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A former vice president of Zimbabwe went on trial on Wednesday for alleged abuse of power and corruption. Phelekezela Mphoko, 80, served as a deputy to Zimbabwe’s late ex-president Robert Mugabe, who was ousted in a coup in November 2017 after almost four decades in power. The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) accused him of criminal
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Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs led more than 100 prominent African-American men Monday in penning an open letter urging presidential candidate Joe Biden to choose a woman of colour as his running mate. The presumptive Democratic nominee is expected to announce his vice presidential pick in the coming days, ahead of next week’s Democratic National Convention.
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United States President, Donald Trump’s challenger in the US election, Joe Biden, is soon to announce his vice presidential pick. But what does a VP really do? – Do they matter? – The vice presidency may not be quite as frustrating and bewildering as the portrayal given by Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the HBO series “Veep.”
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Explains how we must change the narrative Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria and Nigerians will come out of COVID-19 pandemic stronger. Osinbajo made this assertion during his interaction at the 2020 edition of ‘The Platform’ themed “Nigeria’s battle against COVID-19”. “We will get through this much stronger economically and much stronger
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The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said natural resources such and oil, gas and minerals, including talents, mean little without creativity and value addition. According to Vice President Osinbajo, it is value addition and creativity that is the difference between poverty and wealth. Osinbajo said these when he delivered a lecture entitled “Facing the
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South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Friday appointed rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president, paving way for the formation of a unity government that seeks to end six years of war. “I President Salva Kiir Mayardit, president of South Sudan, do hereby issue a decree for the appointment of Dr. Riek Machar Teny as
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South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar was sworn in as first vice president on Saturday, formally rejoining the government in the latest bid to bring peace to a nation ravaged by war. President Salva Kiir hailed the “official ending of war” and said peace was now “irreversible” as the new unity government was formed after
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The Vice President of Nigeria Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has extolled the virtue of the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s late father, Elder Gabriel Emmanuel Nkanang who was laid to rest on Saturday at Onna Local Government Area.
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Vice President Yemi Osinbajo marked one year of his survival from a helicopter crash in 2019 with a thanksgiving service at the Aso Villa Chapel, Abuja. The Vice President and 11 other persons exactly at the height of political campaigns for the general elections exactly a year ago, escaped unscathed
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The Philippines’ vice president vowed to carry on a fight against President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-narcotics campaign, a day after he removed her from the chair of an inter-agency panel tasked with overseeing his war on drugs. Leni Robredo, a former human rights lawyer who was elected separately from the president, was named as head
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