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Qaboos, The Sultan Who Shielded Oman From Region’s Turmoil

January 11, 2020 5:23 pm

Oman’s Sultan Qaboos, who died on Friday aged 79, transformed the former Arabian Peninsula backwater into a modern state and sought-after mediator while shielding the sultanate from a region in turmoil.

The intensely private sultan — the longest-reigning ruler in the modern Arab world — left no apparent heir and the royal family was charged with selecting a successor.

Instead however they opted for the sultan’s own choice, his cousin Haitham bin Tariq, who was named in a sealed letter that Qaboos had prepared in case of a deadlock.

Qaboos was born on November 18, 1940, into the centuries-old Al-Said

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S/East Governors Must Work Together And Develop Our Region

October 15, 2019 1:12 pm

By: Odumodu Gbulagu

There has been a worrisome neglect of the southeast region by the federal government. This is, therefore, the time for the Southeast governors to synergize and make out a plan for the development of the region.

It is no longer a secret that Ndi Igbo are grossly being marginalized in Nigeria due to the outcome of the civil war, and the fear of other tribes that Igbos are very domineering. Those policies like the 3Rs (Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Reconciliation) which were meant to integrate Ndi Igbo back into the Nigerian society after the civil war were purposely

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Poor development in Sahel Region gives concern to UN

July 2, 2019 12:05 pm

The United Nations Economic Commission (ECA) has expressed concern over the poor state of development in the Sahel region, including Nigeria.

In a statement on Tuesday by the ECA, the acting Director of the ECA Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, Mr Bakary Dosso said this in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso at a dialogue on the Sahel 2043 Prospective Study.

Dosso said the overall goal of the UN Support Plan for the Sahel, targets 10 countries namely Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.

He said the goal is to scale up efforts to accelerate shared …