Donald Trump has defied overwhelming global opposition by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but insisted that the highly controversial move would not derail his own administration’s bid to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a short speech delivered at the White House, Trump directed the state department to start making arrangements to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv …
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night, said he would remain focused in order to restore the lost glory of the country. Buhari, who made the remark in Kano at a Dinner organised in his honour by Kano State Government, said he would continue to do his best to ensure that the country attained greater heights. “I will continue to do …
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Four years after the sale of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has declared that the privatization has brought more harm than good, to Nigerians. Addressing leaders of the union at National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Lagos, NUEE’s President, Martin Uzoegwu, told organized labour to continue to fight against privatization because of …
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Justice Adeniyi Ademola has tendered his letter of voluntary retirement from the bench of the Federal High Court. The judge was due for his statutory retirement in March 2018 but suddenly turned in his letter of resignation dated December 6, 2017 on Thursday. Although his one-paragraph letter was received at the Office of the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal …
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“Nigeria is my problem,’’ President Muhammadu Buhari, currently on his first working visit to Kano, northern commercial city, has declared. “I will continue to do my best. Nigeria is my target and I will remain focused to move the country forward,” Buhari said at a dinner to welcome him on Wednesday night. Buhari said he would remain focused in order …
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‘My announcement marks the beginning of a new approach to the conflict’ Palestinian president says US has abdicated its role as mediator By Julian Borger in Washington and Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem – The Guardian US Donald Trump has defied overwhelming global opposition by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but insisted that the highly controversial move …
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By Alltimepost.com The controversy stirred by Professor Wole Soyinka’s story of ripping his US green card following the election of Donald Trump as US President last year echoed back yesterday with the presentation of a new book by the Nobel laureate. The event took place at the iconic Freedom Park, Lagos. Published by Bookcraft, Soyinka’s latest offering entitled, “Green …
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By Our Correspondent In a bid to create a better life for its future generation, the Ogun State government, through the ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has stepped-up measures in improving the welfare of children across the state. In partnership with SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria, the ministry had a-3day capacity building and Stakeholders’ engagement program with the theme …
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New York – Gunmen from the Ansar Allah movement, commonly known as the Houthis, on December 2 stormed the Sanaa headquarters of the television channel Yemen Today and detained the channel’s employees, according to news reports. Mohammed Gobari, a Reuters correspondent in Sanaa, told CPJ that at least three building guards were killed during the attack and that the gunmen …
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By Julian Borger in Washington and Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem – The Guardian US Donald Trump will declare formal recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday, the White House has said, breaking with years of precedent and potentially leading to unpredictable consequences for the Middle East. The region is braced for the prospect of unrest in anticipation of the …
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