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US President, Donald Trump has cancelled his upcoming visit to the United Kingdom because of a deal to move the American embassy. The building has been moved from Mayfair to Nine Elms in London and will undergo a ribbon cutting ceremony next month. Mr Trump who was due to be the man with the scissors pulled out because he is upset about the location change. Writing on Twitter, Trump said: “Reason I cancelled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London…

Frederick Fasehun, President of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, has predicted that if President Muhammadu Buhari does not stop herdsmen killing innocent Nigerians now, he would lose the February 2019 presidential elections. Consequently, Fasehun warned the President to take steps in curtailing the herdsmen because “nobody has a monopoly of violence; and in the face of threats to their very survival, people will eventually resort to self-help.” Speaking in Lagos, the OPC President noted that should Nigerians resort to self-help, such, “move can tear this country apart and turn Nigeria into a free-for-all killing field.” According to him, “As far…

Unlike other Federal agencies, the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA) has set an exemplary record for its capacity to generate internal revenue to meet its staff salaries and overheads with effect from this financial year. This effort has not gone unnoticed as the Senate Committee on Trade and Investment recently extolled the leadership of OGFZA under Umana Okon Umana for the capacity to raise enough internally generated revenue to take care of its recurrent expenditure. Senator Sabo Mohammed, chairman of the committee, who was speaking at OGFZA’s 2018 budget session with the committee, told the managing director of…

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook has now moved from the fifth to fourth on Bloomberg‘s billionaires list and he’s now worth nearly $77 billion. According to Bloomberg‘s billionaires list, Zuckerberg made $4 billion in 10 days this year. The report says, ‘major market indices are up 2% year-to-date, continuing the major stock gains of last year. Among those profiting from the continued stock surge is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The 33-year-old has earned $4.16 billion since 2018 began, with company shares climbing more than 5%’. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. Details about the calculations…

The political tussle between Governor Udom Emmanuel and his political godfather, Senator Godswill Akpabio for the control of the soul of Akwa Ibom State has been given a sickening colouration by some political stakeholders and key players under Peoples Democratic Party in the state. The discord that started ostensibly like a rumour has degenerated into a full-blown fight, thus making many tongues to wag and generating apprehension among the political class on the denouement of the battle. Governor Emmanuel from Eket senatorial district daily appears to be amassing more arsenals by mobilising his kinsmen from Uyo and Eket senatorial districts…

As part of strategy aimed at turning the state’s economy around, Cross River government will soon commence the export of its ‘grand nain’ specie of banana to Europe. Prof. Ben Ayade, Cross River governor, stated this when he paid an unscheduled visit to the 105-hectares banana plantation in Odukpani local government area of the state. Ayade said, “It is very exciting to see the deep seaport project giving birth to all of these ideas. You cannot build a seaport without planning the outbound cargo, which is the mistake other ports suffer from.” He noted that “we expect that the Prof.…

The purported political face-off between Senator Godswill Akpabio and Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State which started like a small fire is assuming a new twist. The showdown is gradually turning to a political inferno which has consumed a commissioner and could consume many political gladiators and players alike as the fire rages. Though Akpabio tried to douse the political fire, Udom is stoking the fire using mercenaries in what looks like a comeback fight to show his political and financial muscle to secure his second term bid without qualms. Of course, his interest is to get back the…

When Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County sheriff, announced his Senate candidacy on Tuesday, he became the fourth viable Republican 2018 congressional candidate who has been convicted of a crime. And like two of the other GOP cons running for office, he has cited his criminal record as a partial justification for his candidacy. Arpaio was convicted of misdemeanor criminal contempt of court in July 2017 for defying a court order requiring him to stop illegally detaining people he suspected of being undocumented immigrants based on their race. President Donald Trump pardoned him one month later. The other convicted criminals running…

Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, has been granted an Ecuadorian passport just a day after threatening to kick him out of its London embassy, it has been claimed. Assange posted a picture of himself wearing an Ecuador football shirt an hour ago, adding to the speculation he had been granted citizenship. Tuesday, all the talk was that he may be expelled from the Ecuadorian embassy where he has spent the past five years avoiding arrest. But insiders have said they believe the passport was issued to him last month and the Foreign Office turned down a request from the Ecuadorian government to…

More than 900 residents including children of Akata community, a coastal creek in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State were rendered homeless after a mysterious fire swept through the community. The incident, which occurred January 2, affected means of livelihood of the victims as the inferno razed more than 200 houses, outboard engines, fishing nets, boats as well as household properties worth millions of naira. Consequently, Ifum Henry Udoh, Chairman of Ibeno Local Government Area accompanied by his Vice, Sunday Isokobo and the 10 councillors of the area during an on-the-spot assessment of the incident, was visibly heartbroken.…