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Kennedy Wandera

6 months

Excerpts of Liberia's 🇱🇷 President George Weah's Concession Speech. #LiberiaDecides I stand before you tonight with a heavy heart, but with the utmost respect for the democratic process that has defined our nation. The results announced tonight, though not final, indicate that

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In court papers, @PeterObi , Nigeria's Labour party candidate in Feb 25 presidential poll, pleads that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, now President-elect, was not qualified to contest because he had been fined $460,000 for "narcotics trafficking" in 1993 by the U.S District Court, Illinois.

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Still in his petition, @PeterObi pleads that in Rivers State during collation exercise, INEC announced his scores as "175,071 votes" and Bola Ahmed Tinubu as "231,591 votes" but the actual scores obtained at the polling units, he has 205,110 votes, while Tinubu's score is 84,108.

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To argue his case in court against Nigeria's President-elect Bola Tinubu, @PeterObi and his Labour Party, intend to produce documents to prove their claim, including a Verified Complaint for Forfeiture; Stipulations and Compromise Settlement of Claims to the Funds

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In court papers, @PeterObi , Nigeria's Labour party candidate in Feb 25 presidential poll, pleads that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, now President-elect, was not qualified to contest because he had been fined $460,000 for "narcotics trafficking" in 1993 by the U.S District Court, Illinois.

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An unusual silence as the Nigeria's President-elect Bola Tinubu's "Guinean diplomatic passport" surfaces on social media, sending internet users into a frenzy over whether he "lied to the nation’s electoral commission, INEC, while under oath", @GazetteNGR

Tinubu's camp quiet as president-elect's Guinean citizenship shows he lied under oath to INEC

While it may not be an issue that Mr Tinubu, who was born in Nigeria, carries dual nationality, he is likely to face a legal battle in the manner he answered questions raised by INEC under oath.

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He showed up in Abidjan unexpectedly and rallied large numbers to cheer Super Eagles🦅as they lock horns with Angola in #AFCON2023 . Peter Obi is loved by Nigerians. That's what good leaders do, leading from the front. Well done🇳🇬, into the semis. One step into finals.

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Today, we cannot even support Somalia. We are waiting for EU to give us $85m. We cannot fund it as AU. It's stupid. I mean. It's madness. 54 countries, 60yrs after independence, we cannot manage $85m to sort out Somalia which has no government? ~Kenya's President @WilliamsRuto

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@piersmorgan @ManUtd What's embarrassing here? Have some shame Piers.

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We have visa regulations left, right and centre. Twenty-seven countries in Europe today with 430 million people removed visas. We still have visas. Let me persuade us that it is time we in this continent realise that having visa restrictions amongst ourselves is working against

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#NAIROBI A renowned #Pakistan journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead in Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday night by police officers under unclear circumstances after his car was sprinkled with bullets from all sides. The car had 9 bullet holes on his side.

Shooting of Pakistani Arshad Sharif: 5 things we know so far

All senior police officers from Kajiado were holed up in a crisis meeting.

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@FabrizioRomano Low standards. Thinks this is Ajax.

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In filed responses, Nigeria's President-elect Bola Tinubu's All Progressives Congress(APC) party pleads that @PeterObi 's "narcotics trafficking" claims are false and Tinubu was never "fined the sum of $460,000" in the US, admits the case was "civil forfeiture" and not "criminal".

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In court, this week, Nigeria's electoral body, INEC faces an arduous task to explain Peter Obi's averment that in Rivers State it announced his scores as "175,071" and Bola Tinubu as "231,591" when the actual scores at polling units, he has 205,110 votes while Tinubu has 84,108".

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The court ordered “that the funds in the amount of $460,000 in account in the name of Bola Tinubu represents proceeds of narcotics or were involved in financial transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C ss 1956 and 1957 and therefore these funds are forfeited to the United States.”

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Labour Party's Peter Obi says Nigeria is regrettably in era where "foundational pillars of democracy are undermined by prevalent impunity and pervasive violence and bloodletting" and needs a "credible electoral system" that commands "trust,confidence and belief of ALL Nigerians."

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Nigeria Labour Party's Peter Obi says he has lined up 50 witnesses to testify against Bola Tinubu,INEC and has evidence to prove 2023 presidential poll was rigged against him. PDP's Atiku Abubakar has 180 witnesses. Federal High Court is set to decide fate of May 29 inauguration.

