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Hassan reelected as Tanzania's President amid Controversy

Ken Akpan The Tanzania’s electoral Commission on Saturday, November 1, 2025, declared President Samia Suluhu Hassan as the winner of the presidential election held on October 29, 2025, amid rising controversies. The commissioner declared that Hassan won with nearly 98% of the votes, an election that set off violent protests across the country this week. ALSO READ >>> Election protesters in Tanzania persist, defy Army Chief The result hands Hassan, who took power in 2021 after the death in office of her predecessor, a five-year term to govern the East African country of 68 million people. Protests erupted during Wednesday’s election for president and parliament, with some demonstrators tearing down banners of Hassan and setting fire to government buildings and police firing teargas and gunshots. Demonstrators are angry about the electoral commission’s exclusion of Hassan’s two biggest challengers from the race and what they described as widespread repression...

NASS' Cmte approves New State Creation in South East

Kings Olajide
The National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Constitution Review has approved the creation of an additional state in Nigeria’s South East region, a landmark decision aimed at correcting long-standing regional imbalance in the country’s federal structure.

The approval, reached at the end of a two-day retreat in Lagos, on 25th October 2025, would increase the number of states in the South East from five to six, bringing it in line with other geopolitical zones that have six or seven states.

The retreat was co-chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu.

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During the deliberations on 55 state creation proposals, Kalu said the decision was driven by the principles of equity, justice, and fairness.

“This is not about political convenience or emotion,” The Deputy Speaker said.

“It is about ensuring fairness for a region that has, for far too long, been short-changed in Nigeria’s federal arrangement.”

The motion for the new state was moved by Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central) and seconded by Hon. Ibrahim Isiaka (Ifo/Ewekoro, Ogun State).

It was reportedly passed unanimously, receiving full support from members of the joint committee.

Alongside the approval, the committee also set up a subcommittee to review additional requests for new states and local government areas across the six geopolitical zones.

The subcommittee will examine 278 pending proposals for local government and submit a harmonised report for further consideration.