria were crowned the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions on Saturday, beating South Africa 4-3 on penalties in the final in Accra. The match had ended 0-0 after 120 minutes, with Nigeria's goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi making the trophy-winning save in the shoot-out from the boot of South Africa's Linda Motlhalo… The Super Falcons, who came to Ghana as defending champions, retain their dominance in this competition, winning the trophy for a ninth time in eleven editions… Nigeria and South Africa will now prepare for next year's World Cup in France where they will be joined by Cameroon who booked their place on Friday. Teaching Comparative blog entries are indexed. Use the search box to look for country names or concept labels attached to each entry. Just The Facts! 2nd edition is a conci

Saturday, 782 candidates for 28 governorships began their campaigns. 782 Governorship Candidates Begin Campaigns Governorship candidates of over 80 political parties for the 2019 elections will formally start their campaigns today. No fewer than 782 candidates will contest for governorship seats in 28 states of the federation, according to findings by Daily Trust Saturday. There will be no governorship elections in seven states (which had theirs ‘off-season’) during the general elections next year… The presidential and National Assembly campaigns were formally flagged off on November 18. There are over 70 presidential candidates and thousands of National Assembly candidates cleared by INEC. Teaching Comparative blog entries are indexed. Use the search box to look for country names or concept labels attached to each entry. What You Need to Know 7th edition is ready to help. Order the book HERE Amazon's customers gave this book a 4-star rating.

This is an analysis by the BBC's Marcos Martinez of the new Mexican president. Mexico's López Obrador pledges 'radical' change Left-wing politician Andrés Manuel López Obrador… Mexico's new president… has promised to bring radical change to his violence-plagued nation by eradicating corruption and ending drugs wars. "We're not planning to create a dictatorship, neither open nor disguised," Mr López Obrador said in his victory speech after winning the presidency on his third attempt on 1 July. "The changes will be profound, but these will be carried out with strict respect for the established legal framework." The 65-year-old, who is popularly known as AMLO after the initials of his full name, likes to cast the challenge facing him in historical terms. He sees his task as engineering a "fourth transformation" in Mexico's history, following its 1810 independence, the 1854-1857 liberalising reforms implemented by then-President B