Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has explained why Nigerian Presidents are not loved until they are dead. Fashola who noted that there is poor understanding of the powers of a president in his speech at the Yoruba Tennis Club public lecture with the theme ‘What can the President do for me?’, added that there is also lack of proper interaction between the president and the citizens. The Minister also countered claim of the Nigerian President being powerful as he pointed out that there …
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Former Aide to Governor of Kano State, Salihu Yakasi Tanko, aka Dawisu has reacted to the strict warning from President Mohammadu Buhari to those destroying Government infrastructures in Nigeria. Following a meeting with the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, and other electoral commissioners in Aso Villa, Abuja, President Buhari took to Twitter to issue strong warnings over the series of attacks on INEC facilities especially in the South-Eastern part of the country. In one tweet, the president said those …
Jackson Ude, a Former Director of Strategy and Communications under President Goodluck Jonathan administration has reacted to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s petition to IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu after he (Jackson Ude) accused him of receiving N4b from Ibrahim Magu. LIB reported earlier that Osinbajo asked IGP Adamu to initiate criminal proceedings against Jackson Ude if the allegations are proven to be untrue after investigation. Reacting to the Osinbajo’s petition, Jackson Ude insisted that the Vice President must resign before initiating criminal …
Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been hospitalized with double pneumonia after contracting Coronavirus. Zelenskiy’s office said in a statement Tuesday that Olena Zelenska’s condition was stable and the president himself and the couple’s children tested negative for the virus on Monday. “Olena Zelenska’s current diagnosis is COVID-19 – bilateral polysegmental pneumonia of moderate severity. (She) Does not require oxygen donation. The condition is stable,” the office said in a statement. The president …
A coalition of 15 former African presidents and a prime minister have publicly expressed their support for the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina, following calls for an independent investigation against him by the United States government. Recall that the US Government through its Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, said it had reservations about the process that led the ethics committee on 5 May to reject the whistleblowers’ accusations against the bank President. He further called for an independent investigation of Adesina who …
The brother of Senegalese president, Macky Sall has announced that he has tested positive for Coronavirus. Aliou Sarr, who is the mayor of Guédiawaye revealed in a statement that he tested positive for the disease on Tuesday, and is being treated at the Dalal Diamm hospital in Dakar. The statement read: “Dear compatriots, Dear fellow mayors, Dear colleagues of the COVID follow-up committee, friends and relatives, when I send you this message I am in Dalal Diam hospital …