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Mali: Former diplomat Moctar Ouane named prime minister

September 28, 2020 Elwin Mandowaafrica, africafeeds, Col. Major Ba N’Daou, Coup, Keita, Mali, Moctar Ouane, News, Soldiers, west africa

– – Mali’s transitional government leader, retired Col. Major Ba N’Daou on Sunday named a new civilian prime minister. N’Daou appointed former foreign affairs minister of the country Moctar Ouane to the new role. Before serving in the role as Mali’s foreign minister between 2004 and 2011, he was Mali’s permanent representative to the UN from 1995 to 2002. Ouane also… Read More

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Ex-Minister Gbagi’s Blue Film In Warri! By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

September 27, 2020 Elwin MandowaOpinion, saharareporters

Kenneth Gbagi was a former Nigerian Minister of State for Education. He is currently nursing the ambition reportedly of becoming the Governor od Delta State under the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He is said to be the proprietor of Signatious Hotel in the oil city of Warri. That hotel could have been built with stolen funds if the sordid… Read More

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Nigeria At 60: The Colonialists Never Left – They Are Nigerian Politicians By Fredrick Nwabufo

September 26, 2020 Elwin MandowaOpinion, saharareporters

The British colonialists chucked the power console to the aborigines of Nigeria in 1960. Let me rephrase that. The British prowlers tossed power into the palm of native champions and ‘’non-functionally’’ exited the dais before the close of 1960. But these infiltrators did not go with the evils and vices of their craft. The perils of colonialism remained. So, long… Read More

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Four Reasons Why Nigerian Americans Must Get Involved In The 2020 US Presidential Elections By Dr Malcolm Fabiyi

September 26, 2020 Elwin MandowaOpinion, saharareporters

The Nigerian presence in America goes back to the earliest periods in American history. Recent genetic studies have confirmed that Nigerian heritage is extensive in the gene pool of African Americans whose ancestors were brought during the Transatlantic slave trade in the 1700s and 1800s. Over the last hundred years, the Nigerian presence in America has been driven by two… Read More

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African court rules Gbagbo qualifies to seek Ivorian presidency

September 26, 2020 Elwin Mandowaafrica, africafeeds, Gbagbo, Guillaume Soro, ivory coast, News, Ouattara, west africa

– – Former President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo has been declared worthy of seeking the Ivorian presidency. The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights ruled on Friday rejecting Gbagbo’s exclusion from the presidential elections slated for October 31. The Ivorian electoral commission had said that Mr. Gbagbo was not fit to stand for president due to criminal conviction.… Read More

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Blasphemy: Equality Of Believers And Non-Believers In Northern Nigeria By Leo Igwe

September 26, 2020 Elwin MandowaOpinion, saharareporters

If the controversy over blasphemy allegations, especially as brought against Mubarak Bala in Kano, has revealed anything, it is the entrenched unequal relationship between believers and non-believers in the region. It is the flagrant violation of the humanity and dignity of non believers by Muslims. The debate has demonstrated the despicable role of religion, as in this case, Islam in… Read More

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Watch Out: Wike Is Coming! By Uche Ugboajah

September 25, 2020 Elwin MandowaOpinion, saharareporters

I first heard of the name Ezenwo Nyesom Wike sometime in 1999. Then, he was the dashing chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. He had contested the local government election as the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and had to reclaim his mandate through the court. A staunch believer in the rule of law and… Read More

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Ecowas says sanctions imposed on Mali will not be lifted

September 25, 2020 Elwin Mandowaafrica, africafeeds, Coup, ECOWAS, Mali, News, Sanctions, west africa

– – West African regional bloc Ecowas has said that it will not lift sanctions imposed on Mali although the country now has an interim president. Mali’s former defence minister, retired Col. Major Ba N’Daou was sworn into office on Friday at a ceremony in the capital, Bamako. Ba N’Daou was named interim leader by the soldiers who toppled the government of… Read More

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The Vice Of A Vice President By Adeola Soetan

September 25, 2020 Elwin MandowaOpinion, saharareporters

Prof Osinbajo pretends not to be a lawyer anytime he’s in the Presidential Villa. But as soon as he is out of the power house to deliver speech at public forum, he immediately becomes an erudite human right SAN, lecturing the nation on rule of law, Administration of Criminal Justice, the need for quick dispensation of justice, non-manipulation of judicial… Read More

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Mali: Ba N’Daou sworn in as interim president

September 25, 2020 Elwin Mandowaafrica, africafeeds, Bamako, Col. Major Ba N’Daou, Coup leaders, Interim president, Mali, News, west africa

Mali’s former defence minister, retired Col. Major Ba N’Daou has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Bamako. Ba N’Daou was named interim leader by the soldiers who toppled the government of former president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. The new leader is now expected to oversee the 18-month transition period towards a return to civilian rule. The Head… Read More