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Nov 14, 2016

Obama will tell US allies that Trump is loyal to NATO

November 14, 2016 WORLD

US President Barack Obama speaks at a ceremony to commemorate Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on November 11, 2016. (AFP file photo) US President Barack Obama says his successor, billionaire Donald Trump, is committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and that is a message the commander-in-chief will have for Washington’s allies. Obama made the remarks in the first press conference after his party’s nominee, Hillary Clinton, lost the 2016 race...

Trump, Putin discuss terrorism, bilateral ties

November 14, 2016 WORLD No Comments

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President-elect Donald Trump Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump have discussed battling terrorism and developing ties during their first phone conversation, says the Kremlin. According to a statement released by the Kremlin on Monday, Trump and Putin agreed on “uniting efforts in the fight with the common enemy number one – international terrorism and extremism.” It added that ways to end the conflict in Syria were...

Oklahoma police search gunman who killed 2 people, hurt 2 cops

October 24, 2016 WORLD No Comments

Michael Vance (Photo by US police) Police in the US state of Oklahoma have launched a manhunt for a gunman who managed to run away after killing two people and injuring three others, including two police officers. The assailant, identified by police as Michael Vance, opened fire at the officers who were responding to a reported shooting near Wellston, Lincoln County on Sunday night, Lincoln County Sheriff Charlie Dougherty said. The officers, who both were shot in the leg, fired back at Vance and hit him in the torso at least twice,...

Agrarian newcomers claim victory in Lithuania runoff elections

October 24, 2016 WORLD No Comments

Lithuanian Peasant and Green’s Union party Chairman Ramunas Karbauskis speaks to the media in Vilnius, October 23, 2016. (Photo by AP) The Lithuanian political party representing farmers and environmentalists has claimed victory in runoff parliamentary elections, which saw voters reject the ruling Social Democrats. The Peasants and Green Union is expected to win over one-third, or precisely 54 seats, in the 141-member house of parliament after the second round of voting, according to preliminary...

US Congress has 'buyer's remorse' on 9/11 bill: White Hous

September 29, 2016 WORLD No Comments

White House spokesman Josh Earnest speaks at the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2016. (Photo by AFP) ...

Russians bear responsibility for UN aid convoy strike: US officials

September 21, 2016 WORLD No Comments

Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jets (File photo by Sputnik News) Two top US officials say Russians bear responsibility for an airstrike that destroyed a UN humanitarian aid convoy near Syria’s Aleppo province on Monday. US Air Force Colonel J.T. Thomas, spokesman for the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria, and Democratic Senator Ben Cardin, ranking member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Tuesday that two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jets were in the skies at the precise...

Refugee workers remain unpaid in Qatar

September 20, 2016 WORLD No Comments

This May 3, 2015 photo shows an Indian laborer working in Qatar, sitting in his tiny over-crowded room at a private camp housing foreign workers in Doha. (Photo by AFP) Qatar has once again faced criticism over the way it deals with refugee workers, with reports saying a significant number of laborers, mostly from India, have gone unpaid for months. Sources from the Indian community living in Qatar said Tuesday that a staff of about 400 working for an electrical company in the...

Clinton warns Israel cannot trust flip-flopping Trump

September 09, 2016 WORLD No Comments

Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a voter registration event at Johnson C. Smith University on September 8, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (AFP photo) US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has warned that the Israeli regime cannot trust her Republican rival Donald Trump, who has “no reason to his comments about Israel.” "He has said that we should be neutral on Israel on Monday. Then on Tuesday he has said that, oh he’s really...

Protesters stage massive rally against newly-installed president in Sao Paulo

September 09, 2016 WORLD No Comments

Union members and social activists demonstrate in support of Brazil’s impeached president Dilma Rousseff and against President Michel Temer in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 8, 2016. (Photo by AFP) Thousands of Brazilian demonstrators have held a massive rally to protest against the newly-installed President Michel Temer. The supporters of former president Dilma Rousseff — who was ousted in an impeachment supported by Temer, once her ally — and others opposing the new government took to the...

