August 19, 2020

Trump Faces Tough Questions About African-Americans

Trump Wanted To ‘Swap’ Puerto Rico For Greenland: Ex-Official

August 19, 2020 5:56 pm

President Donald Trump wanted to sell Puerto Rico or swap it for Greenland because he viewed the US territory as dirty and poor, a former senior administration official said Wednesday.

Miles Taylor, who was chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, said Trump expressed those views as the government undertook support operations after two massive hurricanes ravaged the Caribbean island in 2017.

Taylor told MSNBC that just before one 2018 trip by officials, Trump, who had regularly talked about acquiring Greenland from Denmark, seriously suggested he could trade away Puerto Rico.

“He told us, not only did he …

Hundreds Of Palestinians Protest In West Bank Against Israel-UAE Deal

Hundreds Of Palestinians Protest In West Bank Against Israel-UAE Deal

August 19, 2020 5:55 pm

Hundreds of Palestinians on Wednesday held a protest in the occupied West Bank against last week’s announcement that Israel was normalising ties with the United Arab Emirates.

Members of rival groups Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, and the Fatah faction of president Mahmud Abbas’ West Bank based Palestinian Authority, took part in the rally in a rare joint initiative, an AFP journalist reported.

“Today we tell the world that we are united against ‘the deal of the century’, annexation and normalisation,” Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh told the rally in the village of Turmus’ayya.

The bombshell announcement last week …

Herdsmen: Ogun Residents Now Sleep In Benin Republic– Red Cross

Mali Coup: Millions Of Citizens At Risk – Red Cross

August 19, 2020 5:51 pm

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has reacted to the Mali situation.

President Ibrahim Keita and his government resigned after soldiers arrested him.

The mutineers have set up a body to work out modalities for elections.

They announced the closure of all air and land borders, and a 9 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew.

On Wednesday, the Red Cross expressed concern over the fate of millions of citizens.

Klaus Spreyermann, the head of delegation, said the military coup comes on top of years of conflict and violence in the wider Sahel region that has trapped people.

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Gunmen Are After My Life – HURIWA Coordinator, Onwubiko

Gunmen Are After My Life – HURIWA Coordinator, Onwubiko

August 19, 2020 5:50 pm

Emmanuel Onwubiko, the National Coordinator of the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Wednesday, alleged threats to his life.

Onwubiko alleged that some unknown gunmen in a vehicle had accosted him at about 7 pm yesterday but were scared off by a police van.

He raised the alarm in a statement he issued on Wednesday.

Onwubiko alleged that the gunmen had trailed him for about 30 minutes before sighting the police van.

The activist claimed that the attempt on his life was coming a week after HURIWA had accused the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management of …

The Gang Of Looters Notoriously, Known As APC In Nigeria

Policemen Deployed To Okpella On Order Of Obaseki – APC

August 19, 2020 5:11 pm

The Chairman of Edo APC Media Campaign Council, John Mayaki, has raised the alarm over the alleged deployment of police operatives numbering over 50, to Okpella community, noting that it is causing apprehension among residents of the community.

He further alleged that the police operatives who are occupying the private residence of a political appointee of Governor Godwin Obaseki, caused residents to express worry over planned violent intimidation ahead of the September 19 governorship election in the state.

Mayaki disclosed that the APC will do a formal petition to the State Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, and the Inspector-General of …

Katsina Teenagers Gang-Rape Girl And Then Drown Her

Katsina Teenagers Gang-Rape Girl And Then Drown Her

August 19, 2020 5:08 pm

Three heartless teenage boys in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State, have been arrested after they gang-raped a 13 year-old girl and then threw her into a pond to drown.

Police spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this during a press briefing on Wednesday in Katsina.

Isah said that the suspects were aged between 15 and 16.

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According to Isah, the trio, all from Danmusa town, allegedly conspired, attacked and gang-raped the girl from Dutsen-Dadi village in their farmland on 14 August.

He said that after …

25-Yr-Old Malian Colonel Who Masterminded Mega Coup d-Etat

Young Malian Colonel Who Masterminded Mega Coup d-Etat

August 19, 2020 3:15 pm

Colonel Malick Diaw is the leader of the military coup in Bamako, Mali. He is the deputy head of the Kati camp and one of the youngest colonels in the Malian Army. His fellow coup plotter is another commander, Gen Sadio Camara.

According to a Malian journalist, Seydou Oumar Traoré, Camara was the ex-director of the military Prytaneum of Kati who has just returned from training in Russia.

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Malick Diaw organised junior soldiers who started the coup very early in the morning with gunfire at a key military …

What Happened In Court During Evans' Case On Thursday

Notorious Kidnapper, Evans, Sentenced To Death By Lagos High Court

August 19, 2020 11:07 am

A Lagos High Court has sentenced notorious kidnap kingpin, Chikwudubem Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, to death.
The court gave this judgment on Monday.
Evans was arrested in June 2017 and arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping.

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The Lagos State Government had said Evans conspired on February 14th, 2017 at about 7.45pm at Ilupeju, Lagos, to kidnap one Donatus Dunu and collect €223,000 for his release.

According to the police, Evans managed to escape arrest for seven years.
He was, however, arrested after a …

‘I’m An Advocate Of Democracy‘ – Buhari Congratulates Obaseki

Oil Minister Buhari In Phone Conversation With King Salman

August 19, 2020 11:05 am

Nigerian leader and Minister of Oil, Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has had a phone conversation with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz over stabilising the oil market.

Saudi state news agency SPA reported the conversation on Wednesday.

There has been no statement from Nigeria’s Aso Rock.

According to the SPA, the two leaders “stressed the importance of compliance, by all participants, to the OPEC+ agreement and the agreed upon compensation mechanism.”

Buhari is also Nigeria’s oil minister.

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A ministerial panel of key OPEC+ oil producers, headed by …

Petroleum Industry Bill Is Another Recipe For Anarchy – Gov Diri

Diri Appeals Judgement Nullifying His Election As Bayelsa Governor

August 19, 2020 10:58 am

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has appealed the judgement which nullified his election as the governor of the state.

The governor’s lawyers filed the Notice of Appeal on Tuesday at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

He is challenging the majority judgement of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Tribunal which nullified his election on 12 grounds.

The Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are listed as first, second, and third respondents in the appeal.

Governor Diri disagreed with the entire majority decision of the Tribunal …

Keyamo Gives Update After FG, Labour Meeting On Tariff Hike

774,000 Jobs: Keyamo Slams Lawmakers For Demanding More Slots

August 19, 2020 10:55 am

Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has slammed lawmakers at the House of Representatives for demanding more slots in the Special Works Programme of the Nigerian Government.

With 30 out of 1000 slots per local government to each member of the House, the minority caucus of the lower chamber rejected the slots, saying the sharing process was not transparent.

In a reply to the lawmakers, Keyamo said the slots were only a privilege not a right.

He also said that the constituents of the lawmakers will benefit from the special works, adding that the threat of the …

Pope Francis Gets New Personal Doctor

Pope Calls For Social Justice And Vaccines For All

August 19, 2020 10:48 am

The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating inequalities between rich and poor, Pope Francis said on Wednesday, calling for universal vaccines not reserved just for the wealthiest. 

As the virus continues to claim lives and wreak havoc on economies around the world, the Pope in recent months has tried to use all his moral force to demand a new post-pandemic society, more respectful of the poor and the environment.

The call for social justice is a familiar theme sounded by the leader of the 1.3 billion Catholics around the world, who witnessed poverty and a crippling economic crisis first hand at home …

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