After Sudan’s army removed Omar al-Bashir from power on Thursday, here are some other cases where world leaders have fallen after the military sided with popular protests. – Algeria: Abdelaziz Bouteflika – In power for two decades, Algeria’s ailing 82-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned on April 2 after the army dropped its vital support and backed […]
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Protesters reject ‘military coup’, demand civilian transition Africans ready to reject sit-tight leaders – Mali’s PM Mara The fall of Sudan’s strongman Omar al-Bashir Thursday morning elicitedreactions from the global community with Mali’s Prime Minister Moussa Mara saying his “departure” shares the same principle with that of Algeria’s 82-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika who resigned as president following […]
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s seven-year hideout in Ecuador’s London embassy dramatically ended Thursday when British police dragged him out and arrested him on a US extradition request. Footage from the Russian video news agency Ruptly showed Assange — his worn face framed by a bushy white beard and shock of silver hair — being hustled out of the building by […]
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Ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir should be handed over to the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International said after the army overthrew his three-decade iron rule on Thursday. The London-based human rights organisation also urged the military authorities to ensure that new emergency laws do not undermine civil liberties. “Bashir is wanted for some of the […]
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PDP presidential candidate accuses govt of fabricating lies The Federal Government on Thursday accused former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, of attempting to recreate the Venezuelan model by instigating crisis in Nigeria just like the opposition has done in the South American country. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, in a press conference in Abuja […]
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Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has appointed five Directors General and 35 Special Assistants apart from reconstituting boards of commissions, agencies and parastatals. The appointments were contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Yinka Oyebode. They were announced barely two days after the Governor inaugurated a new set of Commissioners and […]
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Disturbed by the resurgence of killings by alleged herdsmen and bandits across the country, the House of Representatives has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to address the House and the Nation within 48 hours. This followed a motion under matters of public importance by Rep Mark Gbillah (PDP-Benue) at Thursday plenary presided over by Speaker Yakubu […]
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A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament’s Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaking in the House of Commons in London on April 11, 2019, as she updates MPs on Brexit, following her attendance at the EU Summit. – European leaders agreed with Britain on Thursday to delay […]
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A high school principal has died donating bone marrow to someone in need. Derrick Nelson, 44, the principal of Westfield High School in Westfield, New Jersey, died April 8 after falling to into a coma during a procedure to donate bone marrow to a 14-year-old boy in France, Nelson’s father said. He did not give further details. “He […]
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2019 National Common Entrance Examination into unity schools to April 27. Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Sani said the examination, which was initially scheduled for April […]
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