MALI RENAMES COLONIAL FRENCH STREET NAMES. (PHOTO).

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 Mali renames colonial French street names Mali followed Burkina Faso and Niger on Wednesday in renaming streets and squares in its capital to get rid of their French colonial names, AFP reported. Streets bearing the names of members of France's colonial administration have been rebaptised in Bamako, according to a decree by the junta chief. Cedeao Avenue (the French acronym for the Economic Community of West African States or ECOWAS) is also now named after a new strategic confederation that Mali has formed with Burkina Faso and Niger – the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). In all, nearly 25 names have been replaced, among them boulevards, streets, squares and public establishments. Niger and Burkina Faso have already made several changes to street and monument names in the last two years. In October, Niger renamed several historic sites in its capital Niamey which previously bore references to old colonial master France. Mali has been ruled by the military since back-to-back coups ...

CUPP BACKS BADENOCH AS IGBOHO CAUTIONS SHETTIMA. (PHOTO).


 CUPP backs Badenoch as Igboho cautions Shettima


The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has backed Kemi Badenoch’s remarks on developments in Nigeria. Its National Secretary, Chief Ameh Peter, in a statement yesterday, noted that the British politician’s description of Nigeria reflects the daily struggles citizens face. 

  

CUPP argued that Badenoch’s assertion, though difficult to hear, underscored the urgent need for change in the country. It maintained that the comments highlight the “pervasive corruption and misguided policies that have plagued Nigeria, leading to widespread poverty and a lack of opportunities.” 


CONVERSELY, Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (popularly known as Sunday Igboho), yesterday, urged President Bola Tinubu to caution his deputy, Kashim Shettima, over what he termed “unwarranted attacks on the leader of the British Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch.”

  

Shettima had reportedly chided the Nigerian-British parliamentarian for making some “scathing comments on corruption in Nigeria”, as well as proclaiming her indigenous Yoruba identity, and alleged refusal to identify with Northern Nigeria.

   

In a statement, Igboho stated:  “It is incumbent for President Bola Tinubu, who is also from Yoruba ethnic nationality and lineage, to direct Shettima to face his duties as Vice President, rather than dissipate energy or engage in verbal war against Badenoch, who merely expressed her candid, but true opinion on the pervasive corruption in Nigeria’s system.”

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