Wednesday, 13 July 2016
Edo: INEC can’t disqualify my candidate, says Sheriff
The factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff, has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission cannot reject the candidate of his faction for the Edo
Militants’ attacks: Yoruba, Ijaw leaders meet
In order to find a lasting solution to attacks by armed militants on communities in Ogijo, Sagamu area of Ogun State, the leaders of the Yoruba Unity Forum and the Ijaw National Congress, on Wednesday, met at
Era of free, easy money gone for good –Buhari
President Muahmmadu Buhari on Wednesday said that the era of free and easy money in the country had gone for good.
Forgery: AGF meets senators, insists on Saraki, Ekweremadu’s trial
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday, justified the decision of his office to institute a legal action against the presiding officers of the Senate over the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Order 2015.
Arsenal make move for Higuain but won’t meet £79m release clause
Arsenal are exploring the possibility of signing Gonzalo Higuain but will not remotely consider meeting the Napoli striker’s £78.8million release clause, according to the London Evening Standard.
Bonucci warns Chelsea players Antonio Conte is like The Godfather
Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci has warned the Chelsea squad that incoming Blues manager Antonio Conte is like The Godfather and will not “stand for players who think they are bigger than him”.
Quaresma: “Cristiano Ronaldo is the only person I admire in football”
Ricardo Quaresma has hailed Cristiano Ronaldo after the support the superstar gave his teammates in the final of Euro 2016, saying the Real Madrid man is the only person he admires in the game.
Theresa May prepares take over as Brexit PM
Theresa May becomes Britain’s second female prime minister on Wednesday, taking over from David Cameron whose career was ended by the seismic Brexit referendum, with the daunting task of leading the country out of the EU.
Cameron, who has been premier for six years, will say his goodbyes at his last question-and-answer session in parliament before tendering his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
The monarch will then call on May, interior minister in the outgoing government, to form a cabinet.
The newly-anointed prime minister is expected to begin announcing her ministerial choices before the day is out, including a Brexit minister in charge of leading negotiations with the EU on a new relationship.
Finance minister George Osborne, who fought hard to remain in the EU, is expected to lose his job, with May sharply criticising his economic legacy earlier this week.
Women are expected to secure several top jobs, with current energy minister Amber Rudd and international development minister Justine Greening tipped for lead roles along with foreign minister Philip Hammond and Brexit campaigner Chris Grayling, who is leader of the House of Commons.
– Johnson among cabinet hopefuls –
Friends of former London mayor Boris Johnson told The Telegraph newspaper he also hoped to play a “significant role”, two weeks after he dramatically withdraw from the race to succeed Cameron at the last minute.
Investors will be watching May’s first days in office closely but with greater optimism after the pound, which fell by up to 15 percent against the dollar and the euro after the Brexit vote, began to rebound.
EU leaders have said they expect May to move quickly to formalise Britain’s divorce from the union.
In a sign of their anxiousness to move ahead, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will hold a summit in August on the Brexit vote, the French presidency said Wednesday.
May has indicated however she will not be rushed into triggering the formal procedure for Brexit.
The steely 59-year-old vicar’s daughter will be Britain’s only second female premier after Margaret Thatcher, with whom she is now inevitably being compared.
She faces a stiff task in bridging Conservative Party divisions and dealing with a potential economic downturn.
Her other mammoth challenges include keeping pro-EU Scotland from bidding for independence in order to stay in the 28-nation bloc, and weaving new trade and diplomatic alliances with the US, India and other powers to prepare for a post-EU future.
– Clouds lift –
May campaigned, albeit quietly, with Cameron for Britain to stay in the EU and she will have to convince eurosceptics within her party and the country at large that she has no intention of backtracking on the June 23 vote.
“Brexit means Brexit — and we’re going to make a success of it,” the politician reputed to be a tough negotiator has said.
After six years in office, Cameron announced he would resign the day after the referendum. He will chiefly be remembered for organising a ballot aimed at stopping his party “banging on about Europe” and then spectacularly failing to clinch it.
He sought to deflect that criticism in an interview with the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday, saying: “As I leave, I hope people will see a stronger country, a thriving economy and more chances to get on in life.
May’s bid for his job accelerated as key proponents of Britain’s EU withdrawal, including Johnson, stepped back or were vanquished in a head-spinning round of political bloodletting.
The vote exposed deep inequalities in British society, which May has vowed to address, and plunged the opposition Labour party in turmoil.
On Wednesday, Owen Smith became the second Labour MP to announce a bid to try to oust embattled party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is resisting pressure to resign over his lacklustre campaigning for Britain to remain in the EU.
– Leopard-skin heels –
May has been a tough-talking interior minister for the past six years and is something of an unknown quantity internationally, although she has received ringing endorsements from party colleagues and a normally sceptical British tabloid press.
The daughter of a Church of England pastor, May is a cricket fan with a sober, well-mannered demeanour who lists her hobbies as cooking and walking.
She is well liked in and around Maidenhead, the well-to-do commuter town west of London that she has represented in parliament since 1997.
“She will get this country back on its feet,” said 69-year-old Jim Charlesworth, a neighbour of May and her banker husband Philip.
Martin Trepte, editor of the Maidenhead Advertiser, the local newspaper, said: “She’s a mature, grown-up, no-nonsense politician. She knows her stuff.”
She shows a flash of flamboyance with a colourful shoe collection — particularly her leopard-skin heels.
Mid-year rating: Lagos 2016 budget records 70% performance, revenue 73%, says Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, disclosed that despite the current challenging
How bullion van driver stole N100m
The Rivers State Police Command has provided details about how a bullion van driver absconded with N100m in Port Harcourt.
Fulani militia kill school principal, four others in Benue
Suspected Fulani militia killed five persons including a school principal, Mr. Sam Wayo, in the ancestral home of the immediate past governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, on Tuesday.
Army repel Boko Haram attack, kill 25
The Nigerian Army said 25 bodies of Boko Haram terrorists had been recovered after Troops of 119 Task Force Battalion stationed in Kangarwa Northern Bornu repelled an attack on Tuesday night.
Five common online banking mistakes to avoid
It is amazing how e-transaction has transformed the banking industry and made transactions very easy for customers.
Hundreds protest Los Angeles police ruling on 2015 shooting
Hundreds of protesters thronged Los Angeles’ police headquarters on Tuesday, after an investigation into the fatal 2015 shooting of a black robbery suspect found that the police had not broken department rules, the report said.
Buhari appoints BBOG campaigner, Usman, as NPA MD
The Nigerian Ports Authority on Tuesday, got its first female Managing Director with the appointment of the ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ campaigner, Ms. Hadiza Usman to the position.
Sam Allardyce in line for England coaching role
Sam Allardyce is in pole position to become the next England manager after his club Sunderland revealed Wednesday they granted at his request permission to speak to the Football Association.
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