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The US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has taunted former President Donald Trump on his plan to run again for the White House top job in 2024. The Democrat made jabs at Trump during an event at Cambridge University on Thursday, September 16, when she talked about the January 6 riot at the Capitol. “I reference him from time to time as ‘What’s-his-name,'” Pelosi said. “If he wants to run again, he’ll be the first president who was impeached twice and defeated twice.” Her statement was met with applause from the crowd. Meanwhile, Trump has teased the idea of him running…

The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta, Senator Ita Enang, has knocked the lawmakers at the state and national levels for disappointing their people. Enang, who spoke in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Thursday, at this year’s Correspondent’s Chapel week, lamented that the present legislators indulge in arbitrary approvals of supplementary budgets to the executive arm of government without scrutinising the account of previous budgets. Speaking at the media roundtable and another lecture entitled: Assessing The Performance Of Akwa Ibom Legislators At the State And National Levels, noted that the lawmakers have become stooges in the hands…

The passage of different bills into law may enter the storybook of Akwa Ibom House of Assembly as a major achievement. Yet, inability by either the governor or the lawmakers to turn the bills into law poses a big drawback to such chest-thumping efforts of the lawmakers. This is the quandary that the 26-member Akwa Ibom House of Assembly led by Rt. Hon. Aniekan Bassey (Uruan), as the Speaker is finding itself. Few weeks ago, Civil Liberties Organisation, Akwa Ibom State Branch, accused Governor Udom Emmanuel of withholding assent to six people-oriented bills. These include Bill for a Law to Prohibit…

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode reacted angrily to an interviewer who asked him if his defection to All Progressives Congress has financial linkage. Speaking on Channels TV last night on his recent defection from PDP to APC, FFK said he felt insulted when he was asked if his defection to the ruling party he has always criticized, was ”financially related” as claimed by his critics. ”I don’t expect that kind of ridiculous and absurd question from you. I have never ever lacked in finances. There have been no inducements. Politicians don’t move because of finances. If I wanted finance, I…

Governors of Nigerian southern states want state governments in the country to collect Value Added Tax (VAT). Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State stated this while reading a communique at the end of a meeting of the governors in Enugu on Thursday. Mr Akeredolu said the governors resolved and affirmed the position that the collection of VAT fell within the powers of state governments. “We resolved to support the position that the collection of VAT falls within the powers of the state. “The meeting reaffirmed its earlier commitments to fiscal federalism and emphasised the need to pursue its inclusion in…

A mother and daughter, who refused to take COVID-19 vaccine, have died weeks apart in same hospital’s ward after contracting the virus. A 32-year-old mother of four, Sammie-Jo Forde died in Ulster Hospital, on the outskirts of east Belfast, Ireland on Saturday, September 11, after her 55-year-old mother Heather Maddern died on August 31, just two beds away from her. The woman and daughter, who lived together, also worked alongside each other as care assistants. Both contracted COVID-19 and were admitted to hospital. Ms Forde’s dad, Kevin McAllister who commented on the death of his daughter and his former partner said, “I’ve lost my daughter,…

The Super Eagles have maintained 34th position in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola world ranking that was released on Thursday, Straightnews reports. The ranking was published on the world football governing body’s official website. In Africa, the three-time African champions maintain their number five position. Senegal are Africa’s highest ranked team as they are in 20th place, Tunisia are in 25th, AFCON champions Algeria are 30th and Morocco in 33rd. Among the Eagles’ 2021 AFCON group opponents, it was only Guinea-Bissau that moved up as they climbed to 105th. While for Egypt and Sudan, they dropped to 48th and 127th spots respectively. And…

Nigeria’s public debt stock stood at N35.465 trillion as at June 30, Director-General of the Debt Management Office, DMO, Ms. Patience Oniha, stated Wednesday. Total Public Debt comprises the domestic and external debt of the Federal Government, the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Nigeria’s total public debt stock was N33.107 trillion or USD87.239 billion, as at March 31, 2021. This indicated a N2.358 trillion rise in the debt stock from the end of the first quarter of the year to the end of the second quarter. A breakdown of the public debt figure under review indicated…

Nine people died one day after drowning in choppy Mediterranean seas in the south of France, say authorities. The victims were all swept out to sea while they were swimming in waters which had been stirred up by a combination of storms and high winds. The incidents occurred at five beaches in Hérault, two beaches in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south west of France and at two beaches in the Aude region. Five persons, in their 60s and 70s, died at Hérault, while two men aged 58 and 71 drowned in Bouches-du-Rhône. Another two men between 65 and 80 drowned…

After months of rumour and denials, Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, has finally bid farewell to Peoples Democratic Party by joining All Progressives Congress. FFK who has been a strong critic of the ruling APC had vowed in the past that he would rather die than join APC or bow to President Buhari. Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, on Tuesday, February 10, 2021 claimed that Fani-Kayode had crossed over to the APC. Addressing reporters after revalidating his APC membership in Okene then, Bello said Fani-Kayode is now a member of the ruling party. However in a swift reaction, FFK…