Tag: Resign
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Macron’s minister resigns on live show
Emmanuel Macron’s environment minister has dramatically quit the French government live on air, questioning whether the administration is truly committed to green issues. Nicolas Hulot, a high-profile former television personality, told France Inter radio on Tuesday morning that he no longer wanted to give the impression “that we’re up to standard on these issues and…
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FIFA’s legal chief, Marco Villiger resigns
Marco Villiger, the man who was the key link between FIFA and U.S. anti-corruption investigators, has left the organisation, football’s world governing body said on Monday. Villiger was one of the few senior members of previous FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s administration who kept his position under his successor Gianni Infantino. He was FIFA’s Deputy Secretary…
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Resign honourably or be impeached, Oshiomhole warns Saraki
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has warned Senate President Bukola Saraki to resign if he doesn’t want to be humiliated out of office. The APC chairman also accused the senate president of never acting in the interest of Nigeria. He made this call on Friday during a press conference…
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Special Adviser on graveyards to Kano Gov resigns
Yakubu Nagoda, special assistant on graveyards to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state, has resigned. Nagoda in a letter addressed to the Secretary to the State Government dated August 4 thanked the governor for giving him the opportunity to work with him and the people of the state. However, he did not state the reason…
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Do your worst, Saraki won’t resign, defected senators tell APC
Senators who recently dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have dared the party and lawmaker representing Katsina South Senatorial District, Senator Abu Ibrahim, to do his worst over Saraki’s defection. Two of the 14 senators who have defected from the ruling APC to the opposition party, Senator Isa Misau…
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Why my political appointees are resigning – Governor Abubakar
Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State on Friday said that those resigning from office under his administration don’t want to embrace change. He spoke with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He also said that there was nothing wrong between him and his deputy that resigned from…
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‘Buhari should resign, handover to younger generation’ Says Arewa Youth leader, Yerima
Shettima Yerima, National President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. According to the youth leader, age and health have limited the performance of the president and there is need for him to give up leadership for a younger person. Speaking with SaharaTV, Yerima said the Buhari-led…
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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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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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Five years after, Nigerian bishop whom Pope Francis fiercely defended resigns – Vatican
A Nigerian bishop whom Pope Francis had fiercely defended has resigned after a five-year, sometimes violent, standoff with rebel priests and faithful who rejected him as an ethnic outsider, the Vatican said on Monday. The case of the Vatican versus the people of the diocese of Ahiara in southeastern Nigeria had become a rare battle…