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Nigeria President Bola Tinubu won the elections with just 37% of the votes – the lowest of any elected Nigerian president since the handover from military to democratic rule in 1999. And as his inauguration got underway, #TinubuNotMyPresident started to trend on social media, @CNN

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Nigeria's President-Elect Bola Tinubu’s family bought fraud-linked $11m London mansion that his predecessor’s government was seeking to confiscate as part of a probe into one of the biggest corruption scandals in the West African nation’s history, @business

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court has declared former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest illegal and ordered his immediate release after he was was arrested by the country’s paramilitary troops. Khan’s shock arrest has triggered violent protests, @AJEnglish

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“We believe strongly that we won that election given the statistics we have, given the result we have, we are not expecting anything less than the declaration of Peter Obi as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria," claims Julius Abure, Labour Party's National Chairman.

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Kenya's President William Ruto is not traveling to Nigeria🇳🇬 to attend the May 29 inauguration of the Nigeria's President-elect Bola Asiwaju Tinubu. Instead, he has delegated Musalia Mudavadi—head of Cabinet—to represent him at the ceremony. No reason given for not attending.

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As filed in the court by the Labour Party's Presidential Candidate @PeterObi , here is the Decree of Forfeiture made by Judge John A.Nordberg Case No: 93C 4483 ordered on October 4,1993 against President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the claims of "proceeds of narcotics trafficking".

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"The results of the Presidential Election held in the Polling Units were not fully uploaded on the iRev as at the time of the purported declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the Presidential Election, which gave room for manipulation." @PeterObi says in his petition.

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Former #Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been shot in the leg in what his supporters say was an assassination attempt. A gunman reportedly opened fire while Mr Khan was giving a speech to supporters at a rally in Wazirabad, @SkyNews

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The Nigeria's Presidential Election Petition Court has admitted documents in evidence filed by Labour Party's Peter Obi alleging President Bola Tinubu's indictment for illicit drugs offences after being fined $460,000 for "narcotics trafficking" in 1993 by the U.S, @premiumtimesng

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Evidence suggests some results from Nigeria's presidential poll may have been manipulated. A @BBCNews investigation has uncovered significant anomalies in Rivers state,a key battleground. @PeterObi won by a wide margin but official INEC result gave Bola Tinubu a clear majority

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Nigeria's Presidential Election Petition Court has admitted Labour Party's Peter Obi's collated final presidential election results used in declaring Bola Tinubu as winner alongside several exhibits to prove his case. Focus now shifts to calling witnesses to testify, @DailyPostNGR

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Nigeria Labour Party Peter Obi's team of lawyers and experts are seeking to interrogate, assess the quality of the electoral commission's ICT experts and officials who superintended the presidential election that gave Bola Tinubu victory. Tinubu and INEC object, @PremiumTimesng

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The destruction of billboards with the inscription, “All Eyes on The Judiciary” ahead of Nigeria's presidential election petition judgment is a clear evidence of President Bola Tinubu’s authoritarianism and assault on freedom of speech, says Atiku Abubakar's camp, @DailyPostNGR

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A digital forensic expert—Hitler Nwuala—tells Nigeria's court hearing presidential petition challenging Bola Tinubu's win that the electoral commission deliberately deleted all results of presidential election from BVAS machines of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), @DailyPostNGR

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I am not desperate to become President. I am desperate to see Nigeria work. I am desperate to see a good Nigeria. And that starts with the process through which people get into office. ~Nigeria Labour Party's @PeterObi in an interview with @ARISEtv on Feb 25 Presidential poll.

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Bola Tinubu has long been dogged by allegations of graft and rule-breaking, which he denies. In 1993, he forfeited $460,000 to resolve a lawsuit in Chicago, after US authorities said bank accounts in his name held proceeds of heroin trafficking. He denies being charged, @business

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@sportbible Whoever edited can as well edit everyone off the pitch. We don't care. Blame should be placed elsewhere not on #MUFC . We moved on, 3 points sealed.

