Flowerbudnews Dakar: At Senegal’s Presidential Palace in Dakar, outgoing President Macky Sall receives President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Faye’s opposition comrade Ousmane Sonko was waiting for his turn to shake hands with the man under whose watch both opposition leaders were jailed. They were only released through general amnesty aContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Abuja (Flowerbudnews) Below are the names and countries of posting of Nigeria ‘s new Ambassadors. Confirmation is however, being awaited from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs *S/N Name State Of Origin Portfolio.* 1. Obinna Chukwuemeka Agbugba Abia Ambassador to Togo. 2. Salisu Umaru Adamawa Ambassador to Senegal.Continue Reading
By Paul Ejime Dakar (Flowerbudnews): Outgoing Senegal’s President Macky Sall, on Monday congratulated opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory in Sunday’s presidential election. Almost all other presidential candidates, including former Prime Minister Ahmadou Ba, the candidate of the ruling Alliance for Republic, APR, have also conceded defeatContinue Reading
By Paul Ejime Dakar (Flowerbudnews): With less than 24 hours to Senegal’s March 24 Presidential election, the race has become more interesting with former President Abdoulaye Wade’s Senegalese Democratic Party, PDS, joining the main opposition Coalition’s candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The Constitutional Council had disqualified Karim Wade, the PDS’sContinue Reading
By Danladi Ahmed Abuja (Flowerbudnews): Nigeria’s economic prosperity could be galvanised through a structured Diaspora Investment, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM, has declared. The NIDCOM Boss emphasized this at a strategic meeting with an Investment Group, Optiva Capital in Abuja, Gabriel Odu of NIDCOM Media, PublicContinue Reading
By Paul Ejime (Flowerbudnews): Senegal prides itself as a country of “Teranga,” or hospitable people. Until its recent political tensions and uncertainty over the rescheduling of the presidential election from 25 February to 24 March 2024, and President Macky Sall’s later jettisoned third-term plan, the country held hope asContinue Reading
By Paul Ejime Dakar (Flowerbudnews): After months of political uncertainty and tensions, all appears set for Senegal’s 7.03 million registered voters to choose their country’s new president at the rescheduled election on 24th March 2024 ECOWAS, the regional bloc is deploying 130 Long-term and Short-term observers led by ProfContinue Reading
By Paul Ejime Dakar (Flowerbudnews): Ahead of the 24th March crucial presidential election, Senegalese Christians on Sunday prayed for peaceful and transparent electoral process in their country. Similar prayers were also held at various Mosques in the Muslim dominated country on Friday. Abbe Jean Joe, who officiated the MassContinue Reading
By Paul Ejime Abuja (Flowerbudnews): Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Nigeria’s former Foreign Minister, and United Nations Under-Secretary-General will lead a 120-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Senegal’s Presidential election rescheduled to the 24th of March 2024. The Mission includes 14 Long-Term Observers (LTOs), who are experts in variousContinue Reading
