Tag: President
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Bill, Hillary Clinton thank Americans for voting Biden as president
Former (42nd) President of the United States, Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton have thanked Americans for making Democrats candidate Joe Biden 46th United State’s president-elect. The Clintons in separate congratulatory messages on their verified Twitter handles saluted Americans for standing together to save their country. America has spoken and democracy has won. Now…
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Don’t wrongly claim office of United States president, Trump warns Biden
US President, Donald Trump has told his challenger, Joe Biden not to wrongfully claim the office of the President. Trump said he also could make that claim to the office of the President. He said legal proceedings were just now beginning and believed that he would get his mandate back. According to Trump, he had…
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BREAKING: Seychelles elects Anglican priest as president
The Seychelles has elected an opposition candidate as president for the first time since 1977, authorities announced on Sunday, and winner Wavel Ramkalawan reaffirmed a pledge to hike the minimum wage after COVID-19 stifled the tourism-dependent economy. Seychelles State House said in a statement on its website that Ramkalawan and his Vice-President, Ahmed Afif will…
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Attacks on #EndSARS protesters criminal, unjustifiable-ASUU to FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has criticized last Tuesday’s attack on #EndSARS protesters at the toll gate in Lekki, Lagos. TheNewGuru recalls that on Tuesday, men dressed in army camouflage had stormed the Lekki area of Lagos where youths protesting against police brutality had kept vigil. In a statement issued in reaction…
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Nigeria, A President, His Glory And Violent Policing, By Magnus onyibe
By Magnus onyibe The practice of democracy in Nigeria just received a boost as government now fears the people , as opposed to the people being afraid of government. And the assertion above is underscored and illustrated by the fact that following persistent demonstrations and street protests , the authorities have eventually accepted the call…
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Onochie’s nomination: Buhari acting like president of APC – Tambuwal
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the nomination of his Personal Assistant on Social Media, Mrs Lauretta Onochie as a Federal Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC). Tambuwal made the call when he swore in the Chairman and members of the Sokoto State…
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JUST IN: NULGE elects new president
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has elected former North West Vice President of the union, Comrade Ahmed Labbo as its new national president. The election took place at Green Desert Palm Hotel, Airport Road, Kano. Labbo’s election follows the death of the former National President, Comrade Ibrahim Khaleel Abdulkadir, on October 7.…
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Asking me to contest for office of Nigeria’s president is demotion – Oyedepo
Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo on Sunday said he would consider it a demotion if invited to become Nigeria’s president. Oyedepo, during his sermon, said God specifically, in 1984 asked him if he was interested in going top and that he answered in the affirmative. He said God told him, “Then whatever…
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JUST IN: Mali gets new transition president, vice
Mali’s former defence minister, Ba N’Daou, has been named as president of the country’s new transition government. Colonel Assimi Goita, the leader of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) which overthrew Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, was appointed vice president, state television announced on Monday. The transitional government is to be…
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President mourns as 22-year-old fish dies, to be embalmed
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has joined the nation in mourning the death of a fish that lived in a pond at the country’s second-biggest university. Students at Copperbelt University (CBU) lit candles and marched around campus to mourn the big bream. The hashtag Mafishi, as the fish was affectionately known, is trending on Twitter in…