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Nigeria's🇳🇬 President Bola Tinubu has lost his emergency application to block Chicago State University from releasing his academic records to @atiku . U.S Judge Nancy Maldonado of the Illinois District Court says @ChicagoState should turn over the records by Monday. @GazetteNGR

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The Nigeria's electoral commission,INEC, in court submission, argues that it is not "aware of the alleged conviction of Bola Tinubu" now president-elect, in "narcotics trafficking", forfeiture and foisting of "a fine of $460,000" as claimed by @PeterObi in his pleadings in court.

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As President Uhuru Kenyatta begins his retirement after serving Kenya as a Head of State for 10 years, here are some of his light moments to recollect. ~His humorous expression towards a member of the delegation during a meeting with European Union Business Council, May 17, 2019

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In court, Wednesday, Nigeria's Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, a witness for President Bola Tinubu and his long-time protege, has admitted that $460,000 that the Nigerian leader forfeited to the United States came from a narcotics dealings and money laundering.

Tribunal: Bola Tinubu’s witness Senator Bamidele admits Nigerian president forfeited $460,000 for...

Mr Bamidele, a politician from Ekiti and long-time protege of Mr Tinubu's, was at the election petitions tribunal in Abuja to give testimony against Peter Obi and Labour Party.

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Nigeria's🇳🇬former Vice President and the leader of the People's Democratic Party— @OfficialPDPNig —Atiku Abubakar @atiku says Nigeria's "reputation is at stake" and that it "affects everyone, Nigerians everywhere" following fiercely raging controversies surrounding the academic

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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu was sighted sleeping during the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, earlier on Saturday while his aide-de-camp, Colonel Nurudeen Alowonle Yusuf took notes closely behind him. President Tinubu

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On Nigeria's🇳🇬 tribunal judgment, “For a fact, I was not surprised at the result. I have little or no faith in judiciary following the past judgments. But I did not expect that the quality of the judgment would be as poor as it is,” Armstrong Zittas from Abuja tells @AlJazeera

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Nigeria's State Security Service labeling the anticipated protests as "violent" is curious and could be a pointer to the kind of verdict coming from the presidential election court, on September 6. Phrase: "plunging the country into anarchy" has been used before as a warning.

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Austerity measures in #Malawi 🇲🇼. "I know that there would be some who created this mess that I am now cleaning up who will be the loudest in calling me names and claiming that I am the problem and calling on the citizens to attack me but I am not intimidated. I am here to serve

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Pakistan’s political turmoil has deepened as supporters of former PM Imran Khan vent their fury after his dramatic arrest by paramilitary troops in a major escalation of a year-long political standoff that has put the South Asian country on edge, @CNN

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Nigeria's🇳🇬 investigative journalist @DavidHundeyin tells @UNHumanRights that due to his journalistic work, the "Nigerian government has taken extraordinary steps to silence me including a recent attempted abduction from Ghana where I have a political asylum." 📽️ @ChinonsoCharl15

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@DavidHundeyin What a movie! Happy to feature 😄

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Nigeria’s judiciary has a massive trust deficit among the citizens. Many do not trust the judiciary to do right by Nigerians. Increasingly, Nigeria’s courts have become courts of technicality rather than courts of justice. The nation awaits the September judgment, @BusinessDayNg

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Nigeria's🇳🇬 President, Bola Tinubu, arrives late at the inauguration of the newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye at the Centre International de Conferences Abdou Diouf in Diamniadio. He has arrived minutes after all the Heads of State had been moved from the

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Before the Nigeria's Presidential election tribunal next week,President Bola Tinubu begins defending himself and his election victory against accusations of not being qualified to contest for being fined $460,000 in "narcotics trafficking" claims in 1993 by the US District Court.

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Chicago State University in the U.S finds itself at the center of a political dispute involving the president of Nigeria🇳🇬 Bola Tinubu on claims that documents showing he graduated from Chicago State in 1979 are not authentic. University won't certify them under oath, @CBSNews

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Nigeria Labour Party's @PeterObi is dissatisfied with @SecBlinken 's call with president-elect Bola Tinubu says it "faintly suggests taking sides",asks U.S to "await the full resolution of the ongoing judicial processes before tacitly conferring legitimacy"

Secretary Blinken’s Call with Nigerian President-elect Tinubu - United States Department of State

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke this morning with Nigerian President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu to emphasize his continued commitment...

