Today's Headlines: AU Condemns Treatment Of Bazoumi By Coup Leaders, Pat Utomi Reveals Battle With Cancer
AU Condemns Treatment Of Bazoumi By Coup Leaders
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The African Union on Friday expressed “deep concern at the reported poor conditions” of Niger President Mohamed Bazoum’s detention, calling his treatment at the hands of coup leaders “unacceptable”.
“Such treatment of a democratically elected president through a regular electoral process is unacceptable,” AU Commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat said in a statement after Bazoum was overthrown by military chiefs last month.
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Pat Utomi Reveals Battle With Cancer
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Former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), Prof. Pat Utomi, has revealed that he shuttled between cancer centres in Lagos State and election campaigns for the 2023 general elections.
The political economist who revealed his health status on his Twitter handle on Friday said that a biopsy he conducted in 2022 showed he was positive, hence, he started treatment with a cancer centre in Ikeja, the Lagos State capital and on the Victoria Island (VI).
Obaseki Says Shaibu Attempted Coup Against Him
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Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, has alleged that Philip Shaibu, his deputy, hatched a plan to kick him out of office.
Addressing stakeholders in a video posted by AIT on Friday, Obaseki said Shaibu has become so desperate to succeed him, ahead of the Edo governorship election in 2024.
“He (Shaibu) went to Abuja and was boasting that he has connections in Abuja, that he has people in the national assembly, that they are all with the president now, that they will take care of him,” Obaseki said.
Prayers Don’t Fix Refineries Or Stabilize Economy – Fr Kelvin
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A Nigerian missionary priest working in Gambia, Fr. Kelvin Ugwu, has told his followers that prayers do not fix refineries or stabilise the nation’s economy.
Ugwu made the assertion in a post his verified Facebook page on Friday.
The cleric said that the reason some church ministers and priests, including him, kept advocating for good governance is because people continuously ask them to pray and give them hope and encouragement to withstand the difficulty and hunger in the country.
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