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Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:43

PDP speaks on alleged Trump’s comments on Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari has exposed the nation to international ridicule arising from reports (from Financial Times) quoting United States President, Donald Trump, as describing President Buhari as “lifeless”.The party said such embarrassment is a backlash a nation gets when incompetent leaders, out of inferiority complex, resort to jumping around the world, desperately shopping for endorsement from world leaders.The party also said Mr Buhari has been seeking international recognitions that are not predicated on any achievements from his three years in office.“PDP hereby charges Mr. President to take a cue from the comments ascribed to…

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:39

Trump’s Comment: Afenifere urges Buhari to retire in 2019

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, says it believes Nigeria needs a strong and healthier president to run its affairs for the next four years from 2019.Yinka Odumakin, the National Publicity Secretary of the group, stated this on Monday against the backdrop of a statement credited to the U.S. President, Donald Trump, that his meeting with Mr Buhari sometime in April was “lifeless”An article published in Financial Times said Mr Trump told his aides after the meeting that he never wanted to meet a person “so lifeless again.”“The US President may have some issues, but on this one, he is right,”…

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:35

Nigeria’s problem not restructuring – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the problem of Nigeria was not geographical restructuring rather prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly.Osinbajo also said prudent management of the nation’s resources and the provision of essential needs of the people were better ways of addressing Nigeria’s development challenges. The Vice President stated this while fielding questions from a cross-section of Nigerians at a town hall meeting in Minnesota, the United States of America, Sunday.According to him, “the problem with our country is not a matter of restructuring and we must not allow ourselves to be drawn…

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:35

Leah Sharibu speaks from Boko Haram den

Brave Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu is not dead as reported earlier by some media.A statement issued in Washington, USA, by US NIGERIA LAW GROUP, which has been working closely with her family in Northern Nigeria, said that the family is in possession of a recent audio recording confirmed to be Leah’s voice. The statement is signed by International Human Rights Lawyer Emmanuel Ogebe. It reads: “We received today the heartening news of the just released proof of life audio recording of heroine captive Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu. This audio comes a week after she clocked a half-year in Boko Haram…

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:33

SSS investigating Leah Sharibu’s ‘audio recording’ – Presidency

The Presidency on Monday confirmed that there was an audio recording purported to be the voice of Leah Sharibu, the last Dapchi schoolgirl still in Boko Haram’s captivity.It said the State Security Service is analysing the leaked audio tape.Miss Sharibu was one of the 110 girls abducted by Boko Haram from Dapchi Government Science and Technical School, Yobe State, on February 21.About 33 days after their abduction, the sect released 104 of the girls. Five were said to have died while Miss Sharibu was said to have been held back because she refused to denounce her Christian religion.In the audio…

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:30

2019 elections: National Assembly committee adopts INEC’s N143 billion budget

The National Assembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adopted N143 billion for INEC for the 2019 general election as requested by President Muhammadu Buhari in July.The committee reached this resolution after over a week of deliberation on the matter.Mr Buhari, in his letter to the Senate, requested that N189.2 billion be released to INEC. He asked that N143.5 billion be released this year and N45.6 billion be released in 2019.However, the chairman of the electoral commission, Mahmood Yakubu, in his presentation, demanded for the entire N189.2 billion.The commission’s request caused members of the committee to again…

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:22

Oyo SWAN to honour Ajimobi as Grand Patron

Funmi Olaitan, IbadanOyo State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), will on Monday honour Governor Abiola Ajimobi, as the Grand Patron of the association.The association in a statement issued by its Chairman, Mr. Niyi Alebiosu, and the Secretary, Mr. Adewale Tijani, respectively, said the investiture will hold at the Governors' Office, Secretariat, Ibadan.Alebiosu while explaining why the governor was appointed as the Grand Patron of the association, said he deserved the honour because of his innovation in sports and his administration's unprecedented steps developing sustainable super structures for the development of sports in the state, in spite…

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:11

Senators take on Buhari, say rule of law is sacrosanct

Senators yesterday, took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari for elevating national interest above the rule of law.According to the senators, the rule of law is sacrosanct and the grundnorm of any democracy.Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel Bwacha, said: “Rule of law is national interest number one.” On his part, spokesperson of the Senate Caucus of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South), said: “Rule of law is the grundnorm of any democratic society. Elevating any other thing above it means moving away from democracy to autocracy.” Also speaking on the issue, Chairman, Senate Committee of Public Accounts, Matthew…

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:03

Trump announces 'incredible' trade deal with Mexico

The US and Mexico have reached common ground on key trade terms as pressure mounts to complete renegotiation of the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement.US President Donald Trump, a frequent critic of the existing deal, announced the apparent breakthrough on Monday.The final outcome remains in doubt with Canada, the third country in the pact, due to rejoin talks on Tuesday.Mr Trump has triggered a year of talks, after threatening to pull out of Nafta.He demanded renegotiation of the 1994 trade agreement, which he blames for a decline in US manufacturing jobs, especially in the auto industry.US shares rose and…

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:02

Theresa May to pledge Africa investment boost after Brexit

Britain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, is to announce plans to boost Britain's investment in Africa after Brexit, during her first trip to the continent as prime minister.At a speech in Cape Town later, Mrs May will say she is "unashamed" about ensuring the money the UK spends on aid in Africa benefits Britain too.The PM will say she wants the UK to overtake the US to become the G7's biggest investor in Africa by 2022.She will also visit Nigeria and Kenya during the three-day trade mission.The trip - which will see Mrs May meet the presidents of all three countries…

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Tuesday, 28 August 2018 05:56

Under pressure, Trump tersely recognizes McCain, lowers flag

Glowering in public and near-silent for two days, President Donald Trump relented under pressure Monday by tersely recognizing Sen. John McCain’s “service to our country” and re-lowering the White House flag.While much of the nation remembered McCain’s record as a war hero, longtime senator and presidential nominee over the weekend, Trump had nursed his grievances. McCain had been an infuriating foil in a long-running feud over style and policy that did not end with the senator’s illness and death.Trump’s reluctance to participate in the national remembrance was awkward and uncomfortable, even by the standards of a leader who acknowledges he…

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 05:51

UN calls for Myanmar generals to be tried for genocide, blames Facebook for incitement

Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent”, and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for the gravest crimes under international law, United Nations investigators said.A report by investigators was the first time the United Nations has explicitly called for Myanmar officials to face genocide charges over their campaign against the Rohingya, and is likely to deepen the country’s isolation.The investigators called for the U.N. Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar, subject its officials to targeted sanctions and set up an ad hoc tribunal to try suspects or…

Monday, 27 August 2018 05:43

Buhari canvasses jettisoning of rule of law

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday gave an indication that his administration may sometime jettison the rule of law.Mr Buhari told a gathering of lawyers that the “Rule of Law must be subject to the supremacy of the nation’s security and national interest.”“Our apex court has had cause to adopt a position on this issue in this regard and it is now a matter of judicial recognition that; where national security and public interest are threatened or there is a likelihood of their being threatened, the individual rights of those allegedly responsible must take second place, in favour of the greater…

Monday, 27 August 2018 05:37

Buhari and the APC have failed - PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it has thoroughly reviewed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress administration and come to the conclusion that it has failed in every sector.The PDP said that it noted that available data, both locally and internationally, confirmed that the Buhari administration had failed woefully in all its promises and claims, particularly on the fight against corruption, economy, security, democracy and national unity.The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday said the PDP observed that the Buhari administration’s claimed fight against corruption had also…

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