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#ISLAMABAD Quite some love and massive respect for #ArshadShariff : Thousands of people arrived in Islamabad Thursday for the funeral of a highly regarded #Pakistan investigative journalist #arshadshareef killed under mysterious circumstances in Kenya.

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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, all ruled by military juntas have signed a defense pact to create Alliance of Sahel States: "Any attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of one or more contracted parties will be considered an aggression against the other parties." @AFP

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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested in a major escalation of a political crisis that has pitted current government against Mr Khan since being ousted from office last year and that now raises the prospect of mass unrest, @nytimes

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The US government says that it has imposed visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the Feb 2023 elections. @SecBlinken says they have been involved in "intimidation of voters through threats and physical violence, the manipulation of vote results.."

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Nigeria's president-elect, Bola Tinubu, whose victory in February 25 poll is being challenged in court, has been keeping part of his wealth in the United Kingdom where he and his close associates own at least 20 properties in the offshore companies, @OCCRP .

At Least 20 Properties in the UK Linked to Nigeria’s President-elect and His Associates

Nigeria's president-elect, Bola Tinubu, whose victory in February is being challenged in court, has been keeping part of his wealth in the United Kingdom, where he and his close associates own at...

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"This is a cheap, misguided and destructive blackmail clearly intended to target the country's judicialism and constitutionalism. Desperation taken too far.", Nigeria's @PeterObi to Bola Tinubu's claims of inviting anarchy on "non-transmission of results electonically, by INEC."

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On Friday May 26, Nigeria's Supreme Court will deliver judgment on the alleged double nomination of vice president-elect Kashim Shettima. If affirmed, his disqualification could truncate the swearing in of Bola Tinubu as president. They ran a joint ticket.

Supreme Court to deliver judgement on Shettima's alleged double nomination May 26

If affirmed, Mr Shettima's disqualification could truncate the swearing in of Bola Tinubu as president since they ran a joint ticket.

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held by Heritage Bank and CitiBank; and Decree of Forfeiture as to Funds held by First Heritage Bank, signed by United States District Judge, John A. Nordberg to affirm proof that @officialABAT was indeed not qualified to contest for Presidency. President-elect to file responses.

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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has signed into law a $2.8 billion supplementary budget that includes funding for new bulletproof cars for himself and his wife, and a lavish presidential yacht despite widespread criticism from citizens facing a cost-of-living crisis, @Reuters

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“To close our eyes to constitutional violations would be a dereliction of duty and we refuse to accept the invitation to do so, however popular the invitation may seem,” Nigeria’s Peter Obi cites Kenya’s 2017 judgment to win over judges to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s victory.

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Burkina Faso🇧🇫,Mali🇲🇱and Niger🇳🇪, all junta-led states, have withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with immediate effect, after 49 years of existence in the regional bloc. The three states say ECOWAS has moved away from "the ideals of its founding

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Mr Haji says the killing of #ArshadSharifShaheed , a fierce critic of the Pakistani government, in Kenya "shines a bleak light on the dangers of intimidation and violence; assault; rape; arbitrary detention; enforced disappearances; and even murder, which are faced by journalists"

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On being mistreated abroad, Kenya's President @WilliamsRuto says, "We have made a decision that it is not intelligent for 54 of us to go and seat before one gentleman from another place, and sometimes, we are mistreated. We are loaded into buses like school kids. It is not right"

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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu is facing a huge backlash at home over his threat to use military force to reverse the coup in next-door neighbour Niger. There's been strong opposition to military intervention at a session of the upper chamber of parliament, the Senate, @BBCNews

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#ADIGRAT "In Tigray, single-use items such as gloves, surgical materials and even chest drains are being washed and reused, increasing the risk of infections. In some places, doctors have replaced disinfectant by salt to clean wounds," @ICRC_Africa 's Apollo Barasa says.

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Even as Nigeria's @PeterObi petitions court to overturn Feb 25 presidential results citing widespread fraud, voter intimidation, violence, his angry supporters have rejected president-elect Bola Tinubu's legitimacy, struggle to keep hope alive, some are leaving Nigeria, @AJEnglish

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"Heavens won’t fall if you remove Tinubu as President...a subtle threat of apocalyptic catastrophe of national chaos and anarchy if a judgement is not given in a particular manner cannot deter a court of law from doing justice..," Nigeria's PDP leader Abubakar Atiku tells judges.

