Tag: President
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Sierra Leone swears in Maada Bio as president
Sierra Leone’s newly elected leader, Julius Maada Bio, was sworn-in as president, late on Wednesday, just hours after the elections commission announced his victory in a tight run-off poll. Maada Bio, the opposition candidate and former military junta leader, succeeded Ernest Bai Koroma who had been in office since September 2007. According to the 1991…
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2019: Football legend, Nwankwo Kanu to run for Presidency, vows to unseat Buhari
Nigerian football legend, Nwankwo Kanu has announced he will run for President of Nigeria in 2019 The former Arsenal FC and Inter Milan forward said he was inspired to aspire for presidency by the feat attained by George Weah.. Recall that Weah, who had a very successful football career in Europe, was elected President of…
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Nigeria going through a ‘very turbulent’ time under me as president – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday acknowledged that the country was passing through a ‘very turbulent’ time under his leadership as President. The president said this during the inauguration of the Food Security Council chaired by him. He however, listed some of the efforts his administration has taken to address some of the challenges bedeviling the…
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Yoruba Council of Elders President, Idowu Sofola dies at 84
The Secretary-General, Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Dr Kunle Olajide, has confirmed the death of YCE’s President, Chief Idowu Sofola, a prominent Nigerian jurist, Bencher and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association. Sofola, who died on Friday night in Lagos at the age of 84, took over from retired Maj.-Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo, who passed…
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Why I want to be Nigeria’s President in 2019 – Sule Lamido
A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, on Thursday said his presidential ambition was not out of desperation for power, but for genuine service to the people of Nigeria. Lamido made the statement in Lagos during a meeting with members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. He said his decision to…
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BREAKING: Mauritania President, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim resigns over financial scandal
Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, who has been implicated in a financial scandal, resigned on Saturday, her lawyer said, just days after she refused to stand down. Gurib-Fakim, Africa’s only female head of state, submitted her resignation in the “national interest,” her lawyer Yousouf Mohamed told reporters, adding that it would take effect on March 23.…
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Saraki, Ekweremadu congratulate Eboe-Osuji on election as ICC President
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday congratulated Mr Chile Eboe-Osuji, a Nigerian Judge, on his election as the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC). TheNewsGuru.com reports this is the first time a Nigerian would be elected president of ICC. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu,…
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Mauritius first female president to resign after credit card expenditure row
Mauritian President, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, will step down next week, the Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, said on Friday. Mr. Jugnauth said Mrs. Gurib-Fakim would resign after she was accused of using a credit card issued by an international Non-Governmental Organisation to buy clothes and jewellery. The prime minister added that the president would resign after the…
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Festus Iyayi: Court sentences killer driver to seven years imprisonment
The dangerous driver, Danladi Baba, who drove recklessly and thereafter sniffed life out of the former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Festus Iyayi, in a road traffic crash on the Lokoja- Abuja Highway has been sentenced to seven (7) years imprisonment without an option of fine. According to a press statement…
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Catholic bishops elect new president
The Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has elected a new president to replace the Archbishop of Jos Catholic Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama. The newly elected bishop, Augustine Akubeze, is the current Archbishop of Benin Diocese. He was elected during the first 2018 plenary session of the CBCN this week in Abuja. The election results were,…