GABON'S LEADER NGUEMA ELECTED PRESIDENT WITH 90.35% OF VOTE, INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS

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 Gabon's leader Nguema elected president with 90.35% of vote, interior minister says Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup in Gabon in August 2023, won Saturday's presidential election with 90.35% of votes cast, according to provisional results, the Central African country's interior minister said on Sunday, Reuters reported. The result cements Nguema's grip on power 19 months after the coup ended more than half a century of rule by the Bongo family in Gabon, an oil producer with a population of around 2.5 million. Nguema's most prominent opponent in the eight-candidate race was Alain Claude Bilie By Nze, who was serving as prime minister under President Ali Bongo at the time of the coup. Nze, 57, finished with 3.02% of the total, according to the provisional results announced. Campaigning in a baseball cap bearing his "We Build Together" slogan, Nguema pitched himself as a change agent cracking down on the corrupt old guard. He vowed to diversify the oil-re...

NIGERIAN TROOPS CHASED 3 GUNMEN ON A BIKE AND KILLED ONE OF THEM IN KATSINA STATE ON FRIDAY.{PHOTOS}.

                                                                              Troops of 35 Battalion,3 Brigade,1 Division,Nigerian Army in a joint patrol with elements of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps {NSCDC}, Katsina State,under the auspices of Operation SHARAN DAJI, on friday 12th August 2016,carried out joint operations along Tsambe-Fafare road,Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State.The operation was predicated on information received by well meaning citizens that 3 gunmen were sighted on motorcycles.The team swung into action an pursued the suspected armed bandits towards Dumburu forest in Zamfara State.During an encounter,the team killed one of the suspected cattle rustlers and armed bandits,while the other two escaped with gun shot wounds.They however recovered an AK-47 rifle with registration number 1985PS6288,additional AK-47 rifle magazine and 3 rounds of 7.62mm {Special} ammunition.Another combined team also carried out special raids operations along Faskari-Sheme-Mairuwa road,Katsina State.It was in that process that they arrested a notorious cattle rustler and armed bandit,Abubakar Mohammed {AKA Gora} along side his boys and accomplices;Anas Gora and Bello Sani.The team recovered 49 cattle and 25 sheep from them.The suspects were handed over to the police while the recovered animals have been handed over to Faskari Local Government Area Council Secretary for handing over to the rightful owners.-Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman,Acting Director Army Public Relations.One more photo below.    

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