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  • Chad late ruler, Idriss Deby to be buried Friday

    Chad late ruler, Idriss Deby to be buried Friday

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    Chad will bury veteran ruler Idriss Deby Itno on Friday as concerns mount over the loss of a lynchpin in the fight against jihadism in the Sahel and uncertainty over the country’s democratic future. President Emmanuel Macron of France, the former colonial power, will attend the ceremony along with a dozen other heads of state…

  • Deby’s Death: AU must find solution to Chad’s problems – FG

    Deby’s Death: AU must find solution to Chad’s problems – FG

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    Bayo Millz
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    The Federal Government says African countries must urgently find solution to challenges arising from the death of Chadian President, Idriss Deby, who was killed while fighting the Chadian rebels on Monday. The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, stated this at the special weekly briefing organised by the Presidential communication team on Thursday in…

  • African Union mourns fallen Chadian President, Deby

    African Union mourns fallen Chadian President, Deby

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    Bayo Millz
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    Chadian President Idriss Deby, who died in the battlefield on Tuesday, was a distinguished military leader, the African Union (AU) has said. President Deby was a great Statesman, the African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, said in a condolence message on Tuesday. Mahamat wrote that he learnt of President Deby’s death with “great dismay…

  • Boko Haram: Between Deby’s Political Survival and Our Fake Activists

    Boko Haram: Between Deby’s Political Survival and Our Fake Activists

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    Femi Ajasa
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    By Terrence Kuanum There has been an upsurge of praises for the Chadian President, Idriss Deby, for the seemingly fantastic exploits in the war against Boko Haram terrorist operating in the Lake Chad Basin Region. I have read commentaries and epistles with regards to this feat by some supposed enlightened minds that dot the nook…

  • Borrow wisdom instead of billions – Reno Omokri advises FG

    Borrow wisdom instead of billions – Reno Omokri advises FG

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    Femi Ajasa
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    Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan urged the Buhari-led government to stall its plan to borrow $29.6 billion from foreign institutions to fund some projects, stated that ‘wisdom’ should be borrowed instead. Reno alleged that Nigeria’s foreign debt has increased since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office in 2015. According to Reno Omokri,…