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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,…

A 33-year-old businessman from Trinidad and Tobago was Saturday, March 31, cremated with gold jewelry worth $216,000 (N77,760,000 million). Sheron Sukhdeo, a millionaire car dealer and real estate agent who was murdered on Monday, March 26 in cold blood, was laid to rest with accessories. The father of two, who was shot multiple times in a drive by attack outside the home of relatives at Caroni Savannah Road, Charlieville shortly before 9 p.m died while being treated at a hospital, leaving behind an empire worth tens of millions of dollars to his wife and kids. Dressed in white along with his famous gold jewellery…

In the heat of ongoing corruption war in Nigeria, some former governors have been told of their culpability in the said offence by paying N100 million each when they defected to the All Progressives Coingress (APC). Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, a former governor of Sokoto state, speaking to Daily Trust in Sokoto recently, said the listed members of the APC paid their way into the party. According to Bafarawa, the accused are Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation, Abdulfatah Ahmed, Kwara state governor,; Senators Rabiu Kwankwaso and Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko and Murtala Nyako, former governor Adamawa governor. The former governors…

China raised import duties on a $3 billion list of U.S. pork, fruit and other products Monday in an escalating tariff dispute with President Donald Trump that companies worry might depress global commerce. The Finance Ministry said it was responding to a U.S. tariff hike on steel and aluminum that took effect March 23. But a bigger clash looms over Trump’s approval of possible higher duties on nearly $50 billion of Chinese goods in a separate argument over technology policy. The tariff spat is one aspect of wide-ranging tensions between Washington and Beijing over China’s multibillion-dollar trade surplus with the…