Tag: leader
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Senator Danjuma Goje re-emerges Northeast NASS caucus leader
The North East Caucus of National Assembly has re-elected Senator Danjuma Goje as its leader. The Special Assistant on the Northeast Caucus of the National Assembly, Ismail Dabo Haruna, disclosed this in a statement, Tuesday, in Abuja. The Caucus however expressed disappointment over the failure of the Ministry of Aviation to list an airport in…
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2019: Ezekwesili talks rough, says Buhari is Nigeria’s ‘most nepotistic, partisan leader ever’
A former minister of Education Obiageli Ezekwesili on Monday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of paying lip service to the fight agaist corruption. Ezekwesili, who is the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) said this Monday while delivering a speech titled, ‘To those who say we cannot win: Unveiling the Oby Ezekwesili…
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Panic as APC leader falls from two-storey building, dies
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayelsa State chapter, Chief Lionel Jonathan-Omo, is dead. Jonathan-Omo, the Deputy Campaign Director General of Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organisation during the 2016 governorship election in the state reportedly had a fatal fall from the balcony of his two-storey building in his country home in Beleu-Pogo in Ogbolomabiri, Nembe…
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Trump cancels meeting with North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called off his planned June 12 summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a letter released by the White House. Referring to a scheduled June 12 meeting with Kim in Singapore, Trump said in a letter to the North Korean leader: “Sadly, based on the tremendous…
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Boko Haram leader, Shekau releases new video, claims responsibility for Christmas, New Year attacks in North East
Leader of the deadly Islamic sect (Boko Haram), Abubakar Shekau on Tuesday released a video message insisting the sect is still alive despite the Federal Government and Nigerian military claims of degrading the radical group. The wanted insurgent leader released his first video message in months amid a surge in violence casting doubt on the…
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Catalans wins independence as 90% vote ‘Yes’ to break away from Spain
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont says the Spanish region has won the right to statehood following a contentious referendum that was marred by violence. He said the door had been opened to a unilateral declaration of independence. Catalan officials later said 90% of those who voted backed independence in Sunday’s vote. The turnout was 42.3%. Spain’s…
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‘I’m the leader of all monarchs in Yoruba land’ – Olugbo
The Olugbo of Ugbo land, Oba Obateru Akinruntan, has said he is the leader and most prominent of all monarchs in Yoruba land. Speaking at an event organised to mark the 30th anniversary of Kola Olootu as a radio presenter in Ibadan on Sunday, the monarch, who is also the Chairman, Yoruba Obas Conflicts Resolution…