Month: May 2025

Three Africans, 13 other cardinals emerge as potential successors to Pope Francis

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With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just that — speculation. But here are 16 cardinals who are among the potential favourites to succeed Pope Francis — so-called “papabili” — divided by region. AFRICA Peter Turkson (Ghana), 76, Archbishop emeritus of Cape Coast One of the Church’s most influential cardinals from Africa, Turkson has for years been mentioned as a possible first black pope. Made a cardinal by…

I dumped PDP for APC to avoid altercation with Adeleke — Oluwole Oke

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The member representing Oriade/Obokun in the House of Representatives, Oluwole Oke, recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party. Featuring on a programme aired by a private radio station in Osogbo, Rave FM, monitored by BOLA BAMIGBOLA, Oke said the need to support a Yoruba President and the refusal of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to fix decaying infrastructure in his Federal Constituency made him quit the PDP. After months of suspicions, you finally announced your resignation from the PDP. What pulled you out of the party? I decided to leave the…

‘Cabals’ still fighting against our refinery — Dangote

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The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, says he is still fighting for the survival of his $20bn refinery, stressing that the fight is not yet finished. Dangote expressed optimism that he would win the fight for the refinery, stating his determination to fight on. According to Semafor, an international news medium, Africa’s richest man spoke at an investor forum in Lagos on Friday. The report stated that Dangote pointed out that some individuals who “for a very, very long time” have “made a lot of money from” government-subsidised…