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In one-party states, the ruling party's leader (e.g. the General Secretary) is usually the de facto top leader of the state, though sometimes this leader also holds the presidency or premiership. In Andorra , Iran , and Vatican City ( Holy See ), a clergy member also acts as the head of state.
A series of shootouts and encounters are reported in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, after the arrest of the regional leader of the Cártel del Noreste and leader of an armed wing in the state. The United States Consulate in Mexico issues an alert for its citizens to not go out on the streets, and the Nuevo Laredo International Airport ...
The 71-year-old Nigerian leader is attending this year’s session confronted with various challenges at home, from the resurgence of coups in West Africa — whose regional bloc he leads — to ...
Ekpa Simon Njoku [3] (born 21 March 1985), generally known as Simon Ekpa, is a Finnish politician and Biafran political activist. [4] [5] In 2022, while in Finland, he declared the activation of the Biafra Government In Exile (BGIE), and in 2023 declared himself the leader (titled "Prime Minister") of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE).
Despite Fico's controversial status, leaders across Europe condemned the attack, while officials and analysts voiced concern that deepening political divides might be leading the continent down a ...
German-Nigerian relations go back over 160 years to the period of Colonial Nigeria. Chancellor Angela Merkel was the first foreign leader outside Africa to visit Nigeria after Goodluck Johnathan's election in 2011. [2] President Muhammadu Buhari visited Elmau, Germany, to attend the 41st G7 summit in 2015. [3]
About 65 world leaders, which includes most of the leaders of the 54 African countries, were invited. In attendance were former Nigerian heads of state General Yakubu Gowon, and President Goodluck Jonathan. [3] Living heads of state, General Ibrahim Babangida, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, and General Olusegun Obasanjo were not in attendance.
The current constitution of Nigeria has the president of Nigeria as the head of state and government. [1] From 1960 to 1963, the head of state under the Constitution of 1960 was the queen of Nigeria, Elizabeth II, who was also the monarch of other Commonwealth realms. The monarch was represented in Nigeria by a governor-general.