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Buhari's second retirement, now 1 year, 243 days, is currently the shortest, Yakubu Gowon's retirement, now 49 years, is the longest in Nigeria's history. At age 90, Gowon is also the oldest of the seven living heads of state. Shehu Shagari who died in 2018 aged 93 is the nation's longest-lived head of state.
After graduating, Sunak worked for Goldman Sachs and later as a partner at the hedge fund firms the Children's Investment Fund Management and Theleme Partners. Sunak was elected to the House of Commons at the 2015 general election. As a backbencher, Sunak supported the successful campaign for Brexit in the 2016 European Union membership referendum.
Nigeria’s population of over 210 million people — the continent’s largest — is also among the hungriest in the world and its government has struggled to create jobs.
The widow of Biafra President Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, [3] [4] she is a multiple international pageant titleholder, having won Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Miss Africa, and Miss Intercontinental. Formerly a presidential advisor, [5] [4] she was the country's ambassador to Ghana and became Nigeria's Ambassador to Spain in 2012. [6]
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KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Esther Joseph said she went "almost mad" with anguish when her 13-year-old daughter Precious Sim was kidnapped from a northern Nigeria high school along with other ...
Rishi Sunak served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom from his appointment on 13 February 2020 to his resignation on 5 July 2022. His tenure was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, with Sunak becoming a prominent figure in the government's response to the pandemic, giving economic support to struggling businesses through various schemes.
At least 137 school children who were kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria earlier this month have now been released, the governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state Uba Sani confirmed in a TV interview ...