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 ...

PRES. TINUBU CONGRATULATES THE NEW IPI NIGERIA LEADERSHIP.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE


 STATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT


PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES THE NEW IPI NIGERIA LEADERSHIP


 

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Mr Musikilu Mojeed, editor-in-chief of PREMIUM TIMES and other newly elected leaders of the Nigeria chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI).


Members re-elected Mr Mojeed as President of the IPI Nigeria alongside Media Trust's Ahmed Shekarau (Secretary) and Fidelis Mbah of Al Jazeera Television (Deputy President).


Members also elected Rafatu Salami of Voice of Nigeria (Treasurer), Yomi Adeboye of Herald Newspaper (Assistant Secretary) and Tobi Soniyi of Arise News (Legal Adviser).


The President urged the new chapter leadership to work with the administration to expand access to information and reinforce the country's democratic ethos.


President Tinubu said the new IPI leadership has a prominent role in ensuring responsible journalism that advances national interest, as enshrined in the constitution.

 


Bayo Onanuga


Special Adviser to the President

(Information and Strategy)

December 15, 2024

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