PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA ON RE-ELECTION, REAFFIRMS NIGERIA–BRAZIL PARTNERSHIP. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA ON RE-ELECTION, REAFFIRMS NIGERIA–BRAZIL PARTNERSHIP I congratulate my friend, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, on his re-election for a record fourth term. Your renewed mandate offers an opportunity to strengthen the longstanding friendship and historical ties between Nigeria and Brazil. As two leading nations of the Global South, we can promote economic integration and advance our shared interests in a rapidly changing global order. I look forward to expanding cooperation in trade and investment, agriculture and food security, energy, oil and gas, manufacturing, science and technology, education, aviation, and cultural exchange. I affirm Nigeria's continued commitment to working with Brazil to strengthen multilateral cooperation and advance shared priorities in Africa, South America, and across the Global South. On behalf of the people of Nigeria, I wish you a successful new...
The Burundi Government,took the 18 suspects who were involved in the failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza to the High Court yesterday Saturday.The fate of General Godefroid Niyombare,who had announced the take over of President Pierre Nkurunziza on wednesday,was still not clear,yesterday saturday.Family members of two of the 18 men taken to court told pressmen that the suspects had raw wounds on their bodies and one of them had lost hearing in one of his ears due to a beating in the cells.One of the men identified as Juvenal Niyunheko,a senior officer,was escorted into the court without shoes and restrained by handcuffs.It was not immediately clear what charges they were facing.Christella Harerimana,a lawyer representing three of the suspects,said one of her clients had been walking barefoot since he was arrested and that he had been held in a house rather than a police cell,contrary to legal requirements.''They have violated their human rights''.President Pierre Nkurunziza spokesman declined to comment on the claims of abuse when contacted by pressmen.Residents of Bujumbura said they were planning to come out in in large numbers tomorrow monday to protest against Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term.More photos below. 
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