Tag: President
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President sacks Central Bank Governor after interest rate hike
Turkey’s president has fired the central bank governor, who in his four months in office had won the praise of investors for hiking interest rates and promising tighter monetary policies. In a decree published in the Official Gazette early on Saturday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the departure of Naci Agbal, a former finance minister.…
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Bill seeking to empower NASS to summon president, governors passes second reading
A Bill that will empower the National Assembly to summon the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Governors of States has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by Representative Sergius Ogun, seeks to amend the constitution to compel the President and governors to respond to issues of security…
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Jakande rejected offers to be President – Tinubu
National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said has said the first civilian governor of Lagos, late Lateef Jakande rejected offers to become Nigeria’s president. He described the late Jakande as the most progressive individual who lived. Tinubu spoke on Friday at the eighth day fidau for the deceased at…
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2023: Only God, not man can decide who succeeds Buhari as president – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Sunday said only God can decide who takes over as President of Nigeria from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The minister also dismissed suggestions that he is being touted as the country’s next president. Amaechi explained that he is focussing on his job as a minister and would…
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Anambra Mourns Oscar Onwudiwe, Aka Ikenga President
The Anambra State Government has expressed sadness at death of Oscar Mbanefo Onwudiwe, President of Aka Ikenga, the influential think tank of Igbo professionals and scholars in Lagos. Onwudiwe, 68, died after a brief illness in Lagos, perhaps of the coronavirus pandemic. A statement signed by C. Don Adinuba, commissioner of information and public enlightenmnet,…
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Assuming U.S. presidency, Biden tells divided nation ‘democracy has prevailed’
Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans. With his hand on a five-inch thick heirloom Bible that has been in his family…
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‘Let’s manage Buhari otherwise…’- Dele Sobowale
“When all think alike; No one thinks very much.” Walter Lippmann, 1889-1974. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, P 245. Walter Lippmann, New York Times, was the dean of all journalists/columnists in his day – which coincided with my ten years sojourn in the United States of America. He was an incredibly gifted writer; and together with…
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2023: TB Joshua clears air on alleged presidential prophesy for Orji Kalu
Popular televangelist and founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet TB Joshua has denied claims he ever said Orji Uzor Kalu would be Nigeria’s president by 2023. The cleric made this disclosure in a Twitter post describing such a story as ‘fake news.’ TB Joshua said such claims are not from him and…
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2023: Nothing under the law disqualifies Igbos from running for president – Anyim Pius Anyim
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim on Friday made case for the election of an Igbo President come 2023. Highlighting the core characters of Igbos and why they deserve a chance to rule the country like other tribes, the former Senate President said: “I can describe the Igbos after…
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Buhari, only Nigerian president that never interfered in NNPC affairs – Kyari
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, said that President Muhammadu Buhari never interfered in the operations of the Corporation. Kyari disclosed this at a media interactive with National Association of Energy Correspondents in Abuja, on Friday. He said that the corporation had the full support of the…