It was the summer of 1980. The Olympics were about to take place in Moscow. The world was in crisis. The Games were threatened. The USA reacted, imposing sanctions on the USSR and boycotting the Games! It was a model established during the previous Games in 1976 by African countries that deployed the power of … Read more
Ex-Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has paid tribute to the late American President Jimmy Carter, recalling how the former US leader visited Nigeria to plead for his release during the reign of military junta leader Sani Abacha. President Carter was one of my foreign friends who stuck their necks out to save my life … Read more
Former Nigeria’s President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday listed some similarities he shared with the late Jimmy Carter, a former American President. Obasanjo listed the similarities at a funeral service he organised in the memory of Carter at the Chapel of Christ the Glorious King in Abeokuta. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the funeral service … Read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo honoured the memory of his late friend and former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, with a memorial service on Sunday at the Chapel of Christ the Glorious King, located within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Describing Carter as a “titan and man of peace,” Obasanjo paid … Read more
By Steve Egbo “When beggars die, there are no comets seen, but the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of Princes” – William Shakespeare. All over the world, the death of a President is a very huge affair. Whether it is in Africa, Asia, Europe or America. A presidential death is a big deal in … Read more
In honour of the late former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, the United States (US) Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos will temporarily close on Thursday, January 9, 2025. TheNewsGuru reports that the late president, Carter passed away on December 29, 2024, at the age of 100. The U.S. Mission to … Read more
Adored as man of peace globally, former US number one citizen, Jimmy Carter finally embarks on his final journey home. The body of the former United States President was transferred to the US Capitol on Tuesday in a grand and solemn military ceremony, where it will lie in state until a national funeral … Read more
The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd.), has credited the agency’s growing successes in combating drug trafficking and abuse to the support it receives from international partners, particularly the United States government. Speaking on January 7, 2025, at the commissioning of a central … Read more
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has paid a heartfelt tribute to Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. President who passed away on December 29, 2024. Speaking to Channels Television from his Abeokuta residence in Ogun State, Obasanjo expressed deep admiration for Carter, whom he credits as one of the reasons he is alive today. Reflecting on … Read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, as a man who was a great leader by any standard. The former Nigerian leader, in an interview with Arise TV on Monday, hailed the former US president devotion to freedom, civil rights and democracy while upholding justice. Obasanjo noted that Carter was … Read more