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The President of the Association is Nduka Obaigbena, a Nigerian journalist, columnist and founder of Thisday, one of Nigeria's national Newspaper. [2] The patron of the Association is Chief Sam Amuka-Pemu, a Nigerian journalist, columnist and founder of the Vanguard , Nigeria's leading newspaper, and co-founder of The Punch, most widely read ...
He was a Daily Times of Nigeria editor and the first editor of the Sunday Punch before he established The Punch with his friend, the late Olu Aboderin, in 1971. [6] He later established Vanguard Newspaper in 1983 with three other Nigerian columnists. [7] Amuka was described as a "Gentleman of the Press" by President Muhammadu Buhari on his 80th ...
Vice presidents who served as acting president Acting president Date Start/end times President Event George H. W. Bush: July 13, 1985 11:28 am – 7:22 pm EDT Ronald Reagan: Colon cancer surgery [23] [24] Dick Cheney: June 29, 2002 7:09 am – 9:24 am EDT George W. Bush: Colonoscopy [25] [26] July 21, 2007 7:16 am – 9:21 am EDT Kamala Harris
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu will meet U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month, his spokesman said on Saturday. The U.N. general ...
The claim: Video shows ‘Nigerian president’ ordering Americans to leave country. A Feb. 4 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of a man dressed in military attire ...
Politics Nigeria runs polls on candidates running for election on its website. In 2018, the paper conducted a poll on popularity of president Muhammadu Buhari for re-election for a second term in office. The result of the poll showed 70 per cent of respondents voted against the president’s re-election. [5] [6]
The Federal Government of Nigeria declared a seven-day mourning period. [46] Acting President Goodluck Jonathan said "Nigeria has lost the jewel on its crown and even the heavens mourn with our nation tonight. As individuals and as a nation we prayed for the recovery of Mr President.
The first inauguration of Goodluck Jonathan as the 14th president of Nigeria, and 3rd in the fourth republic was held on Thursday, 6 May 2010 in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja, following the death of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua the night before. Jonathan had been acting as president since 9 February 2010, 86