“NO ELECTRICITY, NO VOTE,” SOUTH AFRICANS THREATEN TO SHUN RULING PARTY ANC. (PHOTO)

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 “No electricity, no vote,” South Africans threaten to shun ruling party ANC Residents in Katlehong, a township outside Johannesburg, have resolved to boycott South Africa's upcoming local elections on November 4 due to long-standing failures by authorities to provide basic services like electricity. For over 20 years, around 180 households in the community have relied on illegal electrical connections pulled from neighboring areas to power their homes. Angry over the lack of formal grid infrastructure, residents are directing their frustration at the ruling African National Congress (ANC). "We have made a collective decision: no electricity, no vote," said community leader Lesiba Rankapole, 59. "We know it is illegal, but we had no choice because we cannot live without electricity. Our children cannot progress without electricity." "I was born ANC, but today I do not want anyone to tell me about the ANC because I am suffering," added 57-year-old resid...

AKPABIO LEADS NIGERIA'S DELEGATION TO POPE FRANCIS’ FUNERAL. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE


 STATEHOUSE PRESS STATEMENT

SENATE PRESIDENT AKPABIO LEADS NIGERIA'S DELEGATION TO POPE FRANCIS' FUNERAL

 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a high-powered delegation to Vatican City to attend the burial of His Holiness, Pope Francis, on Saturday, April 26.

 

Senate President Godswill Akpabio is at the head of the five-member delegation.

 

Other members of the delegation are the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu; Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria; Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Archbishop Matthew Hassan Kukah; and Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Archbishop Ignatius Ayua Kaigama.

 

Pope Francis, the revered head of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at 88, just a day after appearing for Easter Sunday celebrations at the Vatican.

 

The delegation will formally deliver a letter conveying President Tinubu's sympathy and condolences on Pope Francis' passing to the Acting Head of the Vatican.

 

On Monday, President Tinubu joined the Catholic faithful and Christians worldwide to mourn the death of Pope Francis, who he described as "a humble servant of God, a tireless champion of the poor, and a guiding light for millions."

 

In the condolence message, President Tinubu remarked that Pope Francis's death, coming just after the celebration of Christ's resurrection, is a sacred return to his Maker at a time of renewed hope for Christians.

 

 

Bayo Onanuga

Special Adviser to the President 

(Information & Strategy)

April 25, 2025

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