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Ex-President Jonathan rates Nigeria’s democracy high
[FILES] Goodluck Jonathan. Photo: TWITTER/GEJONATHAN Former President Goodluck Jonathan has observed that the country has made tremendous progress in deepening democratic values since the inception of the Fourth Republic. Jonathan, in a paper he read at National Defence College Course 30 Inauguration Lecture in Abuja as the guest speaker, also said that although democracy might…
September 30, 2021
French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to one year for illegal campaign financing
Nicolas Sarkozy, France's former president, has been handed a year-long sentence after being found guilty of illegal campaign financing in the 2012 election.But a judge at Paris's Correctional Court said the 66-year-old, who held office from 2007 to 2012, does not have to go to jail and can serve his term from home by wearing…
September 30, 2021
S. Korea’s ex-president Park arrested following impeachment over corruption scandal
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye (C) is transferred in a car from Seoul to a detention house in Gyeonggi province, South Korea, on March 31, 2017. Former President Park Geun-hye of South Korea was arrested early Friday as a Seoul court approved the request from prosecutors following her impeachment earlier this month over a…
March 31, 2017