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Bolton’s comment on Missile test ignorant – N/Korea

Bolton’s comment on Missile test ignorant – N/Korea

May 27, 2019 9:23 am

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is “more than ignorant” to argue that North Korea’s recent missile tests violated U.N. resolutions, the North’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Giving up missile tests would mean giving up the right to self defense, a North Korean foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the state KCNA news agency.

The unidentified spokesman singled out Bolton, who last week said the recent tests “no doubt” violated U.N. Security Council resolutions.

“His claim is indeed much more than ignorant,” the spokesman said. “Our military drill neither targeted …

EU election: UK Brexit party in early lead

EU election: UK Brexit party in early lead

May 27, 2019 12:57 am

The UK Brexit Party, led by former head of the right-wing UK Independent Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage, is leading in the UK European Parliament elections, according to preliminary results.

According to the results, Farage’s pro-Brexit party received the majority of votes in the country’s northeast, east and in Wales.

On Friday, UK YouGov pollster released a survey that projected that the Brexit Party would receive 37 percent of votes in the EU elections, meaning it would get up to 28 seats in the legislature.

Read Also: Theresa May to resign as PM June 7

Farage registered the Brexit Party

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Ambode hands over to Sanwoolu in Lagos

May 26, 2019 11:36 pm

Mrs Bolanle Ambode, wife of the out-going governor of Lagos State and Chairperson of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) has handed over to the wife of the governor-elect, Dr Ibijoke Sanwoolu.

Ambode at the ceremony in Ikeja on Sunday urged Sanwoolu to take the committee to greater height.

She lauded the vision of the founding mothers of the committee, which was to complement the efforts of the government in critical areas that were women and children friendly.

Ambode remarked that the committee, under successive leaderships had continued to pursue a lofty vision.

According to her, this …

Theresa May to resign as PM June 7

Theresa May to resign as PM June 7

May 24, 2019 5:47 am

The British prime minister announced Friday that she plans to resign, after trying  and failing to steer the United Kingdom through its divorce with the European Union.

While this brings a close to her beleaguered premiership, it adds even more chaos to UK politics as the country tries to finalize its exit from the EU.

May will not leave office immediately. She will step aside as leader of the Conservative Party onJune 7, which will trigger a leadership contest to replace her on June 10. But she will stay on as prime minister until her successor is selected, at which …

Peace, reason behind my visit to Venezuela - Kalu

Peace, reason behind my visit to Venezuela – Kalu

May 23, 2019 10:18 am

Dr Orji Kalu, Senator-elect for Abia North Senatorial District on Wednesday said his visit to Venezuela was a peace initiative of the Orji Kalu Foundation and its partners across the world.

A statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by Mr Kunle Oyewunmi of Orji Kalu Media Office said it was contrary to speculations reported on social media platforms that the former governor of Abia met with President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro to cut oil deals.

Kalu, who did not disclose full details of the peace moves, said there must be peace and harmony for any nation to …

Why I didn't sack my ministers - Jubril, Buhari's impostor

Why I didn’t sack my ministers – Jubril, Buhari’s impostor

May 22, 2019 9:33 pm

Jubril Al-Sudani, Late President Muhammadu Buhari’s impostor has explained why he would be retaining his cabinet ministers in the the last three and half years.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports, and addresses the impostor from Sudan as President Muhammadu Buhari.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his decision to retain cabinet ministers in the last three and half years in spite of pressures from some quarters was because of their unique skills, strengths and leadership qualities.

The president made this known during a valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on

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Tinubu denies being part of “Tinubu 2023” campaign

Nigeria doesn’t need Tinubu as president in 2023 – Kuta

May 22, 2019 7:55 am

Following the interest shown by some individuals to become the country’s president in 2023, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adamu Kuta, has criticized the party National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for saying he is under pressure to contest after Jubril(President Muhammad Buhari) 2nd term in office which begin on May 29.

Kuta, a former member of the House of Representatives from Niger State made the statement on Tuesday, in Minna.

He acknowledged that Tinubu has contributed greatly to the success of APC, but he is not fit to be the president of Nigeria.

“I like Tinubu as …

I was hated, called “Okoro Hausa” because of APC – Okorocha

EFCC kicks against ex parte order to stop Okorocha’s probe

May 21, 2019 11:24 pm

Following an ex parte order stopping the ongoing investigation of the Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas, the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Justice Abdul Kafarati.

The anti-graft agency has asked the NJC and Justice Kafarati to review the conduct of the trial judge, Justice Taiwo O. Taiwo of the Federal High Court on alleged obstruction of investigation of some high profile cases.

Justice Taiwo had granted a similar order staying action on the investigation of the Senate President Bukola Saraki.

Also, Saraki’s counsel, …

PDP saucy, needs help to overcome poll trauma - Tinubu

PDP saucy, needs help to overcome poll trauma – Tinubu

May 21, 2019 12:13 am

From Saudi Arabia, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has thrown trademark jabs at the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, styling its statements after the election as ‘saucy and distractive”.

Tinubu believes that the PDP may be suffering from election defeat trauma and urged Nigerians not to be annoyed with them but help them to overcome the trauma.

The APC leader spoke after an Iftar dinner meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Makkah.

Also at the dinner were Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar and Emir of Kazaure, Dr. Najib Hussaini Adamu, …

PDP govs reject el-Rufai in two-man race for NGF chairman

PDP govs reject el-Rufai in two-man race for NGF chairman

May 19, 2019 10:20 pm

Ahead of the election of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) chairman, there are indications that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors prefer their Ekiti State colleague, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai.

The seventh NGF poll will hold on Wednesday in Abuja.

El-Rufai may back out of the contest following talks among All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, The Nation learnt last night.

NGF has produced six chairmen in the last 20 years of the nation’s democracy.

They are: Alh. Abdullahi Adamu, (Nasarawa, 1999 – 2004), Arc. (Obong) Victor Attah (Akwa Ibom State, 2004 -2006), Chief Lucky Igbinedion (Edo,
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Nnamdi Kanu lambastes FG for deceiving Nigerian masses

Nnamdi Kanu lambastes FG for deceiving Nigerian masses

May 18, 2019 10:19 pm

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Supreme Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the Federal Government of Nigeria for misleading the Nigerian masses with old pictures of  Muhammadu Buhari, his wife and others taken in 2016 during an Islamic prayer as if they were recently taken during his purported visit to Saudi Arabia for Islamic spiritual rites.

Kanu, who had in the past proven with profound evidence that the man being paraded as Nigeria’s president is Jubril Al-Sudani, an impostor from Sudan, who looks twice younger than the real Muhammadu Buhari, whom Kanu said had been deceased since 2017 …

Former Vice President Joe Biden, in his first major foreign policy address as a Democratic presidential candidate, on Thursday blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s performance on the world stage as erratic and extreme.

Biden to call for unity, knock Trump in 2020 launch

May 18, 2019 11:55 am

Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden kicks off his 2020 presidential bid Saturday with a call for fairness and equality in America, urging voters to heal deep divisions and reject Donald Trump’s “hard heart.”

“Some say Democrats don’t want to hear about unity. That they are angry — and the angrier you are, the better,” Biden will say at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, according to speech excerpts.

“I don’t believe it,” he will tell the crowd, adding that he is running for president to offer Democrats and Republicans alike a “different path” towards unity.

“If the American people want a president …

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