Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, in his reaction to the coup in Gabon, has predicted that there would be more military takeovers in French-speaking West and Central African countries in the near future. We earlier reported that some army officers Wednesday toppled the democratic government of President Ali Bongo, who has been in power since 2009. Bongo was announced the winner of the presidential election in the West African country on Saturday, having fulfilled a two-thirds victory at the polls. Fani-Kayode in a post on his X page said he was not surprised about the coup. He wrote, “BREAKING NEWS: Sadly another…
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A nonagenarian who designed Nigeria’s flag, Pa. Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi (OFR), is dead. Pa. Akinkunmi, aged 86, died in the early hours of Tuesday after a brief illness. His demise was announced via the Facebook account of one of his children. He wrote, “Life is indeed transient; I can say boldly that you live a life with a landmark. Continue to rest, my father! Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi (O.F.R.): Great Man has gone.” Pa Akinwumi, a native of Abeokuta, Ogun State, was born on May 10, 1936, but lived in Ibadan until his demise. He attended Baptist Day Secondary School,…
An Iranian weightlifter has been given a lifetime ban by authorities in the Islamic republic after shaking hands with an Israeli competitor at an event in Poland, state media reported. Mostafa Rajaei, aged in his 40s, shook hands with Israeli weightlifter Maksim Svirsky on Saturday after they both stood on the podium at a World Masters championship in Wieliczka, Poland. “The weightlifting federation bans athlete Mostafa Rajaei for life from entering all sports facilities in the country and dismisses the head of the delegation for the competition, Hamid Salehinia,” the body announced in a statement cited by state news agency…
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is under house arrest and one of his sons has been arrested for “treason”, military officers said Wednesday, hours after announcing they had overthrown the government. “President Ali Bongo is under house arrest, surrounded by his family and doctors,” they said in a statement read out on state TV. Gabonese army officers under the aegis of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions had earlier on Wednesday morning announced on national television why they are taking over power from President Ali Bongo in the country. The soldiers highlighted serious institutional, political, economic and…
Army officers on Wednesday announced they have taken over power in Gabon, the Central African country. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. “We have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the regime in power,” the soldiers who introduced themselves as members of The Committee of Transition and Restoration of Institutions said. The electoral commission said Bongo’s main challenger, Albert Ondo Ossa, had come in second place with 30.77%. Bongo’s team rejected Ondo Ossa’s allegations of electoral irregularities. Here are five key facts about Gabon…
Two churchgoers, Femi Akinola and Tunde Falade, have died after drowning in a river where they went to swim on Monday. The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, in a statement on Tuesday, said the two persons who came from Lagos to the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Onikoko, via the Itori area of the state, were confirmed dead at the Ifo General Hospital where they were rushed to. The PPRO said, “A member of the church, one Adebayo Adeosun, reported at the station around 6.30pm that some boys numbering about seven who came from Lagos on August 27,…
Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon on Wednesday to announce they have taken over power in the Central African country, BBC reports. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. The soldiers who introduced themselves as members of the CTRI (The Committee of Transition and Restoration of Institutions) said, “We have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the regime in power.” The electoral commission said Bongo’s main challenger, Albert Ondo Ossa, had come in second place with 30.77%. Bongo’s team have rejected Ondo…
Date: 2023-Aug- 30 🎯TOPIC: WHO TO OBEY:GOD OR MEN? 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/vlDlHpb0i3g?si=B_5cf6zoDRtiFCFX ✝️ TEXT: Jeremiah 38:15-28(NKJV) 38:15. Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I declare [it] to you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.” 38:16. So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “[As] the LORD lives, who made our very souls, I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.” 38:17. Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah,…
The Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia has inaugurated 17 Commissioners and 23 Special Advisers, charging them to uphold the interest of the state, as their appointment is not political. He stated this on Tuesday during the inauguration ceremony of the Commissioners at the new banquet hall of the government house in Makurdi. Governor Alia urged his cabinet to be kind and generous to Benue people and prove themselves in their given assignments. He advised the Commissioners to sustain efforts by the government to improve the living standards of the people and ensure the tempo of economic development he…
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has suspended its candidate in the Feb. 25 presidential election, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activities. The BoT also suspended the National Working Committee, NWC, members of the party. It also appointed new national officers headed by Dr Agbo Major as acting National Chairman and Mr Ogini Olaposi as the Acting National Secretary. The suspension is for six months. Addressing newsmen at the end of the meeting in Lagos on Tuesday, Secretary of the BoT, Babayo Muhammed Abdulahi accused Kwankwaso of hobnobbing with President Bola Tinubu,…