Tag: Brazil

  • BOLSONARO APPEAL BEGINS AS BRAZIL SUPREME COURT WEIGHS 27-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR COUP PLOT

    BOLSONARO APPEAL BEGINS AS BRAZIL SUPREME COURT WEIGHS 27-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR COUP PLOT

    ‎Brazil’s Supreme Court has begun reviewing former president Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal against his 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup to block Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office. Two judges have so far voted to uphold the conviction, including Alexandre de Moraes, who led the original trial. Moraes dismissed the defence’s claims of…

  • TINUBU TO LEAVE ABUJA FOR JAPAN, BRAZIL ON THURSDAY

    TINUBU TO LEAVE ABUJA FOR JAPAN, BRAZIL ON THURSDAY

    President Bola Tinubu will today be  traveling to Japan and Brazil, with a stopover in Dubai In Japan, he will attend the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama from August 20-22, focusing on Africa’s economic transformation, business environment, and sustainability. He will also hold bilateral meetings and engage with Japanese company…

  • PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU LEAVES SAINT LUCIA FOR BRAZIL

    PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU LEAVES SAINT LUCIA FOR BRAZIL

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    President Bola Tinubu has left Saint Lucia for Brazil to attend the 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 6-7, after a six-day state visit starting June 28. In Saint Lucia, he met with Governor General Cyril Charles and Prime Minister Philip Pierre, addressed a joint session of the Senate and House of…