Tag: Rishi Sunak

Sunak appoints ex-PM, David Cameron as Foreign Secretary, in shock cabinet re-shuffle

Aminu Imam

British Prime Minister from 2010-2016, David Cameron, has been appointed as UK Foreign Secretary, following a cabinet reshuffle in Downing Street. A former prime minister returning to government in this way is regarded as unusual. Camerons re-instatement into the cabinet of Rishi Sunak, the current prime minister, was announced yesterday, after Sunak sacked the erstwhile Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, for using inflammatory language in an article published in the Times newspaper. In her article, Braverman also described pro-Palestinian protesters as hate marchers, and added: I do not believe that these…

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British Prime Minister condemns cowardly execution of British-Iranian

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was appalled by Irans decision to execute British-Iranian dual national, Alireza Akbari. This was a callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their own people, Sunak wrote on Twitter. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly also took to Twitter, saying the barbaric act deserved condemnation in the strongest terms. This will not stand unchallenged, Cleverly wrote. Iran had sentenced the former top politician to death earlier in the week over espionage charges.

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‘Rishi Sunaks rise to UK Prime Minister an inspiration to millions of youths’ – Buhari

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari says the new British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is an inspiration to millions of youths across the Commonwealth of Nations. Sunak was elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party on Monday and will now be named the United Kingdom (UK) prime minister. He is the first UK prime minister of British-Asian descent and the youngest in modern times. In a congratulatory statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari asked Sunak to remember the unbreakable friendship between Nigeria and the UK. He assured Sunak that…

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Rishi Sunak set to become UKs new Prime Minister after winning party race

Aminu Imam

Rishi Sunak is set to become Britain’s first prime minister of colour today, Tuesday, after he won the race to lead the Conservative Party, tasked with steering a deeply divided country through an economic downturn set to leave millions of people poorer. One of the wealthiest politicians in Westminster, Sunak, 42, will become the country’s youngest leader in modern times – and its third in less than two months – as he takes over during one of the most turbulent eras in British political history. He replaces Liz Truss, who…

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