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The 24 All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have resolved to back President Muhammadu Buhari on holding of congresses to conduct elections of party officials at all levels. Some state governors who met with Buhari again on Wednesday declared their new position to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A similar meeting between the President and all the governors had ended in a deadlock on Tuesday. Those who met the President on Wednesday included governors of Zamfara, Abdulazeez Yari; Plateau, Simon Lalong; Imo, Rochas Okorocha;Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje and Ogun, Ibikunle Amosun. At the end of the meeting, Yari told…

Since the closure of cinemas more than 35 years ago in the country, Saudi Arabia’s first cinema will open on April 18 in the capital Riyadh, the authorities said on Wednesday. This decision was taken after the authorities had agreed with AMC Entertainment Holdings to open up to 40 theatres in the next five years. The deeply conservative Muslim kingdom had some cinemas in the 1970s but its powerful clerics managed to close them, reflecting rising Islamist influence throughout the Arab region at the time. But the government said last year it would lift the ban as part of ambitious…

Looking for the best Nigerian blouse styles for wrapper ? Well, then you have come to the right place! The traditional costume of Nigerian women consists precisely of these two elements: blouse and wrapper. They have a long history and still remain in demand. Let’s consider the most popular combinations of colors, patterns, and fabrics that will help you always remain elegant and attractive. Lace blouse and wrapper styles A blouse is the clothing resembling a thin female shirt. The history of the blouse’s is quite long. Nowadays silk, chiffon, guipure, knitwear options are offered but the most fashionable and…

The All Progressives Congress governors and President Muhammadu Buhari seemed split over tenure elongation of the APC National Working Committee members and Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the National Chairman of the party. Indication to this appeared during a meeting at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday which ended in deadlock as the two parties failed to make any decision. It was learnt that both the President and the governors later agreed that the committee set up by, , on the issue earlier on Tuesday should be allowed to do its work and submit its report. The APC governors kept mum after meeting…

There seems to be ambivalence among government agencies in prosecuting the anti-corruption war. This is as evinced again in two recent clear messages from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. In a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malami advised the Federal Government to drop the Malabu oil block scam trial for lack of evidence. He has also queried Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, for continuing with the N10 million corruption trial of the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, against the backdrop of two clearances the…

In an apparent way of introducing a strange Biblical doctrine to fulfill the prophecy of the last days, Church of England is said to be considering the baptism of animals for the first time, it was announced today. Though Acts 2:41 states “Then they that gladly received his word were baptized…,” talking here about human beings, Rt Revd James Graham, the committee chairman of the General Synod, said: ‘The kingdom of God is about renewing all of creation, including the created order. Graham spoke this Monday at a press conference to highlight the report’s main findings. Pressed on whether this…

Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central, Tuesday, spit at the lists of suspected looters published by All progressives Cnogress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sani joined Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State in calling on APC and PDP to publish ‘Saints lists.’ His words: “The two sides entertained the nation with their ‘List of Looters’. Now it’s time for them to publish their ‘List of Saints’ who have never sinned and can confidently throw the first stone”, Sani said via his tweeter handle. Speaking on insecurity and the rate of bloodshed in the state, the senator said, “The wave…

A 17-year-oldTexas teenage boy has become a toast of 20 universities in the United States of America with each offering him full scholarship. Micheal Brown, a senior at Lamar High School in Houston, has been offered admission into universities including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and Georgetown. Brown is part of a programme called EMERGE Fellowship. According to its website, the programme “empowers and prepares high performing students from under-served communities to attend and graduate from selective colleges and universities across the nation.” Berthinia Rutledge-Brown, his mum, said “I’m very grateful, I’m very thankful, I know that he has done an…

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African anti-Apartheid Campaigner, aged 81, died Monday. Ms Mandela hallowed place in the pantheon of South Africa’s liberators was eroded by scandal over corruption, kidnapping, murder and the implosion of her fabled marriage to Nelson Mandela, died early Monday in Johannesburg. She was 81. Her death, at the Netcare Milpark Hospital, was announced by her spokesman, Victor Dlamini. He said in a statement that she died “after a long illness, for which she had been in and out of hospital since the start of the year.” The South African Broadcasting Corporation said she was admitted to the…

The corruption fire stoked by Federal government is raging as President Muhammadu Buhari, his son, Yusuf and other chieftains of All Progressives Congress (APC) including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, APC national leader have been recommended among alleged corrupt persons in the country to the kiln for ‘trial’. Straightnews recalled that Alhaji Lai Mohammed Minister of Information and Culture had, Friday, March 30, at a news conference in Lagos and Sunday, April 1 listed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains who allegedly looted the nation’s treasury. But in a swift reaction, Dr. Olapade Agoro, National Chairman of the National Action Council (NAC), Sunday,…