Tag: Prime Minister
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UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson apologises, takes full responsibility as COVID-19 deaths surpass 100,000
United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered his condolences to families bereaved by Coronavirus and said he took “full responsibility”, after the nation passed the grim milestone of 100,000 COVID-19 deaths. “It’s hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic, the years of life lost, the family gatherings not attended, and,…
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Togo prime minister, cabinet resign
Togolese Prime Minister Komi Selom Klassou and his government tendered their resignation on Friday, the presidency said in a statement, congratulating the Cabinet for its work in office. A governmental change has been anticipated since President Faure Gnassingbe won re-election in March, extending his 15-year-old rule and a family dynasty that began when his father…
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Yoshihide Suga to take office as Japan’s new premier
Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is set to take office as the couñtry’s prime minister on Wednesday following the resignation of Shinzo Abe over ill-health, and amid the coronavirus pandemic. Suga, who won a resounding victory in the LDP leadership race on Monday, is expected to be nominated…
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Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister resigns
Japan’s longest serving prime minister Shinzo Abe has resigned. He quit today over health concerns. The 65 year-old Prime Minister is said to be suffering from an inflammatory bowel condition. “For eight years I controlled my disease, now the disease has surfaced again. I need to have continuous drug administered now, and I can’t lose…
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Ivory Coast Prime Minister, Gon Coulibaly dies after attending cabinet meeting
Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Ivory Coast’s prime minister and the ruling party’s candidate for the next presidential election, has died at the age of 61. He reportedly died after attending a cabinet meeting. Officials said Coulibaly was unwell during a ministerial meeting at the presidential palace in Abidjan and was rushed to a hospital where he…
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JUST IN: Ireland elects new Prime Minister
Micheal Martin, leader of Fianna Fail, has been elected Ireland’s prime minister, or Taoiseach, as part of a coalition deal struck involving a rotating premiership. Martin was voted in by 93 votes to 63 at a special parliamentary sitting in Dublin on Saturday. He will lead an unprecedented coalition government between arch-rivals Fine Gael and…
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Russian Prime Minister tests positive for coronavirus
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has announced that he had contracted the coronavirus and requested that his first deputy be appointed as acting prime minister Mishustin made the announcement during an online conference with President Vladimir Putin. He said that he would remain in self-isolation for the time being, but added that his cabinet would…
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Just in: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Wife Tests Positive
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife, Sophie Gregoire, has tested positive for COVID-19. “Following medical advice, she will remain in isolation for the time being. She is feeling well, is taking all the recommended precautions and her symptoms remain mild,” according to a statement tweeted by Cameron Ahmad, the prime minister’s communications director. Health professionals…
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Wife of Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, Tafawa Balewa is dead
…Buhari mourns, sends presidential jet to evacuate her remains The only surviving wife of Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, is dead. Hajiya Jummai Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, died of cardiac arrest on Sunday in Lagos. It was learnt that she was taken to India to seek medical attention for her heart disease…
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New British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson appoints 39-year-old Nigerian as Minister
39-year-old Kemi Badenoch has been appointed as the minister of children by British prime minister, Boris Johnson. Born in Wimbledon by Nigerian parents, she spent part of her childhood in Lagos and left for UK at age 16, where she did her A levels in an FE college in London. She was an engineering apprentice…