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Season of coup in West Africa

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Coup: Why we sacked President Ali Bongo – Gabonese army 30th August 2023 Gabon Military Officers. Photo: AFP Kindly share this story: Gabonese army officers under the aegis of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions on Wednesday morning announced on national television why they are taking over power from President Ali Bongo in the country. The soldiers highlighted serious institutional, political, economic and social crises as factors responsible for the coup that they tagged, ‘necessary’ for the progress of the West African country. In a nationwide address rendered in French but translated to English by AFP, the junta said, “Our beautiful country, Gabon, has always been a haven of peace. “Today, the country is going through a serious institutional, political, economic and social crisis. “We are therefore forced to admit that the organisation of the general elections of August 26, 2023, did not meet the conditions for a transparent, credible and inclusive ballo...

News in brief

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  NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Monday morning Published   on   August 28, 2023 By   Ochogwu Sunday Good morning! Here is today’s summary from  Nigerian Newspapers: 1. President Bola Tinubu has said the country cannot continue to service its debt with 90 percent of its revenue. He noted that the country was headed for destruction should that continue. Tinubu spoke during the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association on Sunday in Abuja. 2. The Nigerian Navy has vowed to fish out, arrest, and prosecute fleeing owners of abandoned sea-going vessels arrested for alleged illegal oil bunkering activities. This is as the Navy insisted that a vessel, ‘MV Cecelia’, set ablaze by its operatives in Rivers State recently was involved in oil theft. 3. A 29-year-old South African drug trafficker, Erasmus Jean-Pierre, has been arrested in Nigeria for attempting to export 2.6kg of methamphetamine concealed in his luggage to Mid...

SS1 government tutorial

  GOVERNMENT  OGO OLUWA GROUP OF SCHOOLS  Government tutorials  1 a. Define government as an institution. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ b. State five functions of government.  i___________________________________________________________________________ ii________________________________________________________________________ iii___________________________________________________ iv___________________________________________________ 'v___________________________________________________ C. Define government as a process or art of governing. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ D. State five importance of government as an academic field of study  i____________________________________________________ ii___________________________________________________ iii___________________...