Month: July 2017

Former Nigerian leader, Obasanjo mocks Americans for choosing Trump

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For the majority of Americans to have voted for Donald John Trump to become their president, it means that they are as humans as Africans are, that is the position of former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo. ‘‘The fact that America can produce a Trump in this day and age, it means Americans are as human as we are,’‘ he is quoted to have said. The octogenarian who ruled Africa’s most populous nation – first as a military ruler and then a civilian leader, said he was happy about the turn…

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President Buhari and the descendants of Shimei

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There is nothing new under the sun, goes a popular saying. In fact, the more things seem to change, the more they appear the same. From time immemorial, some people have spoken evil of leadership, cast aspersions on them, and generally portrayed themselves as scum of the earth. No matter how a country loves its leader, there will naturally be those that the Good Book calls “filthy dreamers” who “despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.” That is why as spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, I never respond to such…

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WHO lists dangers of HIV drug resistance

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The World Health Organiation (WHO) has warned that the spread of an HIV strain resistant to some of the most widely used medicines could undermine global progress in treating and preventing HIV infection if early and effective action is not taken. The Director-General of WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, stated this in the ‘WHO HIV Drug Resistance Report 2017’. “Antimicrobial drug resistance is a growing challenge to global health and sustainable development. “We need to proactively address the rising levels of resistance to HIV drugs if we are to achieve the global…

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APC’s committee on restructuring dead on arrival – Fayose

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Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has called on Nigerians to reject the All Progressives Congress’s committee on restructuring, describing it as dead on arrival and a ruse. “It is a blatant attempt to draw the wool over the eyes of Nigerians”, he added. In a statement yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, Fayose, who is also the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, said the APC committee on restructuring is unneccesary since the jury is that Nigerians in their large numbers, cutting across party, regional, ethnic,…

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Buratai orders troops to capture Shekau dead or alive

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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has directed Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, to capture Abubakar Shekau, self-styled leader of the Boko Haram sect, “dead or alive”. Buratai further directed the Theatre commander to do so within 40 days. A statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, on Friday night, said that Attahiru should “employ all arsenal at the disposal of the Theatre Command to smoke out Shekau wherever he is hiding in Nigeria.” “The general public is please…

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Women and girls are a new frontier in the fight against HIV

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At the ninth annual conference on HIV science, happening in Paris right now, there’s a lot to celebrate. AIDS used to be one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide — no more. A report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) shows that deaths have fallen from 1.9 million in 2005 to 1 million last year. And that’s not all: For the first time ever, there are more people receiving treatment than people who are not. “Today, we are saying to the world that we have almost 70 percent of people…

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Zouma signs new Chelsea deal, heads to Stoke City on loan

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Kurt Zouma has signed a new six-year contract and will spend the 2017/18 season on loan at Stoke City. Zouma arrived Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2014. He has made 71 appearances for the Blues so far and scored four goals. Technical director Michael Emenalo said: “It is fantastic Kurt has chosen to commit his future to Chelsea. He has shown his talent since joining us three years ago, and has returned from a serious injury with a fantastic attitude”. “Now he has the opportunity to play regularly in…

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Russia launches 5th generation fighter jet

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Russia has successfully completed the first set of flight tests of its T-50, fifth-generation fighter jet. The Aerospace Forces Commander Viktor Bondarev confirmed the successful tests on Friday. “Today is a historic event — a preliminary conclusion has been signed at the MAKS airshow on the first stage of the flight trials of the T-50 prototype. “We are now switching to the second stage of trials. We have also been recommended to start the manufacture of the plane’s pre-production batch,” Bondarev said. In an interview with Sputnik, Dmitry Drozdenko, a military…

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Trump warns of ‘serious consequences’ unless Iran releases detained Americans-White House

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U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Iran would face “new and serious consequences” unless all unjustly detained American citizens are released and returned, the White House said in a statement on Friday. Trump urged Iran to return Robert Levinson, an American former law enforcement officer who disappeared more than 10 years ago in Iran, and demanded that Tehran release businessman Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer. The statement capped a week of rhetoric against Tehran. On Tuesday, Washington slapped new economic sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile program and…

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U.S. State Department to clamp ban on travel to North Korea

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The U.S. government on Friday said it will bar Americans from traveling to North Korea due to the risk of “long-term detention” in the country, where a U.S. student was jailed while on a tour last year and later died. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has authorized a “Geographical Travel Restriction” on Americans to forbid them from entering North Korea, spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. “Once in effect, U.S. passports will be invalid for travel to, through and in North Korea, and individuals will be required to obtain a passport…

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