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We Will Take Action -Trump Issues Threat To E.U

January 22, 2020 12:25 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that the United States will impose painful tariffs on imports from the European Union unless the block agrees to a trade deal.

“Europe has been very, very tough to deal with,’’ Trump told U.S. broadcaster, CNBC at the World Economic Forum summit in the Swiss town of Davos, one day after meeting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen there.

Trump complained that EU countries have been exporting significantly more into the U.S. than the other way around.

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He claimed that he had restrained

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South-South Elders Issue Threat Over 2023 Presidency

January 19, 2020 2:39 pm
The South-South Elders on Sunday declared that there will be a crisis that could consume Nigeria if the North should insist on retaining power.

The two-term tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari expires in 2023.

The South-South elders noted that it was logical to allow their zone to produce the President for another four years so as to “complete its second tenure”.

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Buhari’s victory in 2015 stopped former President, Goodluck Jonathan from clinching a second term.

National Coordinator of South-South Elders Forum, HRH Anabs Sara Igbe, told Vanguard, that

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Sydney Power Under Threat As Fires Destroy Substations

January 4, 2020 11:21 am

Electricity supplies in Australia’s most populous state, including its largest city Sydney, were under threat on Saturday after bushfires took out two substations with authorities warning of rolling blackouts if conditions worsen.

The blazes have raged across New South Wales, and they brought down transmission lines in the state’s south connecting with neighbouring Victoria, state energy minister Matt Kean tweeted.

Kean urged people to reduce unnecessary electricity use and “turn off pool pumps, lights in unoccupied rooms and avoid using washing machines and dishwashers”.

TransGrid chief executive Paul Italiano said the system was coping but “under stress”.

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PDP BoT Chairman Allege Threat To Life Over 2023 Presidency

January 3, 2020 8:52 am

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin, has alleged a threat to his life over the 2023 presidency.

He told journalists yesterday in Kaduna that he received calls from some people threatening his life for not saying that the PDP’s presidential ticket would be zoned to the North-east when he addressed the media last week.

He said he had petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IG) over the issue.
Jibrin said: “I have received calls from some people threatening my life over my coming out not to mention that …

Terrorism, Major Threat To Peace, Progress Of West Africa

December 21, 2019 2:02 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said terrorism remained the major threat to the peace and progress of the West African sub-region.
This is even as the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, said attacks in the region rose by 80 percent in the first eleven months of 2019 compared to the year 2018.
President Buhari, while speaking during the 56th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Abuja, said recurring attacks by terrorist groups was a reminder to the sub-region about the urgency to build an enduring security partnership to
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Russia Hits Back At ‘Political’ Doping Ban Threat

November 28, 2019 4:22 pm

Russia on Thursday hit back at a proposed four-year ban on the country’s athletes, denouncing accusations of a doping cover-up as a politically motivated attempt to block its athletes from competing.

A committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday made a bombshell recommendation for Russia to be barred from all sporting competition for four years.

It accused Moscow of falsifying laboratory data handed over to investigators as part of a probe into the doping allegations that have plagued Russia for years.

If WADA chiefs adopt the committee’s recommendations at a meeting in Paris on December 9, Russia faces exclusion …

UK Terrorism Threat At Lowest Level For 5 Years

UK Terrorism Threat At Lowest Level For 5 Years

November 5, 2019 8:46 am
The UK’s terrorism threat level has been downgraded from “severe” to “substantial”, the Home Office says.

But, Home Secretary, Priti Patel said that the UK was still at “a high level of threat” and an attack could “occur without further warning”.

The terrorism threat is now at its lowest since August 2014. Substantial is the third of five ratings at which the threat level can stand.

The separate terrorism threat level for Northern Ireland remains “severe”.

Ms Patel said in a statement on Monday that terrorism remained a “direct and immediate” risk to the UK’s national security.

Assessments determining …

BBNaija: Do2dtun Gets Death Threat Over Tacha’s Interview

BBNaija: Do2dtun Gets Death Threat Over Tacha’s Interview

October 14, 2019 11:23 am

Nigerian media personality Do2dtun has cancelled a proposed interview with former Big Brother Naija 2019 housemate, Tacha over alleged threats to his life.

The CoolFM presenter had earlier taken to his twitter page to announce the upcoming interview with Tacha, unarguably the most controversial housemate in the house.  The interview was scheduled to hold on Wednesday 16th.

“How about if I flipped an almost impossible script & make it into a “BLOCKBUSTER” How abt if “TACHA” finally grants her 1st radio interview. It is happening Wednesday 16th 2019 12 noon on the Midday Oasis #SuperstarWednesdsy word of advice..work smart 😉⚡”

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US Deploys Troops To Saudi Arabia Over Threat By Iran

US Deploys Troops To Saudi Arabia Over Threat By Iran

October 11, 2019 4:37 pm

The Pentagon announced Friday it was bolstering US forces in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh asked for reinforcements following the September 14 drone-and-missile attack on Saudi oil plants which Washington blames on Iran.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that two fighter squadrons and additional missile defense batteries were being sent to Saudi Arabia, for a total of about 3,000 new troops from September this year.

The move comes as tensions jumped Friday after Tehran said that suspected missiles had struck an Iranian tanker in the Red Sea off the coast of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Tehran did not blame arch-rival Riyadh for …

BBC ‘Sex for Mark’: My Life is Under Threat - Kiki Mordi

BBC ‘Sex for Mark’: My Life is Under Threat – Kiki Mordi

October 8, 2019 6:55 pm

Kiki Mordi, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) investigative journalist that uncovered the sexual harassment in universities has revealed that she has received subtle threats since the report went viral.

According to the journalist, her interest in the investigation was driven by her personal experience which saw her dropping out of the University and yet to become a graduate.

In a chat with Reporters, Kiki Mordi said; “I have received subtle threats since this work was completed but I am not bothered because the BBC takes the security of employees seriously.

Before embarking on this project, the team prayed a lot …

The threat to sack law abiding Southerners from the North

The threat to sack law abiding Southerners from the North

July 7, 2019 1:48 pm

By Odumodu Gbulagu

  • The 30 days ultimatum

The threats didn’t start today!
Whenever the Fulani oligarchs don’t have their way on any burning issue they want, they use the Arewa youths to threaten the people.
I wouldn’t want to delve into the pogrom or even other riots that had nothing to with Southerners, but the turned the primary target.

In August 2017, Arewa youths threatened the Igbos in the North to vacate before October 1st or face being killed.

They released an anti Igbo song that was carefully worded to cause incitement.
It was spread throughout the social media, yet …

Oil rises on Iran sanctions threat, Venezuela shutdown

April 1, 2019 9:13 pm

Price were also underpinned by a Reuters survey showing OPEC oil supply sank to a four-year low in March, and positive data from the world’s biggest economies, the United States and China.

Brent crude rose 26 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $69.27 a barrel by 0025 GMT, having earlier touched $69.29, a new high for 2019.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures rose 28 cents, or 0.5 percent to $61.87 a barrel, earlier reaching $61.89, also a new high for 2019. WTI closed up 2.4 percent on Monday.

The U.S. government is considering additional sanctions against Iran that would target
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