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NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL VACUUM IN REAL TIME (FEB 2010)

NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL VACUUM IN REAL TIME (FEB 2010)

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by The Muse.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010: Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, may have resubmitted her memo calling for the invocation of Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution to declare President Umaru Yar’Adua medically unfit to govern for deliberation at next Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
FEBRUARY 9, 2010: Acceptance Speech by His Excellency, Dr Goodluck Ebele [...]

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NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL VACUUM IN REAL TIME (JAN 2010)

NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL VACUUM IN REAL TIME (JAN 2010)

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by The Muse.

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JANUARY 1, 2010: The US blacklist Nigeria, this meant the introduction of more stringent criteria for visa applications, more intensive searches and extra security checks on its air passengers. In the weeks to follow (in the absence of a President), various members of the government including the national assembly makes public speeches appealing Nigeria’s inclusion [...]

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