Tag: SHEIKH

ABU to honour Okonjo-Iweala, Sheikh Al-Hussain with honorary degrees

Aminu Imam
ABU to honour

Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU)Zaria, is set to honour the President of the World Trade Organisation, (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Sharif al-Hussain with honorary degrees. According to a statement issued on Friday by the Public Affairs Directorate, Office of the ABU Vice-Chancellor, his decision followed the consideration and endorsement of the recommendation by the Honorary Degrees Committee at the University’s 544th (Special) Senate meeting held on Tuesday, 7 January 2025. The Governing Council subsequently approved it at its 207th meeting on January 7, 2025. The prestigious…

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UN chief welcomes peaceful elections in Somalia

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
FARMAJO, HASSAN SHEIK OF SOMALIA

UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, on Monday welcomed the peaceful presidential elections held in Somalia on Sunday and congratulated the president-elect. Guterres, in a statement by his spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, congratulated the President-elect, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on his election as the 10th president of Somalia. The 66-year-old politician prevailed against 35 candidates in the election for the countrys highest office, including the incumbent president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who had replaced Mohamud in power in February 2017. Parliamentary and presidential elections were long overdue in Somalia, where Farmajos term expired in…

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