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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Theresa May has said she will put together a government with the support of the Democratic Unionists to guide the UK through crucial Brexit talks. Speaking after visiting Buckingham Palace, she said only her party had the “legitimacy” to govern, despite falling eight seats short of a majority. Later, she said she “obviously wanted a different result” and was “sorry” for colleagues who lost their seats. But Labour said they were the “real winners”. The Lib Dems said Mrs May should be “ashamed” of carrying on. The Tories needed 326 seats to win another majority but, with 649 out of the 650 seats declared, they fell short and must rely on the DUP to continue to rule. In a short statement outside Downing Street after an audience with the Queen, Mrs May said she would join with her DUP “friends” to “get to work” on Brexit. Referring to the “strong relationship” she had with the DUP but giving little detail of how their arrangement might work, she said she intend...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Ben Agande, Kaduna. A Soldier attached to the Command Secondary school Kaduna yesterday shot and killed a 35 year old man over a minor disagreement that led to a protest that lasted several hours. An eyewitness told Vanguard that the disagreement stemmed from an attempt by the soldier to stop the deceased from scooping sand close to the perimeter fence of the school. It was gathered that the soldier approached the deceased and others who took to their heels but the deceased stood his ground, pleading that he should be allowed to allowed to eke a living. Infuriated by the audacity of the deceased, the soldier reportedly shot him dead,  sparking a protest from youths From the area who took the corpse to the entrance to school and set up bonfire along Kachia -Mando express highway. A combine team of police and the army later dispersed the protesters, with three persons sustaining gun shot wounds.  A statement from 1division of the Nigerian Army in Kadun...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J L agos— The World Bank has said it was in talks with the Federal Government over increased availability of power in the country. Mr Joaquim Levy, the Managing Director and Group Chief Financial Officer, World Bank, told newsmen in Lagos yesterday that power was important to the development of businesses and the country. “Power is one of the things that we are working together with the government. Power is so important for of course, households but also for business because there is no how you can produce and you don’t have power. “But it is a very complex sector, not only in Nigeria, in many countries you have to organise all the parts – distribution, who pays what, how you will get generation. “ It`s a complex thing, but the government is very committed and I think the private sector is also willing to come in and invest. “So, we are in conversations, my colleagues are in Abuja so that we can have changes in the way the sector operates that will increase...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emma Aziken The uncanny ways of politicians would never stop to amuse many otherwise innocent persons. Two events in the last week in Delta and on the Plateau buttressed the unsteadiness of relationships that politicians carve among themselves and their shifty predilections. Up till a few weeks ago, many news editors in the country would confess how they had been steadily tormented by email news releases from the press office of the erstwhile Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya. Igbuya in almost every outing was praising Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to high heavens. Okowa, according to Igbuya had been destined to govern Delta State for two terms. Indeed, Igbuya had started the second term campaign for Governor Okowa even while the senator turned governor had not even settled for his first term. “Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has distinguished himself as a dynamic, articulate and vibrant governor. I am proud of his achievem...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Rasheed Abubakar T he recent pronouncement of the crescent of the month of Rajab, the seventh month of Islamic calendar, by the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC) triggered serious controversies, especially from among the Muslim youths. The NMSC headed by Dr. Hafiz Wali is an organ of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of His eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto. By virtue of his position as the Amir-ul-Mu’mineen (Head  of Nigeria’s Muslim community) the power to commence and terminate Ramadan fasting lies with the Sultan and by extension, the moon sighting committee.  This perhaps could have informed the reactions of some Muslim youths who stormed the NSCIA Facebook page over what they regarded as “misinformation and miscalculation of the month of Rajab”. They contended that contrary to the announcement by the moon sighting committee, Rajab did not start on Thursday March 28...