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The Crocodile will soon be sworn in as Interim President. I hope he restores Zimbabwe to the path of peace, prosperity and progress

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose sacking as vice president sparked the crisis that led to Robert Mugabe’s resignation, could be named as the country’s new leader on Wednesday, a ruling party spokesman told AFP.

“I believe that the fired vice president Mnangagwa, who the party central committee endorsed… will come back in the next 24 hours or so and he will be the one who will be sworn in to be president for 90 days,” said ZANU-PF spokesman Simon Khaya Moyo on Tuesday

Soon after, Zimbabwe army chief General Constantino Chiwenga called for “maximum restraint” and law and order to be upheld after Mugabe’s resignation sparked wild celebrations and plunged the country into uncertainty.

“Against the backdrop of the latest developments in our country, your defence and security services would want to appeal to all Zimbabweans across the political divide to exercise maximum restraint and observe law and order to the fullest,” Chiwenga said at a press briefing.

Mnangagwa back strongly

Mugabe’s resignation on Tuesday as president of Zimbabwe paved the way for Mnangagwa, whose sacking led to the autocrat’s downfall.

On Sunday, Mnangagwa was named president of the ruling ZANU-PF party in place of Mugabe.

That put him one step away from the top job as Mugabe was told to quit or be forced from office.

Nicknamed “Ngwena” (The Crocodile) because of his fearsome power and ruthlessness, the 75-year-old Mnangagwa had appeared to have been outfoxed by Mugabe’s wife, Grace.

The first lady, who is 41 years younger than her husband, lobbied the veteran head of state to ditch his vice president, a long-serving lieutenant, to further her own political ambitions.

But Mnangagwa has close ties with the military, which was alarmed at Grace’s rise, and the generals intervened.

It was the climax of a long feud between Grace and Mugabe’s deputy to be in pole position to replace the ailing leader when he died or retired.

Mnangagwa — a long-time party loyalist and hardliner who, say some, could prove as authoritarian as Mugabe — initially fled to South Africa after his sacking.

But the dramatic seizure of power by the military returned him to centre-stage.

In the early days after independence from Britain in 1980, Mugabe made Mnangagwa, who was then a young trainee lawyer, minister for national security.

Mnangagwa thereafter occupied a host of cabinet positions — but relations between him and his political mentor were not always cosy, and the younger man was no stranger to presidential purges.

In 2004 he lost his post as the secretary for administration in the party after being accused of openly angling for the post of vice president.






http://www.nigeriatoday.ng/2017/11/mnangagwa-to-take-charge-of-zimbabwe/amp/

Lai Mohammed. This is not Mugabe's mansion, try another lie

The cockroach of Ubima should allow Wike to work. I wonder what his problems are

Happy birthday GEJ




May God bless our incoming President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

ibkayee:
I know he was once his ally, lesser as per anything is better than Mugabe at this point

The crocodile is more brutal and fearsome than Mugabe. He was a former spy Chief and one of the leaders of guerrilla wars against the British in the seventies. Ask yourself why a supposed VP has over 70% Military Officers loyal to.

Drives around Harare without security, he's the only senior govt officials that can dare do such a thing

ufuosman:
Old picture, look at former efcc chairman. 2011 election things

So in 2011, Ribadu, Tinubu and Atiku were in the same Party Abi? You've forgotten Atiku contested PDP primary against Goodluck while Ribadu was in ACN with Tinubu.

Now all three are in APC

meccuno:
what is wrong with this dude??

Which dude?

Tinubu is seen here greeting Fmr Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar while Nuhu Ribadu and SA President Jacob Zuma look on in admiration.


What do you have to say about this pic?

Op, you've not made any reasonable sense. If you were my student, I'll give you F9 in all your courses

These are all exercise in futility because Nigerians have already made up their minds to ATIKULATE in 2019


The Resident Permits of Intel's expats and other companies illegally revoked will be restored. We can't kill companies and make Nigerians to be out of jobs all because of politics.

Nicklybrown77:
The 25-bedroom private house was reportedly constructed by a Serbian construction company Energo project to a Chinese architectural design. The palace nicknamed, ‘Blue roof’ has two lakes in its 44 acre landscaped grounds and is protected by a multi-million pounds radar system.

Approach roads to the mansion, topped by a Chinese-style roof clad in midnight blue tiles from Shanghai, are off limits to the general public.

source: https://royalsgist.com/2017/11/15/photos-robert-mugabe-lives-like-king-multi-million-pounds-house/

Lai Mohammed! This is not Mr Mugabe's mansion. Na lie go kill una

I used to respect Mr Mugabe for his intelligence and sound education but I didn't know he has become very foolish lately. How can you sacked your powerful Vice President, one of the leaders of the revolution and someone who has over 70% of senior military officers loyalty to and you expect to continue in power ?


I think Mr Mugabe is no longer in his right senses

Dr Kini? sarrki and fake news is like Lai Mohammed and lies, inseparable.


I don't know what you guys gain by continuing recycling old news just to wash Buhari's dirty linen which can never be cleaned again. It's honorary doctorate which Kaduna uni gave him about a year or so ago and was on front page here.


Honorary Doctorate doesn't make one be called a doctor. You should rather tell him to present his waec cert

ycmdng:
Tired of this show of force without action.

