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Czech Protest Marking Velvet Revolution Demands PM Quit

November 17, 2019 3:02 pm

Around a quarter-million Czechs flooded central Prague on Saturday to mark 30 years since the Velvet Revolution toppled communism in then-Czechoslovakia, with protesters demanding that billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babis quit over allegations of graft.

Some demonstrators waved flags or brandished banners calling for Babis to step down and chanted “Shame!” and “Resign!”.

The CTK Czech news agency quoted Interior Minister Jan Hamacek as saying some 250,000 people had rallied at Letna park — the site of some of the biggest 1989 rallies — matching a similar protest in June.

It came on the eve of the 30th anniversary of …

Obi: Only Revolution of Mindset Will Change Nigeria

November 14, 2019 3:47 am

Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 election, Mr. Peter Obi, Wednesday said it’s only revolution of the mindset and change of perception by the youths that would usher in a new Nigeria desired by all.

Obi said in today’s world, one did not need to carry out the kind of revolution that was done in the past, explaining that revolution is being disrupted every day by ideas and knowledge.

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He made the remarks in Abuja, while speaking during the Law Faculty …

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Ekweremadu assault: Revolution has begun – Ohanaeze youths

August 18, 2019 2:37 am

The youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that the latest attack on former Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu was an ominous sign that some fire of revolution might have begun to burn across the land.

It however condemned the purported assault on the lawmaker at a New Yam celebration event in Nuremburg German and called for a more humane approach to things.

In a statement this evening, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, President- General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide said: “Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide watched keenly the recent harassment and assault on the immediate past Deputy Senate President, Sen Ike …

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