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BREAKING: Senegal’s Bassirou Faye takes oath of office as youngest elected President in Africa

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Bassirou Diomaye Faye has ben sworn as the youngest president in Senegal and Africa after sweeping to a first-round victory on a pledge of radical reform 10 days after he was released from prison.   The 44-year-old leader took the oath of office on Tuesday at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar.   “Before God and the Senegalese nation, I swear to faithfully fulfil the office of President of the Republic of Senegal,” he said.   The ceremony was held in the presence…

118 day of Israel genocidal war: Casualty, death toll risen …..Palestine Envoy says peace is a shared benefit

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Abdullah M. Abu Shawesh,Ambassador of the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Nigeria said peace is a shared benefit, which all should work hand to hand to achieve it,as no one is safe until everyone is safe”.   The Palestine Envoy stated this via his handle X – Tweeter: @AM_Shawesh     This is sequel to ongoing crisis between Israel and the State of Palestine in Gaza.   On the 118th day of the Israel genocidal war against the Palestinian people, the casualty toll has risen to 26,751 Palestinians…

JUST IN: Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from ECOWAS

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Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).   The leaders of the three Sahel nations on Sunday issued a statement saying it was a “sovereign decision” to leave the ECOWAS “without delay”.   In the joint statement read on state television, they said they have “decided in complete sovereignty on the immediate withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), alleging that the bloc has “moved away from the ideals…

Niger Republic junta releases President Bazoum’s wife and son from house arrest after 5 months

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The wife and son of the ousted Nigerien President Mohammad Bazoum, have been released from house arrest.   The Nigerien President and members of his family were committed to house by the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, the ruling military junta in Niger after he was overthrown July 26 last year.   They were said to be released provisionally by the tribunal. But nothing was said about the fate of the president.     Recall that ECOWAS issued an ultimatum to the coup leaders, threatening military intervention…

P&ID: London court awards £20m costs in favour of Nigeria

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A United Kingdom court presided over by Justice Robin Knowles has directed Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited to pay Nigeria £20 million as damages and compensation to Nigeria following the country’s victory in an $11 billion judgment debt which was heard in October.   The said sum must be paid to Nigeria in the next 28 days.   The award of the £20 million as damages was disclosed during a consequential ruling on the matter that took place in London on Friday to find out what next after the…

JUST IN: Saudi Arabia cancels 264 Air Peace passengers visa on arrival, asks them to return to Nigeria

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Saudi Arabia has cancelled the visa of all the 264 passengers airlifted by Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace on arrival in Jeddah from Kano on Monday and insisted that the airline should return them back to Nigeria.     The flight took off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, via the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, on Sunday night and arrived Saudi Arabia’s major city on Monday, without issues, but on landing, the Saudi Arabia authorities announced that all the passengers visas were cancelled.   A source who revealed…

Ecuador elects 35 year old, Daniel Noboa as president

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History has been made in Ecuador after a 35-year-old businessman, Mr Daniel Noboa with little experience in politics was elected the youngest-ever president.   He won 52.1 per cent of the vote after South American nation went to the polls on Sunday, compared with opponent Luisa González’s 47.9 per cent.   His political career only started in 2021, when he got a seat in the National Assembly and chaired its Economic Development Commission.     Noboa’s father Álvaro, who unsuccessfully ran for president five times, is the richest man in…

UNGA78: Orelope-Adefulire, EU, UN, Others Highlight efforts to accelerate SDGs progress through INFFs

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Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, SSAP-SDGs has joined leaders and experts from around the world to call for increased investments and alignments of resources from public, private, domestic, and other sources to accelerate progress on the delivery of 2030 Agenda. Orelope-Adefulire made the call while speaking at a high-level event held at the margins of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) in New York tagged, “Accelerating SDGs Progress Through National Financing Strategies and Integrated National Financing Frameworks…

Gabon coup d’état: Why we struck, Army gives reasons

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Gabonese army officers, under the aegis of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), have given reasons why they took over power from the West African country leader, President Ali Bongo. The reasons were contained in the CTRI nationwide declaration of the military in Gabon rendered in French but translated to English entitled “Our beautiful country, Gabon, has always been a haven of peace”. The soldiers mentioned serious institutional, political, economic and social crises as factors responsible for the coup for the progress of the country. The…

Niger junta makes U-turn,ready to dialogue with ECOWAS, apologizes for snubbing Gen Abdusalami Abubakar, Sultan

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Niger junta makes U-turn,ready to dialogue with ECOWAS, apologizes for snubbing Gen Abdusalami Abubakar, Sultan The military junta in Niger headed by General Abdourahmane Tchiani has backtracked saying its now open to dialogue with the the President Bola Tinubu-led ECOWAS while also apologizing for snubbing the mediation team earlier sent by President Tinubu led by former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) and Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar. The matter has tilted dangerously towards war with ECOWAS initially issuing a seven-day ultimatum for the reinstatement of ousted…