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Africa & World Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Sunday, July 17th, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said the removal of a democratic government by force was no longer acceptable. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President said this while joining President Barrack Obama and other world leaders in condemning the abortive coup attempt […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, July 17th, 2016
File / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC Turkish authorities on Sunday pressed on with a ruthless crackdown against suspects in the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with 6,000 people including generals detained in action that has sparked international concern. World leaders including US President Barack Obama have strongly condemned the attempted putsch but also […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 15th, 2016
There has been a military coup in Turkey. The country’s Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, announced that some senior soldiers engaged in a “coup attempt.” Aljazeera quotes Mr. Yildirim as saying on Friday evening that the “perpetrators” will be contained. He said some generals in the country’s military were involved in the attempted takeover. It is […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, July 14th, 2016
-Sun A lorry has struck a crowd after Bastille Day celebrations in the southern French city of Nice, killing at least 77 people and injuring dozens, officials say. It happened on the famous Promenade des Anglais after a firework display. The driver was shot dead and guns and grenades were found inside the lorry. […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, July 10th, 2016
The Bahamas’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration is warning its citizens traveling to the United States of “recent tensions in some American cities over shootings of young black males by police officers.” The government of the majority-black Caribbean nation emphasized in an statement Friday that its travelers should avoid crowds and demonstrations in the U.S. Young […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, July 7th, 2016
Nine people have died in Ghana’s second city, Kumasi, following a stampede at a party to mark the end of Ramadan, local media report. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital and one person is in a critical condition,Joy FM reports. There are conflicting reports of the cause of Wednesday night’s stampede. One eyewitness […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 6th, 2016
BREXIT: MY WORRIES FOR NIGERIA —AKINYEMI JULY 06, 2016 / BY: DAVID 13 Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Chairman, 2014 National Conference, speaks on the exit of Great Britain from the European Union (EU) and its implication for both Britain and Nigeria, and the report of the 2014 confab, Nation, in this interview […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, June 30th, 2016
Nigeria ‘signs $80bn oil deals with China’ Posted at08:29 Nigeria has signed oil and gas infrastructure agreements worth $80bn (£60m) with Chinese companies, the Reuters news agency quotes the country’s state oil company as saying. The West African country is one of Africa’s largest oil producers and oil is its main export earner. But it imports […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016
Samuel Kayode. Source; Daily mail This post has already been read 18993 times! Bayo Akinloye A Nigerian accountant and part-time pastor in the United Kingdom, Samuel Kayode, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing £4.1million. Kayode was sentenced on Friday by Woolwich Crown Court in South London for defrauding Haberdashers’ Aske’s […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Monday, June 27th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | June 27, 2016 – Britain has voted to leave the European Union in a referendum, with the result throwing into question the fate of the 28-nation bloc and Prime Minister David Cameron announcing he will step down by October. The official result which was announced on Friday saw a major victory […]
