OBI ATTRIBUTES STAMPEDE TRAGEDIES IN OYO, FCT, AND ANAMBRA TO HUNGER AND SYSTEMIC ISSUES. (PHOTO).

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 Peter Obi has blamed hunger and systemic failures for the recent spate of stampedes across the country.  Scores of persons were dead, and many others wounded in the tragic incidents in Ibadan, Oyo State; Okija in Anambra and another one in the nation’s capital of Abuja. The stampedes happened in a space of five days with the last two occurring on Saturday morning during food distribution campaigns. Obi, who was the Labour Party (LP)’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, said the incidents underline the rising hunger in the country which has led to desperation. “I am deeply saddened and distressed by the tragic loss of lives in desperate searches for food,” Obi, who is a former governor of Anambra State, wrote in a post on his X account Saturday afternoon. “While I will not cast blame but instead appreciate the organizers of these respective events for their kind gestures in providing palliatives and support to society, especially the poor, these tragedies reflect the...

MOHAMMED YUNUS WILL BE SWORN IN AS THE HEAD OF BANGLADESH INTERIM GOVT.(PHOTO).


 


Bangladeshi Nobel peace prize laureate MOHAMMAD YUNUS will be sworn in as the head of the interim government of Bangladesh. 


This is according to the Army Chief of Staff WAKER-UZ-ZAMAN, who said the calls of the protesters will be respected.. 


Congratulations to Mohamed Yunus and the Bangladeshi citizens.. 


We will be profiling MOHAMMAD YUNUS after his oath of office.. 


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BANGLADESH PROTESTERS WANT NOBEL PRIZE WINNER MUHAMMAD YUNUS TO LEAD AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT.. 


 A key organizer of Bangladesh’s student protests Tuesday called for Nobel Peace Prize laureate MUHAMMAD YUNUS to head an interim government, a day after longtime Prime Minister SHEIKH HASINA resigned and fled the country following weeks of deadly unrest.


HASINA resigned and fled the country by helicopter to India and she will be heading to London today according to sources close to her.As protesters defied military curfew orders to march on the capital, before thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence and other buildings associated with her party and family.


Her depature came after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into deadly violence, fuelling a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. The government attempted to quell demonstrations by shutting schools, imposing curfews and sending in troops to shoot tear gas, rubber bullets, and live ammunition, leading to some 300 deaths, but those heavy-handed tactics only drove further discontent.

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