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Ihedioha: Why PDP Governors Stayed Away From Street Protest

January 25, 2020 3:50 pm

FRESH facts have emerged that not all the leaders and governors of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) were in support of the street protest against the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, to seek the review of the judgment against ex-Governor Emeka Ihedioha.

Unknown to many, there was a split among the opposition governors on the desirability or otherwise of such an action.

The division became evident when it was realised that the PDP Governors Forum did not issue a statement to …

President Pinera To Meet With Parties On Street Violence

October 22, 2019 11:36 am

President Sebastian Pinera was to meet Tuesday with leaders of Chile’s political parties in hopes of finding a way to end street protests that have now claimed 15 lives.

The country’s worst violence in decades erupted Friday and was initially triggered by an increase in metro fares. But it has mushroomed into a broader outcry against social-economic woes including a big gap between rich and poor in a country normally considered one of the most stable in Latin America.

The conservative Pinera declared over the weekend that the country was “at war against a powerful, implacable enemy,” but he adopted

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Wall Street Rises On Hopes Of U.S – China Trade Deal

October 10, 2019 1:38 pm

U.S. stocks rose in early afternoon trading on Thursday on hopes that top-level U.S.-China trade talks would yield at least a partial deal, while a rise in Apple’s shares lifted the technology sector.

Wall Street’s main indexes moved higher after President Donald Trump tweeted he would meet Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Friday for further trade talks.

“The tweet … is giving market participants a reason to believe that perhaps a trade deal or at least a partial deal might be announced as early as tomorrow,” said Robert Pavlik, chief investment strategist at SlateStone Wealth LLC in New York.…