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Former Ethiopian president Negasso Gidada passed away at 75

April 27, 2019 11:41 am

Former Ethiopian president Negasso Gidada has died in Germany where he was undergoing medical treatment for an unspecified illness, state broadcaster EBC reported on Saturday.

Negasso, who was 75, was president between 1995 and 2001 and was the first head of state after Ethiopia adopted a new constitution transforming the country into a federal state, with increased autonomy given to the different regions.

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Ex-president Alan Garcia commits suicide over arrest

April 17, 2019 9:48 pm

Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in hospital on Wednesday after shooting himself in the head at his home as police were about to arrest him in a sprawling corruption case. He was 69.

The health ministry said Garcia died at 10:05 am (1505 GMT) of “a massive cerebral hemorrhage from a gunshot wound and cardiorespiratory arrest.”

Garcia was resuscitated three times after suffering heart attacks while undergoing emergency surgery, before finally succumbing, Peru’s Health Minister Zulema Tomas said.

The Casimiro Ulloa Emergency Hospital in Lima earlier confirmed he had suffered “a bullet wound to his head.”

“This morning there …

German FA president Grindel resigns over €6,000 watch

April 2, 2019 11:24 am

The German football federation president, Reinhard Grindel, resigned on Tuesday, bowing to increasing pressure following allegations of undeclared earnings, the receipt of a luxury watch and general discontent with his leadership.

Grindel, who promised greater transparency after taking over in April 2016, apologized for accepting a watch worth about €6,000 from the Ukrainian businessman Grigoriy Surkis – a Uefa vice president and executive committee member.

“Everyone who knows me knows that I am not greedy and have been dealing with compliance issues for years,” Grindel said in a statement issued by the federation. “Mr Surkis had no financial interest in …

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

9th Assembly: Ubah backs Lawan for Senate President

March 23, 2019 5:41 pm

Anambra South Senator-elect, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, has pinched tent with a group of elected lawmakers in the incoming 9th Senate led by Sen. Ahmed Lawan.

Elected under the Young Progressives Party (YPP) on Feb. 23, Ubah is one of the 11 senators-elect who were with Lawan at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja.

Lawan, who represents Yobe North in the 8th Senate under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is seeking to lead the 9th Assembly as President of the Senate.

Ubah told newsmen at the forum that Lawan is a good man with the best experience in the …

President Trump tweets

March 18, 2019 3:04 pm

The President found a lot to be upset about over the weekend, and he took to Twitter to make sure everyone knew.

In a long series of tweets, Trump criticized the late Sen. John McCain, mused about a government inquiry into “Saturday Night Live,” and demanded that Fox News bring back host Jeanine Pirro. Pirro, whose regular show did not air Saturday, was reportedly suspended by the network after her widely-criticized comments about Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

Though tweetstorms by the President are fairly commonplace now, this one stood out in stark contrast to what pretty much everyone else …

Abdulsalami, Kukah take Atiku’s grievances to President

March 2, 2019 1:56 am

Chairman of the National Peace Committee, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.), and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Revd. Matthew Kukah, yesterday reported the discontent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over last Saturday’s presidential poll to President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House.

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INEC selects Jubril as president-elect after heavy rigging

February 27, 2019 12:19 am

Jubril Al-Sudani, the late President Muhammadu Buhari’s Impostor  has been officially selected by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s  Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, who apparently works for the All Progressives Congress(APC) Cabal as the winner of the presidential election after massive rigging in favour of APC.

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‘Fake Kenyan president’ nabbed

February 26, 2019 6:17 am

Police in Kenya say they have a busted a seven-man syndicate which allegedly impersonated President Uhuru Kenyatta and other government officials to defraud local business tycoon Naushad Merali of a huge sum of money.

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Ogboru casts vote, says Jubril will be president till 2023

February 23, 2019 9:49 pm

The Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, has expressed confidence that Jubril Al-Sudani being paraded as President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria and other candidates of the party in the area will emerge victorious.

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