China lashed out at the United States on Monday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Beijing’s treatment of the country’s ethnic Uighur minority among “the worst stains on the world”. Speaking at Kansas State University last week, Pompeo said Washington would use this month’s UN General Assembly to rally …
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A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has sold the entire issue shared capital of his banking group, First International Banking (FIB) Group Limited, The Gambia, PREMIUM TIMES can report today. The transaction, which has never been made public, was concluded between 2015 and 2016, documents seen by …
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Former lawmaker, Shehu Sani has reacted to a comment credited to the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El’ Rufai, who on Thursday said Sani had been reduced to a mere “blogger” since his defeat in the last general elections. In his reaction, Sani, the immediate past senator representing Kaduna Central, …
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Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari led government of making a desperate effort to rope in former President Olusegun Obasanjo into a crime. According to Atiku, what the current government intends achieving with the alleged plot is …
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Nigeria’s South-East Governors Forum (SGF) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to delay the closure of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and act against causes of insecurity in the region. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Saturday announced that it will close the airport’s runway for major repairs. But …
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Chairman, Senate Committee on foreign and domestic debts in the 8th Assembly (Kaduna Central), Senator Shehu Sani, has once again, restated rotational presidency and made a specific case for Igbo presidency come 2023. The human right activist turned lawmaker stated this in Kaduna when he hosted some Igbo leaders who …
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Hong Kong riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters for a third straight day Monday as the city’s leader warned the global financial hub was nearing a “very dangerous situation”, and a rare strike caused transport chaos. Clouds of tear gas billowed across the working-class district of Wong Tai Sin on …
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A Kaduna High Court Monday granted the Islamic Movement of Nigeria’s leader Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat permission to travel out of the country for medical attention. EFCC secures final forfeiture of N150m plaza traced to Kwara govt accountant El-Zakzaky’s lawyer Femi Falana had filed a suit seeking his …
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The lawmaker representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye, said his decision to oppose the alleged oppressive leadership of the present administration made him escape four assassination attempts between 2018 and 2019. Melaye, who was speaking at a media parley in Lokoja on Wednesday to declare his …
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The conversation for the next ministers in the federation is getting hotter as SENATOR CHIMAROKE NNAMANI shares his thought with fellow senators. Senator Chimaroke Nnamani while speaking in a video sought for support for Geoffrey Onyeama emphasising on his competence and qualification for the post of a minister in the Federal …
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