Tag: President
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Brazilian president vows to punch reporter in the mouth
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday threatened to punch a reporter continually in the mouth after being asked about his wife’s links to an alleged corruption scheme. “I so want to pound your mouth with punches,” the far-right president said when a reporter from O Globo, posed the question. The reporter was part…
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I’ll send you back to prison when I become president, Fayose tells Obasanjo
Immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose has vowed to send the former president Olusegun Obasanjo back to prison for all his alleged grievous infractions committed against Nigeria if he becomes president. Fayose said he will ensure Obasanjo accounts for all the alleged financial impropriety and other manifestations of corrupt practices perpetrated during…
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Who shall tell the president that Nigeria is about to die – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu If I were President Muhammadu Buhari, I will try every powers and tricks within my arsenal of governance to avoid the death of Nigeria. If I were Buhari, I will bring all the doctors l know – both the physical and the spiritual, all over the world to ensure that the country…
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Crisis: APC Governors seek presidential intervention
The Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, has said that all contentious issues surrounding the leadership crisis confronting the All Progressives Congress (APC) will soon be reconciled. Bagudu stated this when he addressed State House correspondents at the end of a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House,…
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Gunmen kidnap President of Taraba customary court
The President of the Customary Court, Justice Donatus Yantau Shidda has been kidnapped by gunmen in Taraba state. He was said to be taken in the early hours of Monday morning. A family also said that Justice Shidda’s wife was present at the time he was abducted in his house in the Kona area of…
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Atiku will contest presidency again come 2023, says son
Adamu Atiku-Abubakar, the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said his father will contest the presidency again in 2023. Atiku’s son said this while presenting the scorecard of his ministry as the Commissioner for Works and Energy in Adamawa State as the administration of Governor Ahmadu Finitiri, of the Peoples Democratic Party clocked…
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2023: Ngige hints on contesting for president
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said he reserves the right to contest for Senate or presidency in 2023. Ngige made the remark while dismissing reports that he was interested in contesting for the Anambra governorship election billed for next year. He spoke in his hometown of Alor, Idemili South Local…
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Tragic story of President, Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, dies of COVID-19
The President of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), Prof. Bello Mohammed Agaie, has passed away. Prof. Bala Muhammad, the FCT branch Chairman of the association (NVMA), announced this in a statement in Abuja. Bala stated that Agaie died on May 12, in Sokoto due to complications from COVID-19. According to him, Agaie works assiduously…
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My late boss, Yar’Adua was a president like no other – Ex-President Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday described his late boss, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as a President like no other who lived and died for the sake of the country. Many believe the former Katsina Governor was best leader of Africa’s most populous nation since the return to multi-party democracy in 1999. He was the second…
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Faure Gnassingbe takes oath of office for fourth time as Togo president
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe was inaugurated on Sunday at a ceremony that was minimized to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Some 200 guests – all wearing face masks and practicing social distancing – attended the ceremony. With borders closed, it was only attended by diplomats already in the country. The televised ceremony was…