Murtala Muhammed Foundation Annual Lecture
Liberia’s Ellen Sirleaf, others for Murtala Muhammed lecture in Abuja
Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as well as her Botswana and Tanzanian counterparts, Festus Mogae and Jakaya Kikwete will, tomorrow in Abuja, deliver goodwill messages at the Murtala Muhammed Foundation Annual Lecture in memory of former Head of State, the Late General Murtala Muhammed.
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