Burkina Faso’s interim leader Michel Kafando was officially restored to power at a ceremony attended by regional heads of state on Wednesday, a week after a coup by an elite army unit. Kafando, who has led the landlocked west African country through its transition since a popular uprising last year deposed the former president, said “his main objective” now was …
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Written by Kunkle Oderemi They were an inimitable pair; more like a Siamese twin: Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief (Mrs) HID Awolowo. They shared everything in common even at the days they chose to bid the world a glorious farewell. Papa Awo’s love was Mama’s HID’s’ during thick or thin, they bonded like never before. In fact, the time of …
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The tribunal has adjourned hearing on Saraki’s case till October 21, 2015. The Senate president was granted bail on self recognition.
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The trial of the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja,commenced on a dramatic note this morning, with the accused person, refusing to mount the dock. The trial tribunal, headed by Justice Danladi Umar, called up Saraki’s case at exactly 10:32am. However Saraki’s has been docked and pleaded not guilty to the …
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, yesterday, confirmed the death of 20 Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia during this year’s Hajj. hajj Chairman of the commission, Abdullahi Mukhtar, disclosed this at a pre-Arafat meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He said 14 pilgrims died from cardiac arrest and other ailments, while six lost their lives in the September 11 crane …
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Former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has announced she will be joining US investment bank Lazard’s sovereign advice division. She has also been appointed chair-elect of the board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. The new portfolios follow her second stint as Nigeria’s finance minister, which ended in May after the Jonathan led government was voted …
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The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, said that as a law-abiding citizen, he would appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Tuesday. Saraki made this known to newsmen on Monday in Abuja after the Appeal Court had dismissed a suit he filed to stop his trial at the tribunal. The senate president’s statement is coming after Monday’s issuance …
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By Alltimepost.com, All Progressives Congress’s gubernatorial aspirant in Edo State and former Federal Minister of State for Works, Engr. Chris Osa Ogiemwonyi was honored by Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW) at its recently concluded convention in Los Angeles, California, USA. Ogiemwonyi, along with several other prominent Nigerians of Edo extraction was cited for his contribution to the ENAW Park project. …
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By Alltimepost.com, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has advocated the establishment of a National Assets Recovery Strategy (NARS) to deal with the issue of loot recovery in Nigeria. The organization made the proposal following the controversy generated by claims and counter claims of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala regarding the actual amount …
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