Even if a mad man is in Washington, he will never wish for action because if that happens, Tokyo and Seoul will be destroyed and the world will be in chaos.

Pray for absolute diplomacy and not action bro

NgeneUkwenu:


Shut up, ipob yoot!

Hahahahaha... Loretta Anochie, you're back from hibernation on nairaland. I hail you


I heard BMC is in coma, how are you going to survive now?

very stupid people, you think all of us can not think with the brain God gave us abi? Who is the owner of the money you planted? The flat has no owner or the money developed wings into the building abi, useless people with their lies and propaganda

India and bad news is like Lai Mohammed and lies, inseparable

JayB11:
Which Adamawa are you talking about sir? The disparity btw the poor and the rich is a human nature reality, its also a global thing. Adamawa has been blessed with top politicians but what have they done to us? Same Atiku you are criticizing is the only Politician in Adamawa that is single handedly developing the state's economy. American University of Nigeria, Faro Company, Adama Plastic Bottling Company, Rico Gado Company, Radio and TV Gotel; all these companies and institutions has changed Adamawa's status. If you are a cleaner in any of Atiku's establishments, u will rarely beg elsewhere, he reduced unemployment at a great level, and he offers lots of scholarships at his University, those who benefit from him are those close to us, so it doesnt sound like we heard so and so. If u say he stole our money, consider that he is one of the few giving back and the only in Adamawa. I am tellin u out of truth as an Adamawa citizen. People who hate Atiku are Religious fanatics.

May God bless you my boss! If Atiku were President in 2015 things wouldn't have gone this bad in Nigeria. Buhari knows nothing about governance and leadership, he would be kicked out in 2019

Pastor Osinbajo is becoming something else these days. Imagine the NNPC saga where Baru boldly accepted that he awarded contracts worth 26 billion dollars as claimed by Kachikwu but he got approval from President Buhari. He didn't deny the contracts thing but only for Osinbajo's office to come out to contradict it by saying it was a loan not contracts, defending obvious fraud.


Since then I've totally lost confidence in him

ibkgab001:
God punish both of you

You need to have your BP check asap...thank me later bro

The title of the thread should rather be-BMC(BSO) Agents Slam Atiku... not Nigerians because we in the majority have already decided that Atiku Abubakar is our president come 2019.

May God bless Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for speaking out for the oppressed

aolawale025:
Since when do presidential spokesmen speak for political parties

My dear d thing tire me o. Femi Adesina that used to be a pastor now talks carelessly

sarrki:
Nigerian press are as useless as Buhari and his Ministers

Its a societal thing

Fixed!

God bless our incoming President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

modelmike7:
Lawmakers, The Enemies of the State.

Sarrki and useless comment is like Lai Mohammed and lies, inseparable

cosby02:
Bukola is a yoruba man.


But SW, no one.


Meanwhile, am not sure Yorubas are so concerned about occupying positions.

I don't know why you Yorubas like behaving funny. Oloye Saraki, before he died specifically said he isn't Yoruba. Full Stop. Bukola has also refused to comment on this issue till date


Let me ask a question, recently all appointed and elected Yorubas in the current government met in Ibadan, Bukola was in Nigeria but refused to attend, why did he refuse to attend the summit?

Thousands of South Koreans protested on Sunday against an upcoming visit by Donald Trump and called for peace as the US President begins an Asian tour dominated by North Korea’s nuclear programme.


Trump, who arrived in Tokyo on Sunday, is set to visit the South from Tuesday to Wednesday as part of his first Asian trip as head of state that also includes Vietnam, China and the Philippines.


He is scheduled to hold a summit with President Moon Jae-in and visit a US military base, with all eyes on his message to the North and its leader Kim Jong-un.


Tensions flared after Pyongyang staged a sixth atomic test in September and test-launched multiple missiles capable of reaching the US mainland, while Trump and Kim have traded colourful personal attacks.


South Korea is a key US ally and hosts 28,500 US troops but many of Trump’s critics in the South see him as a warmonger whose recent war of words with Kim has heightened tensions on the flashpoint peninsula.


“We oppose war! Negotiate peace!” the protesters chanted in central Seoul, waving banners and balloons emblazoned “Peace, not war” and “We want peace”.


Many slammed both Trump and Kim for heightening the risk of conflict.




http://m.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2118506/oppose-war-negotiate-peace-thousands-south-koreans-protest-ahead

President Donald Trump shook hands confidently with Japanese Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo


In 2009 his predecessor Barack Obama bowed deeply before the emperor in a sign of respect that was seen as a show of weak deference in the United States


Obama had already set the tone of American weakness by bowing to the Saudi king at a G20 summit in London


Trump offered just a nod of his head to the aging emperor on Monday

President Donald Trump met with
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Monday, sharing a brief handshake eight years after his predecessor became a global laughingstock by bowing deeply before the monarch.


Visiting with the emperor and empress is routine for heads of state visiting Tokyo, and Trump did his part a few hours before a joint press conference with Prime Minster Shinzo Abe, who wields more power than the aging figurehead.


Trump nodded his head slightly, but did not bend at the waist.


An administration official traveling with Trump on his Far East tour told DailyMail.com that bowing is 'not his style – never has been.'



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5053019/Trump-shakes-Japan-emperor-s-hand-doesn-t-bow-like-Obama.html