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November 13, 2020 No Responses

More Tributes Pour In For Jerry Rawlings

Tributes have been pouring in for Ghana’s former president, Jerry Rawlings, who died in Accra on Thursday morning, aged 73. African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat tweeted: “Africa has lost a stalwart of Pan-Africanism and a charismatic continental statesman....

October 22, 2020 No Responses

#EndSARS: Ghanaian President Condemns Use Of Violence

President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has condemned use of violence in the ongoing protest against police brutality in Nigeria. According to the Ghanaian President, violence, “be it on the part of the police or protesters, cannot be the solution” to...

September 30, 2020 No Responses

Jamoh Remains President As CIoTA Elects National Officers

The Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA) has made public the result of its September 12 virtual elections of the National Executives Committees even as it has ratified members of the Governing Council to drive the focus of...

July 15, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Mourns First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot, Tolulope Arotile

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile, and condoled with her family on the loss of such a promising officer. In a condolence message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr...

June 16, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Senator Osinowo

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of Osinowo and the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the death of Sen. Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo, the Senator representing Lagos East senatorial district. The president’s condolence message was ...

May 30, 2020 No Responses

Obasanjo,Kufour, Jonathan,Sirleaf, Others Rally Support For Adesina

No fewer than 15 former African Presidents on Friday rallied support for President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina. In a statement signed by the ex presidents, including Nigeria’s Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, the former le...

December 19, 2019 No Responses

Trump Becomes Third President To Be Impeached

Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether...

October 7, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Nominates Adesina For Re-Election As AfDB President

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Dr Akinwunmi Adesina for re-election as the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Akinwunmi, while speaking at an event in Lagos on Sunday, appreciated Buhari for nomina...

August 19, 2019 No Responses

Senate President Condemns Attack On Ekweremadu

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has unreservedly condemned the shameful assault on former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Saturday in Nuremberg, Germany. Senator Ekweremadu was to give a keynote address at the Second Igbo.....

June 28, 2019 No Responses

Shipping Association Elects 1st Female President

The Council of the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA), the industry voice of Singapore’s maritime community, has nominated the association’s first-ever female president since its founding in 1985. At SSA’s 23rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on June...

April 6, 2019 No Responses

World Bank Gets New President

The Executive Directors of the World Bank on Friday unanimously selected David Malpass as President of the World Bank Group for a five-year term beginning on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. The Board expressed its deep gratitude to Interim President Kristalina...

September 26, 2017 No Responses

Tukur, Ibru, others elect Dossou-Aworet President of African Business Roundtable

The Executive Board of Directors of African Business Roundtable has elected Founder and Chairman of Petrolin, the Pan African Exploration and Production Oil and Gas Conglomerate, Mr. Samuel Dossou-Aworet as President Africa Business Roundtable (ABR). Member...

May 8, 2017 No Responses

Buhari hands over to Osinbajo, begins medical-check up in UK

President Muhammadu Buhari has travelled to the United Kingdom for further medical check-up and consultations with his Doctors. Already, the President has transmitted letters about the trip to the Senate and the House of Representatives, in compliance wit...

May 8, 2017 No Responses

Release of 82 Chibok Girls, pleasant 2nd anniversary gift to Nigerians, says Buhari.

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the release of 82 Chibok Secondary School Girls as a “pleasant 2nd anniversary gift to the people of Nigeria”. In his remark on Sunday, Buhari said: “I cannot express in a few words how...