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Globally, the travel and tourism industry has recovered strongly, but the high cost of their travel to Africa and within Africa remains a barrier. Implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market is therefore an important priority. We also removed visa restrictions for

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@ManUtd There's no way Erik ten Hag should stay as our Manager. No way!

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Nigeria's electoral commission failure to promptly upload copies of the polling unit result sheets to IReV is part of the grounds of Peter Obi’s petition challenging the election of president Bola Tinubu. @PremiumTimesng analysis revealed that Obi, not Tinubu won in Rivers State.

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Uganda's🇺🇬President @KagutaMuseveni asks African Heads of State to “audit the intentions of the World Bank loans to ensure that they are for prosperity rather than profiteering. What loans are we getting as Africa? Is the World Bank giving us loans for private sector-led growth

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An excerpt from the speech of Nigeria's Atiku Abubakar's( @atiku ) on the Supreme Court's judgment upholding President Bola Tinubu's election win. If the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, implies by its judgment that crime is good and should be rewarded, then Nigeria

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The military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso are threatening war with “disastrous consequences” if Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS led by Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu invades Niger and use military force against new junta to restore constitutional order.

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Nigeria's President-elect Bola Tinubu was in France for about two weeks mid-May. Officially, it was a private trip for medical purposes to carry out a final check-up at the American hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine before May 29 inauguration, @TheAfricaReport

Nigeria’s Tinubu back in France, just before his inauguration - The Africa Report.com

With only a few days to go before his inauguration on 29 May, Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu left Paris on 20 May after returning for another short rest his aides say.

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In his first act as president, new Senegalese President Bassirou @DiomayeFaye on Tuesday appointed firebrand politician and key backer and mentor Ousmane Sonko as prime minister. Sonko, 49, was at the centre of a two-year stand-off with the state that triggered bouts of deadly

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Days after restricting use of mobile internet amid opposition protests, Senegal President Macky Sall's government has now suspended access to TikTok for being used by people with bad intentions to spread hateful, subversive messages threatening stability of the country, @Reuters .

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Three workers of the Nigeria's electoral commission, appearing as witnesses, tell the court hearing presidential petition that all went well until it was time to upload presidential results, and then BVAS machines refused to work even after working for other elections, @GazetteNGR

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The stage is set for the hearing and determination of Nigeria's Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar's presidential poll petitions seeking to annul the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the winner of the Feb 25 poll. "Avoid unnecessary technicalities," says Justice Haruna Tsammani.

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WATCH the moment when the Ghanaian Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, was left in utmost shock before the Appointments Committee of Ghana's Parliament as he was being grilled by his long-time friend and Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson last week.

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@KennedyWandera_

1 year

@FabrizioRomano Football has lost 'The King'. The only man ever to win the World Cup three times. You may be gone, Pele, but your love for our sport will forever remain in our hearts. You brought joy and skill. Rest well, the Legend.

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@KennedyWandera_

4 months

Senegal🇸🇳President Macky Sall’s government has restricted access to mobile internet as opposition leaders and supporters launch protests against his decision to postpone a presidential election scheduled for February 25. The mobile internet access in the capital, Dakar, and

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Kennedy Wandera

@KennedyWandera_

2 years

#MEKELE “Before the conflict we were eating three times a day but now even once a day is difficult.I was borrowing food from my family but now they've run out.We just sleep and hope we do not perish," Kiros,a single mother of 6 children in Mekelle tells @WFP , reports @guardian

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Kennedy Wandera

@KennedyWandera_

3 years

#MEKELE 47 percent of all pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers screened in Tigray are suffering from acute malnutrition,increasing the likelihood of complications related to nursing and pregnancy including maternal death and medically fragile low birth weight babies, @UNICEF

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@KennedyWandera_

1 year

Nigerian Bar Association tells off President Bola Tinubu on his warning to courts that “illegal orders used to truncate or abridge democracy will no longer be tolerated”, reminds him that he cannot ascribe to himself the role of determining what are “illegal orders", @MobilePunch .

