IRAN DARES USA AGAIN
Friday, 27 July 2018 20:36The war threats between the United States and Iran are intensifying, with the Chief of Army of the Islamic Republic daring President Donald Trump.
Major General Qassem Soleimani vowed that if President Trump started a war, the Islamic Republic would end it by destroying all that the US possessed.
The Commander of the Quds Force of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted in state media report saying it was his duty as a soldier to respond to threat by Trump.
The United States President in a spat with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, warned him never to threaten the United States or risk consequences, the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before.
TURKEY ENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY(VIDEO)
Thursday, 19 July 2018 19:29
The Turkish government has ended a nationwide state of emergency after two years of a failed coup attempt
The BBC quoted state media recalling that under the state of emergency, tens of thousands of people were arrested or dismissed from their jobs.
However; the government decided against extending the emergency after seven three-month renewals.
The decision comes weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won re-election.
Opposition candidates had during the campaign, said that the first thing they would do if they won would be to end the state of emergency.
It may interest you to note that the emergency decree led to the removal of more than one hundred and seven thousand people from public sector jobs in Turkey.
WHITE HOUSE WORKING HARD AGAINST RUSSIA(VIDEO)
Thursday, 19 July 2018 19:20
The United States Government under President Donald Trump is working hard to make sure that Russia is unable to meddle in US elections.
So says White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, insisting that the Trump Administration believes Russia still poses a threat to the US.
The Trump Administration has been trying to douse tension sparked by President Trump’s comments that appeared to side with Russia during his summit with President Valdmir Putin in Finland on Monday.
Sanders however noted that the President had said "no" to more questions about whether Russia was still targeting American elections.
But Trump’s remarks appeared in conflict with US intelligence on claims of Russian interference in US elections.
The President has since admitted that he misspoke and criticised those who are condemning his meeting with Russia's President, Vladmir Putin.
Trump took to twitter to condemn his critics for suffering from what he called "Trump Derangement Syndrome".
TRUMP TO MEET PUTIN IN SUMMIT LATTER TODAY
Monday, 16 July 2018 11:47
The Presidents of the United States and Russia are attending a summit today in Finland, but expectations are low on the possible outcomes.
President Donald Trump has been on a tour of Europe since last week, and today's meeting with President Vladmir Putin will mark an end to what the Western media described as a tumultuous tour in which the US leader criticised his allies.
Hours to the opening of the summit in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, President Trump said he had low expectations, but did not completely rule out the prospects of something good at the end.
The meeting has no set agenda, but Trump has said he intends to raise the issue of twelve Russians who were charged with hacking in the 2016 US elections when he meetings Putin.
The meeting will be the first-ever summit between Trump and Putin, although they have previously met on the side lines of multilateral talks.
There have been calls in the US for the President to cancel the meeting over the indictments of Russian military intelligence agents, although Russia denies the allegations, and said it is looking forward to the talks as a vehicle for improving relations.
SOUTH SUDAN: UN Realises Details of Atrocities
Wednesday, 11 July 2018 14:13The United Nations has revealed horrific details of atrocities committed on both sides in the five-year-old civil war in South Sudan.
The latest UN report contain details of gang rape, throats being slit and mass shootings in Unity state in particular, with one woman recounting how she lost everything and would have preferred she was killed.
The revelation comes as South Sudanese leaders signed a ceasefire deal last month to end the civil war, which has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people and forced millions of people to flee into refugee camps in neighbouring countries.
South Sudan became an independent country and admitted into the United Nations in 2011, following a breakaway from Sudan through a successful referendum.
JAPANESE DISASTER: More Deaths Recorded(VIDEO)
Wednesday, 11 July 2018 13:40More deaths have been reported in the record flood and landslides disaster from torrential rainfall in Japan, with the official figure now put at one hundred and eighty.
At least seventy people are still missing, while more than eight million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, as the rainfall persisted.
Reports say some two hundred and seventy thousand households across Japan have had their water supplies cut, and thousands of other homes are without electricity.
Reuters news agency reports that the hardest hit areas include the Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures, with pictures showing extensive damage especially in Okayama.
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OPEC DENIES TRUMP’S ALLEGATIONS
Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:41The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has deflected criticism by United States President Donald Trump over low output.
President Trump had accused OPEC of keeping oil outputs low to drive prices higher, and stepped up pressure on U.S. ally Saudi Arabia to raise supplies to compensate for lower exports from Iran.
But OPEC President Suhail Al-Mazrouei said the oil cartel alone cannot be blamed for all the problems that are happening in the industry.
Mazrouei said the group was being responsive in terms of measures that were adopted at its last meeting in June.
JAPAN FLOOD: over a hundred killed, two million ordered to evacuate (VIDEO)
Monday, 09 July 2018 15:14Flooding and landslides triggered by record rainfall has claimed the lives of at least one hundred people in Japan.
Reports say more than fifty others are believed to be missing, following the natural disaster in parts of western Japan.
A government spokesman said the affected regions have received three times the usual rainfall for the whole of July.
Meanwhile; two million people have been ordered to evacuate as rivers burst their banks, while rescuers have resumed their search for survivors or the bodies of those killed.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe disclosed yesterday that rescuers were working against time, as there were still many people missing and others in need of help.
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TURKEY DISMISSES OVER EIGHTEEN THOUSAND STATE EMPLOYEES
Monday, 09 July 2018 12:31Authorities in Turkey have ordered the dismissal of more than eighteen thousand, five hundred state employees, including police officers, soldiers and academics.
An Official Gazette cited by reporters indicates that those sacked had links to terror organisations that act against national security, and the developments comes ahead of anticipated end of two years of emergency rule.
Turkey has been in a state of emergency since the July 2016 attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but the European Union and critics have repeatedly called on Ankara to end it.
SENATE PRESIDENT: commissions road, takes off to USA
Monday, 09 July 2018 08:27
Senate President Bukola Saraki has urged Nigerians not to lose focus and hope, saying that the country will eventually work.
Senator Saraki was speaking during the commissioning of Obiri-Ikwerre Airport Road in Port Harcourt.
The Senate President in reaction to his Supreme Court verdict regretted those three years that were wasted trying to fight him.
He noted that the three wasted years would have been used for the development of Nigeria just as he charged Nigerians to continue to fight for the development of the country.
On his part, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike stated that with the Senate President, Nigerians irrespective of their political affiliation will continue to fight the forces of darkness.
He called for the upholding of the rule of law across all tiers of government, saying that is the only way to attain progress in the country.
While berating the Federal Authorities for using EFCC to illegally probe the finances of Rivers State despite a subsisting court judgement yet to be vacated by a higher court, Governor Wike condemned the Executive Order on corruption which he said is unconstitutional.
In the meantime, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, will today lead a National Assembly Delegation to Washington D.C, United States of America, on a Parliamentary visit.
Leaders of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, and the Minority Whip, Senator Philip Aduda, as well as other selected members of the National Assembly are part of the delegation.
In a statement by Saraki’s Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Bamikole Omishore, the visit, among others, is meant to strengthen parliamentary and diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and the United States.
During the trip, Senator Saraki is expected to deliver a speech on Nigeria-US Relations and opportunities at the Council on Foriegn Relations while the delegation is expected to meet with the U.S. State Department and USAID Officials to discuss Energy Development, Health, Education, Gender Development Initiatives and Agriculture.