Tag Archives: First Lady

Rwandans urged to strive for self-reliance as commemoration week starts

April 8, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

The President and the First Lady lay a wreath at Kigali Memorial Center. (photo Village Urugwiro) In the next 100 days, Rwandans will the 19th time commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis which cost more than one million lives. … read more »

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Where is the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria?

April 2, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Ogbuefi Ndigbo Nigerians are agaon asking: Where is the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria? There was anger two months ago when it emerged that the 2013 budget for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), contained a whopping N4 … read more »

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Nigeria’s first lady Patience Jonathan returns

October 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has returned to Nigeria after about two months abroad where she went for medical check-up in Germany.   She was at the Horst Schmidt Klinik in Germany for an undisclosed ailment, which kept her … read more »

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Nigerian First Lady is expected home this week

October 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Abuja – According to latest report, the wife of Nigerian President  is expected home this week.  According to the report, a presidential jet has already left the capital Abuja and will bring the First Lady home on Thursday. Patience Jonathan has … read more »

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Nigeria: Presidency Keeps Mum On First Lady’s Ailment

September 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The presidency yesterday declined further comment on reports that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan was undergoing medical treatment abroad, following food poisoning even as on-line media reports said the ailment struck eleven days ago in Dubai where she had … read more »

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Obama follows his own advice to ‘go big’ this Valentine’s Day by treating wife Michelle to lavish dinner at top restaurant

February 16, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

After warning men across the country ‘go big’ this Valentine’s day, it appears President Obama took his own advice. He treated the First Lady to dinner at pricey restaurant Vermilion where plates of caviar, beef and chocolate truffle tarts were … read more »

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Sahara Reporters On “Culture Of Waste And Insensitivity”

January 30, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Reuben Abati, Ph.D Dear Omoyele Sowore, RE: Sahara Reporters on “Culture of Waste and Insensitivity” and the 18th AU Summit I observe that you have made no effort, following my earlier explanations, to amend your story titled “Culture of … read more »

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Uganda judge extends media ban on outing gays

November 23, 2010 by benim

A Ugandan high court judge on Tuesday extended a ban on the publication in the media of pictures identifying people as homosexuals, sparking the ire of a leading anti-gay pastor. Judge Vincent Musoke-Kibuuka extended the ban at a Tuesday hearing … read more »

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