Tag: Ex-President
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Election: Ex-President Mahama returns as Ghana’s ruling party candidate Bawumia concedes defeat
Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party candidate, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, said on Sunday he conceded defeat in the weekend presidential election, after calling his opponent John Mahama to congratulate him. “The people of Ghana have spoken; the people have voted for change at this time, and we respect it with all humility,” he said in…
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Ex-President, Jonathan speaks on contesting for presidency again
President Goodluck Jonathan has given reasons why he will not return to contest the presidency of the country again. Jonathan explained that he cannot forget how he was chased out of office in 2015. He further noted that he will be diminishing himself if he chooses to run and start lobbying people again for election…
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2023: Ex-President, Jonathan advises Nigerians on who to vote for
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has advised Nigerians on who to vote for in the 2023 general elections. Jonathan said Nigerians shouldn’t vote for persons who will buy their conscience and later disappoint them. Jonathan also cautioned Nigerians against voting for politicians that would mortgage the future of their children and grandchildren.
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I prefer to be addressed as a farmer – Obasanjo
Nigeria’s Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, said he emerged as both military head of state and civilian president by mere accident, adding that he’s a proud farmer and prefers to be addressed as one.
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Former Burkina Faso president, Compaore returns home after spending eight years in exile
Burkina Faso’s ex-president Blaise Compaore has returned to the country’s capital Ouagadougou on Thursday after spending nearly eight years in exile. Compaoré, who was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment in April by a military court in his country, he was received by the head of state as part of the national reconciliation,” a source…
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Ex-President Jonathan recommends removal of Section 84 of Electoral Act
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has recommended removal of the controversial Section 84 of the new Electoral Act, to allow political parties decide modalities for candidates’ elections. Jonathan gave the recommendation at the public presentation of a book titled “Political Party Governance” by former Minister of State Power, Dr Mohammed Wakil, on Thursday in Abuja.
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Ex-President Jonathan appointed to board of European Council on Africa and Middle East
Former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been appointed to the International Advisory Board of the European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM Council). This was contained in a press statement made available to the press by the former President’s Special Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze on Wednesday.
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2023: Ex-President Jonathan, be wary of sycophants
For a very long time now, there have been intense speculations that ex- President Goodluck Jonathan is under immense pressure to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the very party that kicked him out of office in 2015, the All Progressive Congress, APC. Most Nigerians thought that it was a huge joke.…
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Sad! Ghana loses 2 former First and Second Ladies in 48hrs
The Ghanaian nation has been thrown into mourning as two former First and Second Ladies passed on within 48hours. Former First Lady of Ghana, Mrs. Emily Akuffo known widely as Ceci Amodraa has passed on. The 88-year-old wife of the late President of Ghana, General FWK Akuffo died in her sleep on
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EXCLUSIVE: How Jonathan’s Security Aides died in freak accident, Ex-President escape unhurt
TheNewsGuru.com can authoritatively confirm that the accident in which two police escorts of former President Goodluck Jonathan died this evening involved the last security car in the convoy. TNG gathered that the car suddenly veered off the road and in the process, rammed into a tree killing two of the security aides of the former…