September 09, 2016 NATIONAL No Comments

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has given reasons for retracting its earlier stance to proceed with the Edo State governorship election initially scheduled for Saturday. Hours after the commission said it would go ahead with the election despite the contrary advice of the Police and the State Security Service, SSS, it retracted saying it had postponed the election by two weeks. In a joint statement on Wednesday, the Police and the SSS called on INEC to postpone the election...

Israeli tanks once again fire shells at Gaza homes

September 06, 2016 WORLD No Comments

Israeli soldiers run next to a tank in the Negev desert on June 7, 2016. ©AFP The Israeli military has heavily shelled residential areas in the Gaza Strip days after a similar attack injured three Palestinians in the Israeli-besieged enclave. The Palestinian Naba news agency reported that Israeli tanks fired artillery shells at Palestinian homes and agricultural lands in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah city in central Gaza early on Tuesday. Israeli military officials claimed...

We have not sacked Adeyanju as PDP New Media Director – Makarfi

September 06, 2016 NATIONAL No Comments

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said its Director of New Media, Deji Adeyanju, has not been removed. Ahmed Makarfi, Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Committee, told PREMIUM TIMES that the leadership of the party only had issues with some “far-reaching statements” distributed by Mr. Adeyanju “without clearance.” Mr. Adeyanju was announced removed in a statement distributed by Dayo Adeyeye, the party’s publicity secretary, on Friday afternoon. The statement cited different acts of...

Falana condemns Nigerian Army for ‘illegal’ occupation of property owned by Jonathan’s cousin

September 06, 2016 NATIONAL No Comments

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call to order soldiers who invaded a property owned by Robert Azibaola in Abuja. In a statement on Sunday, Mr. Falana described the soldiers’ occupation of the premises of Kakarta Civil Engineering Limited, owned by Mr. Azibaola, former president Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, as illegal. “The troops who were reported to have driven away the workers in the premises have since seized the property without a court order,” said Mr. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. “Sequel...

Nigerian journalist, Ahmed Salkida, declared wanted by the Army arrested – Reports

September 06, 2016 NATIONAL No Comments

Ahmad Salkida, a Nigerian journalist declared wanted by the military overBoko Haram’s latest video, has been arrested, Nigerian media reported on Monday. Sahara Reporters, a Nigerian news website, reported Monday afternoon that Mr. Salkida was apprehended by the State Security Service at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Mr. Salkida travelled aboard an Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai using an emergency travel certificate and expressed fears about his possible...

We will not increase fuel price, Kachikwu says after meeting Buhari

September 06, 2016 NATIONAL No Comments

After a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, said the government has no plans to increase the price of petrol. Mr. Kachikwu’s statement comes a day after former Group Managing Directors, GMDs, of the state oil firm, NNPC, advised the government to increase the price. The former state oil chiefs argued that the current price cap of N145 per litre of petrol was “not congruent with the liberalization policy.” The removal...

Israel detained 30 Palestinian teenagers in August: Rights group

September 06, 2016 WORLD No Comments

In this file photo, Israeli soldiers are seen arresting a Palestinian teenager during a protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel and the construction of a separation wall in Salwad village, eastern Ramallah, occupied West Bank. A Palestinian human rights body says Israeli military forces arrested some 30 Palestinian teenagers last month, amid continued aggression in the occupied territories. The Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs announced in a statement on...

Obama backs down from Duterte showdown at ASEAN summit

September 06, 2016 WORLD No Comments

US President Barack Obama (left) and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte US President Barack Obama has canceled a planned meeting with his Filipino counterpart Rodrigo Duterte after the latter insulted him with vulgar and undiplomatic language. The two leaders were scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the 28th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit on Tuesdayafternoon in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. White House officials previously said Obama would confront...

Clinton rejects invitation to visit Mexico

September 06, 2016 WORLD No Comments

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign event in Reno, Nevada on August 25, 2016. (photos by AFP) US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she will not travel to Mexico, rejecting an invitation by the country’s president, Enrique Pena Nieto. Clinton made the decision after her Republican rival Donald Trump created what the former secretary called a "diplomatic incident" in his foray there. According to a written excerpt from an interview with ABC...