Tag: President
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BREAKING: UCH Resident Doctors’ President tests positive for Coronavirus
The President of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Dr Adedayo Williams, has tested positive for Coronavirus. Williams disclosed this in a WhatsApp message he sent to his colleagues and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. The UCH spokesperson, Mr Toye Akinrinlola,…
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Coronavirus: President sacks Health minister for imposing total lockdown
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has sacked his health minister after clashing with him over how to fight the new coronavirus. Few global leaders have done more than Bolsonaro to downplay the global pandemic, which has killed nearly 2,000 Brazilians. He has called the virus “a little flu” and criticized state governors for imposing the shutdowns…
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Omo-Agege proposes law to oust immunity for President, governors, others for criminal, corruption, thuggery offences
Sitting Presidents will no longer enjoy immunity from criminal matters if the alteration being proposed to the 1999 Constitution by the Senate sails through. Also to be affected are Vice-Presidents, governors and their deputies. This followed the second reading of a Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution…
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Senate proposes HND as minimum qualification for president, govs
Senate, on Thursday, passed for second reading, a constitution amendment bill which prescribes Higher National Diploma or its equivalent as the educational qualification required for anyone seeking to contest the office of the Nigerian President or state governors. The bill sponsored by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party from Plateau State, Senator Isfifanus Gyang,…
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FG charges Surveyors Council’s President with abuse of office
The Federal Government has filed charges against the President in Council, Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SCN), Joseph Olorunjuwon Agbenla for alleged abuse of office. Agbenla, who retired as the Permanent Secretary / Surveyor General, Lagos State, is charged with receiving about N5million as allowances for conferences not attended. The four-count charge, marked: CR/1124/2019, now before…
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SDGs: UNGA President urges concerted global action against illicit financial flows
The President of the UN General Assembly, Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has called for concerted global action against illicit financial flows (IFFs) to actualise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Muhammad-Bande made the call in his remarks during the closing session of the 74th UNGA General Debate at the UN Headquarters in New York. He said with…
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Tunisia’s parliament speaker sworn in as interim president
Tunisia’s parliamentary speaker, Mohamed Ennaceur, has been sworn in as the country’s interim president, the official Tunisian news agency TAP reported. The appointment of the interim president comes just hours after the death of president Beji Caid Essebsi Ennaceur took the oath of office at the assembly in the capital Tunis, the agency said. According…
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IMF boss, Christine Lagarde to take new appointment as President of European Central Bank
The Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde has temporarily relinquished her job at the fund for a likely appointment as president of European Central Bank. Lagarde who confirmed her nomination as president of the European Central Bank on Tuesday in a statement, she said: “I am honored to have been nominated…
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Presidential poll: I’m a full blooded Nigerian; fit to be president, Atiku replies Buhari, APC
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted the claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he is not a Nigerian by birth and, therefore, not fit to be President. Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 23 presidential election, said he is a Nigerian by birth and was born on November…
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Uganda expresses willingness to offer amnesty to ousted Sudanese president
Uganda is willing to offer asylum to former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir should he apply, a state minister for foreign affairs on Tuesday said. Henry Oryem, Uganda’s minister of state for international affairs, told the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs that the ousted leader is a guarantor to the South Sudan peace process. “If Bashir…