Prince Charles has spent a lifetime waiting to be king. On Friday the 69-year-old heir to the British throne got another position to wait for — he was approved as the next head of the Commonwealth made up of the U.K. and the countries that once were its colonies. Commonwealth leaders
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has returned one of France’s highest honors, branding the country a “slave” of the United States for launching joint strikes against his regime. The Syrian government announced the decision to hand back the Légion d'honneur in a strongly worded statement, condemning strikes by France, the U.S. and
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is to hold its National Convention on Monday 14 of next month. In a statement by the National Organising Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso, the party’s ward congresses is to hold on Wednesday May 2, 2018; while the local government congresses are to hold on Saturday,
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has initiated talks with former Heads of State, national leaders and prominent statesmen and some political groups to form a fresh political platform to wrestle power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. The party, at its National Executive Committee (NEC) emergency meeting
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, has expressed doubts as to whether the claim of ill health by Olisah Metuh, the embattled former National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), is true. The trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, said on Thursday while delivering a ruling on an application seeking the
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Senior lawyer, Festus Keyamo, SAN, as the Director, Strategic Communications, (Official Spokesperson) for his 2019 presidential campaign. This was contained in a statement issued from office of the Director-General, President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization. Keyamo has been an ardent defender of the current administration. The statement reads, “Kindly
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Russia has sent two warships carrying tanks and military equipment towards the Middle East following co-ordinated military action in Syria. The boats were spotted on The Bosphorus on Sunday, as Vladimir Putin warned that the world would experience ‘chaos’ if Syria was attacked again. The vessels are believed to be making their
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Putin has reacted to the attacks by western allies on Syria. In a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, Putin and Rouhani agreed that the Western strikes had damaged the chances of achieving a political resolution in the seven-year Syria conflict, according to a Kremlin statement. "Vladimir Putin, in particular,
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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met behind closed doors with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in London, the United Kingdom (UK). The president’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Alhaji Bashir Ahmad, made this known on his tweeter handle, @BashirAhmad, in Abuja. He did not give details
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Theresa May is to hold an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss joining the United States and France in possible military action against Syria. The prime minister summoned her senior ministers to No 10 after saying “all the indications” were the regime of Bashar al-Assad was responsible for a suspected chemical weapons
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