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@KennedyWandera_

1 year

“Anyone who thinks I am on a transit is wasting his time. Let me tell you, I must be the president of this country. I am sure of that. If it is not today, it must be tomorrow,” Nigeria's Labour Party's presidential candidate in the Feb 25 polls @PeterObi insists, @PremiumTimesng

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Kennedy Wandera

@KennedyWandera_

2 months

Senegal's🇸🇳new President, Bassirou @DiomayeFaye , now at the Presidential Palace in Dakar meeting former President Macky Sall for the official transfer of power.

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Kennedy Wandera

@KennedyWandera_

11 months

Nigeria's presidential election court Monday admitted in evidence the EU Election Observation report that points "multiple incidents of thuggery and intimidation interrupted polling, targeting voters" and use of violence "disturbed the elections and supressed voter participation"

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Kennedy Wandera

@KennedyWandera_

1 year

In replying affidavits before court, Nigeria Labour Party's @PeterObi is accusing the electoral body,INEC of showing open bias in favour of Bola Tinubu, now president-elect, and "adorning the garb of a contestant" in its objections against petition, terms it as an “embarrassment"

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@KennedyWandera_

1 year

In preliminary objections, Nigeria's President-elect Bola Tinubu's All Progressives Congress (APC) says the "narcotics trafficking" claims by @PeterObi is a scheme to "scandalize, demonize and de-market" Tinubu to Nigerians with a view to "delegitimizing his well-earned victory"

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@KennedyWandera_

10 months

Nigerians hold their breath as a landmark presidential election petition judgment seeking to invalidate President Bola Tinubu's election victory nears. The judgment’s impact on Nigeria’s political landscape and its democracy is a matter of great concern, @BusinessDayNg

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Kennedy Wandera

@KennedyWandera_

1 month

@FabrizioRomano I expected him to keep quiet. His words doesn't match his actions.

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@KennedyWandera_

4 months

The Swahili commentary on #RDC 🇨🇩 President Felix Tshisekedi's swearing in is something else. #DRCongo

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@KennedyWandera_

1 year

Nigeria's🇳🇬President-elect Bola Tinubu is asking the court hearing the presidential election petition to reject a live telecast of the proceedings arguing the court is "not a rostrum or a soapbox. It is not also a stadium or theatre. It is not an arena for public entertainment.”

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@KennedyWandera_

2 years

#ISLAMABAD A plane carrying the body of an outspoken #Pakistan journalist Arshad Sharif who was shot and killed by police officers on Sunday outside Kenya's capital Nairobi, touched down at an airport in Islamabad just after midnight Wednesday, @AP

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Kennedy Wandera

@KennedyWandera_

2 years

#MEKELE Ethiopian paramilitaries have carried out a sustained campaign of ethnic cleansing in Tigray,forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes using threats, killings and sexual violence, a joint report by @hrw and @amnesty says, @guardian

Tigray has been the scene of ‘ethnic cleansing’, say human rights groups

Human Rights Watch-Amnesty report accuses Ethiopian paramilitaries of war crimes and crimes against humanity

www.theguardian.com

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Kennedy Wandera

@KennedyWandera_

2 years

According to a @NationAfrica 's report, Monday, the shooting hit the car from all sides. 9 bullet holes on the left side, 2 bullet holes on the rear left back screen,1 bullet hole on the rear right door, 4 holes right side of the boot and 1 front right tyre that had been deflated.

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@KennedyWandera_

4 months

The Democratic Republic of Congo🇨🇩's former president Joseph Kabila Kabange is pursuing his doctoral studies in International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg in South Africa. According to reports, on Thursday, he

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Kennedy Wandera

@KennedyWandera_

9 months

Gabonese in the nation's capital Libreville pour on the streets to celebrate military's decision to overthrow President Ali Bongo Ondimba. The army has dissolved the government, the Senate, the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court, @FRANCE24

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Kennedy Wandera

@KennedyWandera_

3 years

#MEKELLE Two independently done investigations by @cnni and #BBCAfricaEye show a massacre in the Ethiopia's Tigray region was executed by Ethiopian soldiers—who rounded up a group of young, unarmed men on a wind-swept, dusty ledge before shooting them at point-blank range.

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@KennedyWandera_

9 months

Nigeria's🇳🇬date with destiny!—Sept 6 Nigeria's presidential election tribunal is due to rule TODAY on whether Bola Tinubu should stay as president or his 100 days in office be cut short by his two rivals, @PeterObi and @atiku who challenged his victory. #AllEyesOnTheJudiciary

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