Tag: Vice President
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Tanzanian president picks Finance Minister Mpango as VP
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday appointed Minister for Finance and Planning Philip Mpango as the country’s Vice-President. The appointment of Mpango as Vice-President was unanimously approved by the parliament sitting in the capital Dodoma. Speaker of the National Assembly Job Ndugai announced that Mpango got 363 votes from all the Members of Parliament…
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Zimbabwe’s Vice President resigns over viral sexual misconduct allegations
Zimbabwe’s Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigned Monday after sexual misconduct allegations, a rare move by a public official in the southern African country. Local news outlets have since late last month been awash with audio recordings of phone conversations allegedly of Mohadi soliciting sex from married women, including a subordinate in his office. First published…
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Kamala Harris becomes first female U.S. Vice President
Former California Senator Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States on Wednesday, the first woman ever to hold the post. Harris, 56, took the oath of office from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a ceremony at the US Capitol. She is the first Black woman and the first woman…
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AmericaDecides2020: Meet Kamala Harris, first woman, African-American Vice President, if Biden Wins
Stereotypes that thought the United States of America (USA) is a racist nation had a second thought when Barrack Obama won election as USA President in 2008. Obama made a case for himself as a capable black president in the US by going ahead to secure a second tenure. With origin from Kenya, Obama gave…
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JUST IN: Mali gets new transition president, vice
Mali’s former defence minister, Ba N’Daou, has been named as president of the country’s new transition government. Colonel Assimi Goita, the leader of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) which overthrew Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, was appointed vice president, state television announced on Monday. The transitional government is to be…
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Roadside bomb attack misses vice-president, kills 10
A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted first Afghan Vice-President, Amrullah Saleh, on Wednesday, morning but he escaped unharmed, his spokesman said. The attack killed at least 10 people. The Taliban denied involvement in the attack, which comes just ahead of long-awaited peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Qatar’s capital Doha. “Today,…
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Ivory Coast vice president resigns, days after PM’s death
Ivory Coast’s Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan has resigned, President Alassane Ouattara’s office said on Monday. Patrick Achi, the secretary-general of the presidency, told newsmen that Kablan Duncan, who previously served as Ouattara’s prime minister, was leaving for personal reasons. His resignation came days after the sudden death last week of Prime Minister Amadou Gon…
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NBA Presidency 2020: Incumbent VP distances self from Egbe Amofin’s letter endorsing a candidate
The drama building up to the national election of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is beginning to unfold to its peak following the recent denial of the knowledge of the endorsement of a particular candidate by the leadership of the Egbe Amofin by the incumbent second Vice President of the association, Dr. Foluke Dada. The…
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US Vice President’s staff tests positive for coronavirus
A staff member in the office of US Vice President Mike Pence has tested positive for coronavirus, Pence’s spokesperson said Friday night. “This evening we were notified that a member of the Office of the Vice President tested positive for the Coronavirus. Neither President Trump nor Vice President Pence had close contact with the individual,”…
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VP Osinbajo, others survive Helicopter crash
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday survived an helicopter accident at Kabba in Kogi. The vice-president was on official trip to Kogi along with some of his aides when the incident occurred. All the passengers in the flight survived the accident unhurt but the helicopter was badly damaged. Security sources in the presidency confirmed the incident…