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Abba Kyari: The unofficial president of Nigeria

Abba Kyari: The unofficial President of Nigeria

August 28, 2019 3:28 am

By MarkAnthony Nze

Officially, Abba Kyari is supposed to be the Chief of Staff to the Nigerian President, he was first appointed to this position precisely on the 27th of August 2015, and towards the end of 2017, with the demise of President Muhammadu Buhari, he craftily enthroned himself, the overall leader of the country, and since then he and other members of the All Progressives Congress(APC) have been running the affairs of Nigeria having Jubril Al-Sudani, a Sudanese impostor being paraded as President Muhammadu Buhari.

This deceit by the APC Cabal led by Kyari went on for quite …

Lecturer jailed for insulting President Museveni in poem

Lecturer jailed for insulting President Museveni in poem

July 8, 2019 10:45 am

Ugandan feminist and lecturer Stella Nyanzi, has been jailed over a poem about ‘Vagina’ she wrote and shared on Facebook in September.

The Ugandan feminist in the poem,  used a graphic description of the birth of the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, and his mother’s vagina to criticize his “oppression, suppression and repression” in the country.

Stella who was arraigned before Buganda Road Court, was charged with “cyber harassment and offensive communication”.

She was accused of intending to disturb the peace and privacy of President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his mother the late Esteeri.

The poem she wrote, read:

Yoweri, …

Sri Lanka MPs defy president to resume Easter attack probe

Sri Lanka MPs defy president to resume Easter attack probe

June 11, 2019 9:55 am

Sri Lanka’s parliament Tuesday defied President Maithripala Sirisena and resumed an investigation into security lapses surrounding the Easter suicide bombings that killed 258 people, officials said.

The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) began hearing testimony from Muslim leaders who claimed they repeatedly alerted the authorities to dangerous radicalisation, a parliamentary official said.

President Sirisena last week asked his coalition cabinet to halt the hearings, which have already revealed senior police and security officials directly under him had ignored repeated intelligence warnings.

Read Also: Easter Sunday mayhem: Sri Lanka bans face coverings

Sirisena sacked his intelligence chief over the weekend after he …

Ex-U.S. President Carter resumes teaching at 94

Ex-U.S. President Carter resumes teaching at 94

June 10, 2019 12:02 am

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter resumed teaching Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, on Sunday after recovering from hip surgery, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center said.

WSB-TV streamed Carter’s lecture, showing the 94-year-old ex-president smiling and talking while seated in a white cushioned chair at the podium.

Read Also: Jimmy Carter breaks his hip, goes for surgery

He was released from the hospital on May 16 after falling and breaking his hip as he was preparing to leave for a turkey-hunting trip, the Carter Center said at the time.

Carter has lived longer …

CAF President Ahmad Ahmad released without charges

CAF President Ahmad Ahmad released without charges

June 7, 2019 7:47 am

The President of the Confederation of African Football Ahmad Ahmad has been released without charges.

The CAF president was arrested in a Paris hotel by French police on Thursday morning.

According to Jeune Afrique, Ahmad was picked up around 8:30 am at the Berri Hotel in Paris, by the services of the Central Office for the fight against corruption and financial and fiscal offences (Oclif).

It said the arrest may be related to the alleged misappropriation and corruption involving French company, Tactical Steel.

“Fifa is asking the French authorities for any information that might be relevant to investigations taking place …

CAF President Ahmad Ahmad arrested in France

CAF President Ahmad Ahmad arrested in France

June 6, 2019 9:02 am

The president of the Confederation of African Football Ahmad Ahmad has been arrested in a Paris hotel by French police.

According to Jeune Afrique, Ahmad was picked up around 8:30 am at the Berri Hotel in Paris, by the services of the Central Office for the fight against corruption and financial and fiscal offences (Oclif).

It said the arrest may be related to the alleged misappropriation and corruption involving French company, Tactical Steel.

Former secretary-general of the confederation Amr Fahmy accused Ahmad of corruption before he was sacked in April.

Read Also: BREAKING: Nigerian footballer arrested for drugs in …

'Atiku is destined to be president of Nigeria'

‘Atiku is destined to be president of Nigeria’

June 6, 2019 12:04 am

A traditional medicine practitioner in Anambra State, Igwe Onyeachonam Ofomba, has predicted that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has been destined to become Nigeria’s President this year.

He said by divine arrangement, Atiku would emerge victorious at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, insisting that if the tribunal does not declare Atiku winner, he will resign his traditional medicine practice.

Ofomba made the declaration at this year’s celebration of the Onwa Nge Festival in Nando Community, Anambra East Local Government Area.

Read Also: Atiku, Obi want replacement of Bulkachuwa in case

He added …

UN chief pledges support for UNGA’s President-elect

UN chief pledges support for UNGA’s President-elect

June 4, 2019 11:48 pm

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday pledged his support to the vision of the President-elect of the 74th UN General Assembly (UNGA), Ambassador Tijani Mohammad-Bande.

Guterres gave the assurance in his statement shortly after the election of Mohammad-Bande at the 87th  plenary meeting of UNGA in New York, United States (U.S.).

The president-elect, who is Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, emerged through acclamation at an event witnessed by world diplomats and government officials from Nigeria.

Guterres said: “It is my pleasure to congratulate Prof. Tijani Mohammad-Bande as President of the 74th session of UNGA.

“Prof Bande, you bring many …

Tinubu denies being part of “Tinubu 2023” campaign

Nigeria doesn’t need Tinubu as president in 2023 – Kuta

May 22, 2019 7:55 am

Following the interest shown by some individuals to become the country’s president in 2023, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adamu Kuta, has criticized the party National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for saying he is under pressure to contest after Jubril(President Muhammad Buhari) 2nd term in office which begin on May 29.

Kuta, a former member of the House of Representatives from Niger State made the statement on Tuesday, in Minna.

He acknowledged that Tinubu has contributed greatly to the success of APC, but he is not fit to be the president of Nigeria.

“I like Tinubu as …

Senate President contest : Not a do or die affair - Lawan

Senate President contest : Not a do or die affair – Lawan

May 15, 2019 10:12 pm

Ahead of the inauguration of the Ninth Senate and the election of a new Senate President, the Senate Leader, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, yesterday said the battle for the exalted position is not a do-or-die affair.

He, however, unfolded plans to devote three months to budget consideration if he is elected to the lead the National Assembly in the next political dispensation.

The Senate Leader said he would ensure the return of the  the nation to the January-December budget cycle.

According to him, an effective budget cycle would be put in place in a manner that the President would sign the …

UN president visits Nigeria

May 6, 2019 11:27 pm

The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Her Excellency, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, has arrived Nigeria on a three days offiicial visit.

The UN bigwig was received by top officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Office.

A statement by Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa of the Crises Monitoring and Public Communications Division, Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that the “Minister of Foreign Affairs will on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 (today) receive in audience the visiting President of the United Nations General Assembly, Her Excellency, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, at 10.00 a.m. The meeting will be
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