The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has conferred on visiting President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Fayethe honorary citizenship of Abuja with the presentation of the symbolic key to the city. Faye is in Nigeria on an official visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Wike welcomed the Senegalese President on his arrival at…
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. A press statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Chief Ajuri Ngelale on Monday, said the president’s trip is at the invitation of the Republic of Senegal. President Tinubu, who…
Senegalese today protested against President Macky Sall’s controversial move to delay this month’s presidential poll to December Sall’s decision to push back the February 25 vote plunged Senegal into a crisis which has seen three dead amid clashes between protesters and police. The group, which includes some 40 civil, religious and professional groups, had called…
President Macky Sall of Senegal has postponed the country’s presidential election scheduled for February 25, just hours before official campaigning was due to start. In an address to the nation, Sall said he signed a decree abolishing a previous measure that set the date as lawmakers investigate two Constitutional Council judges whose integrity in the…
