Tag: Inauguration
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Osinbajo jets to Rwanda for Kagame’s inauguration
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, will on Friday join other world leaders to witness the inauguration of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in the country’s capital, Kigali. His spokesman, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement. Akande said Osinbajo would return to the country immediately after the inauguration. The statement read, “Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN,…
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Alleged human rights abuse: Osinbajo inaugurates probe panel on military operations
Sequel to setting up a 7-man Judicial Commission to probe activities of the military on various indicting reports of gross abuse of human rights in their operations last Friday, the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo yesterday formally inaugurated the committee. While inaugurating the committee, the acting president noted that governments are “constitutionally and morally” bound…
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Lagos inaugurates Ibile Microfinance Bank, reinstates commitment to poverty alleviation
The Lagos State Government on Friday inaugurated its microfinance bank, restating its avowed commitment to poverty reduction and employment generation in the state. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akinyemi Ashade, gave the assurance at the official unveiling of Ibile Microfinance Bank at its head office situated at No. 121, Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja. He said…
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‘People pouring in for my inauguration’ – Trump
Against suggestions in certain quarters that the inauguration of Donald Trump on 20 January as the 45th U.S. will witness a low turnout, the president-elect has said that people are actually pouring into Washington DC to witness the historic event. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that almost 50 Democratic Congress…
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Obama sends delegation to Akufo-Addo’s Jan. 7 inauguration
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced Linda Thomas-Greenfield to lead his Presidential Delegation to Ghana to attend the Jan. 7 inauguration of Nana Akufo-Addo as the President of Ghana. The U.S. Department of State stated this in a statement in New York on Thursday. “President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential…
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Ghana agog for Akufo-Addo’s inauguration, 11 Heads of State billed to attend
At least 11 Heads of state are expected to be part of some 6,000 foreign dignitaries to witness the inauguration ceremony of Nana Akufo-Addo as Ghana’s president on Saturday, January 7. The leaders include those from Togo, Gabon, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Benin, Nigeria and Guinea a member of the inauguration committee has confirmed.…
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BREAKING: Soyinka to hold private funeral on Trump’s inauguration day
Nobel laureate and revered playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said he will hold a private funeral on January 20 when United States President-elect, Donald Trump will be taking over from Barrack Obama as the country’s 45th President. Soyinka, who spoke in Lagos on Monday, explained that the funeral is not to mourn with the citizens…