Tag: President
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2019: I might consider running for presidency – Donald Duke
Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has said he still has some energy left in him to run for the office of the President of Nigeria if the opportunity comes calling. The former governor made the declaration at a symposium titled: ‘Young and Emerging Leaders’ which held in Lagos on Tuesday (today). The…
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Egyptian president calls security meeting after attack on Christians
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi called a meeting of security officials in the wake of a deadly attack on a group of Christians in the south of the country on Friday, the state news agency said. Masked gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians in southern Egypt, killing 26 people and wounding 26 others as they…
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We are sorry for enthroning Trump President, Twitter co-founder apologises
The co-founder of Twitter, Evan Williams, on Saturday apologised for the social media platform’s role in Donald Trump’s victory in the last United State’s presidential election. Williams made this known in an interview with the New York Times on Saturday, saying he recently learned that President Trump said he believed Twitter put him in the…
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Hassan Rouhani re-elected President of Iran
Iranians have re-elected President Hassan Rouhani. He led with 58.6 percent of the vote, compared with 39.8 percent for his main challenger, hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi, according to near-complete results broadcast on Saturday. Although the powers of the elected president are limited by those of unelected Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who outranks him, the…
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Imo Customary Court of Appeal president, Justice Okpara dies
The Imo State government on Thursday confirmed the death of the President of the customary court of Appeal in the state, Justice P. I Okpara. A statement in Owerri, the state capital which was signed by the chief press secretary to the governor, Sam Onwuemeodo, stated that the jurist died after a brief illness. The…
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Crowd pelt Venezuela’s President’s convoy with eggs, stones at parade
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s convoy was pelted with objects by members of a crowd at a military parade upon his (the president) return from a trip to Cuba. The incident occurred at San Felix, a town in the southern Bolivar region, during a military parade held to welcome him from the trip. A live television…
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Somalia swears in new president, vows to restore dignity
Somalia on Wednesday sworn in its new leader, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Mogadishu, the country’s capital amidst tight security. The new leader promised to restore dignity to the troubled Horn of Africa nation but warned that it will take another two decades to “fix” the country. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who also holds U.S.…
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I will be Vice, President of Nigeria soon – Fayose declares
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has said he will soon emerge as Vice President and subsequently as President of Nigeria. Fayose revealed this on Monday during a live interview on African Independent Television, AIT. In his words: “It is not by power. It is destiny.…
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Turkmen President wins election, secures third term in office
Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has secured a third term in office by winning a widely-expected landslide in Sunday’s election, preliminary results showed on Monday. Berdymukhamedov won 97.69 per cent of the vote with a turnout of 97.27 per cent, the Central Election Commission said. Berdymukhamedov, 59, has run the former Soviet republic of five million…
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Germany elects Frank-Walter Steinmeier as President
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany’s former foreign minister, has been elected as the country’s new president, the 12th person to hold the largely ceremonial post in the post-war era. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Steinmeier on Sunday won 931 out of 1,239 valid votes cast by the members of the Federal Assembly, which is made up of 630…