Day: 18 June 2019

Prez. Buhari, APC Govs in closed door meeting

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors Forum. The meeting started at the Council Chamber around 11.37am when the President arrived the venue. Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki offered the opening Christian prayer, while Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum said the Muslim prayer. The Forum is headed by Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu. State Governors at the closed doors meeting included those of Lagos, Ekiti, Edo, Plateau, Niger, Kogi, Borno, Nasarawa, Yobe, Osun, Ogun. Deputy governors at the meeting included those of…

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How UBA Foundation celebrated Int’l Day of the African Child

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UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Monday, joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Day of the African Child. The day which has been set aside by the United Nations to celebrate children in Africa, recognises the courage of students who marched for their right to better education in Soweto South Africa, and is marked annually on June 16th. UBA Foundation brought together students from various secondary schools in Lagos to the Tony Elumelu Amphitheatre in the UBA…

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Platini detained over Qatar 2022 Bribery Scandal

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One of football’s most powerful administrator and a former UEFA president Michel Platini has been detained by police in France as part of an investigation into the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. The 63-year-old was questioned and detained by the Ministry of Justice amid an investigation into the awarding of the hosting rights of the tournament An investigation into the controversial decision to allow Qatar to host the tournament, despite the Western Asian country’s human rights record and logistical problems posed by the nation’s laws, has led to the…

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Morsi’s last moments, buried in Cairo

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Egypt’s first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi has been buried in Cairo on Tuesday, a day after he collapsed in court and died according to reports by AFP. “He was buried in Medinat Nasr, in eastern Cairo, with his family present,” said Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksoud, one of his lawyer. State TV reported that the 67-year-old’s death was due to a cardiac arrest. Rights groups across the globe have called for an independent probe into the detention conditions and death of the Islamist, who was ousted in 2013 after a year of…

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