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http://ift.tt/2rOLCzK US President Donald Trump makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on June 9, 2017. Trump is heading to his Bedminister, New Jersey, golf club to spend the weekend. MANDEL NGAN / AFP US President Donald Trump on Sunday accused James Comey of cowardice by leaking accounts of his meetings with the president, days after the ex-FBI director testified that Trump sought to derail the Russian probe. “I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible,” Trump wrote in an early morning tweet. “Totally illegal? Very ‘cowardly!’” Sacked FBI chief Comey delivered his bombshell allegations at a Senate hearing Thursday, saying in his sworn testimony that he had asked a “friend” identified as a Columbia University law professor to release a memo of his conversations with the president to the press. Comey said he had hoped releasing the information via the media would prompt...

http://ift.tt/2rOLCzK US President Donald Trump makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on June 9, 2017. Trump is heading to his Bedminister, New Jersey, golf club to spend the weekend. MANDEL NGAN / AFP US President Donald Trump on Sunday accused James Comey of cowardice by leaking accounts of his meetings with the president, days after the ex-FBI director testified that Trump sought to derail the Russian probe. “I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible,” Trump wrote in an early morning tweet. “Totally illegal? Very ‘cowardly!'” Sacked FBI chief Comey delivered his bombshell allegations at a Senate hearing Thursday, saying in his sworn testimony that he had asked a “friend” identified as a Columbia University law professor to release a memo of his conversations with the president to the press. Comey said he had hoped releasing the information via the media would pr...

http://ift.tt/2q3BLCT Bashar al-Assad / AFP PHOTO / SANA / – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad lauded his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani Saturday on his election victory and vowed to continue cooperating with Tehran, a key Damascus supporter. Assad congratulated Rouhani on winning a second term and for earning “the trust the Iranian people gave him to continue bolstering Iran’s position and role,” according to a statement carried by Syrian state news agency SANA. The Syrian president stressed the need to “continue working and cooperating with the Islamic Republic of Iran to strengthen the security and stability of both countries, the region and the world,” it said. Iran, alongside Russia, is a key supporter of Assad, in power for 17 years and engaged in a devastating six-year war against a multitude of rebel and jihadist forces. Iran has sent to Syria military advisers as well as thousands of “volunteer” fighters recruited among its own nationals as well as the Shiite ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Senate, Wednesday, gave a two weeks ultimatum to government agencies who are yet to submit their budget proposal for scrutiny. Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah had, Tuesday, drew the attention of his colleagues to the abnormality during plenary, insisted that it was wrong for agencies to spend money that has not been appropriated by the legislature. Na’Allah noted that he intends to bring the issue to the floor as a motion so that Senators will understand the implications and the need to assist the government to fight corruption. “I deliberately decided that I will bring it on the floor, so that Senators will understand the implications,” Na’Allah said. “In our commitment to assist this government to fight corruption, we must stand on our feet that every spirit of our law must be obeyed by those holding public offices. “I think that if you permit me I will like to come tomorrow by way of motion, so it can be debated on the Floor of the Sena...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology says Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a veritable instrument in fast tracking Science, Technology and Innovations (STIs) in the country. A statement issued Mr Raymond Ogbu of the Communications and Protocol Unit, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), quoted the minister as making the assertion. Onu spoke against the backdrop of the successes recorded in the partnership between NOTAP and PZ Cussons Nigeria plc. The minister said this at the commissioning ceremony of the upgraded Chemical Laboratory equipment donated to the National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT), Zaria by PZ Cussons Nigeria plc. He said that no country could develop if it constantly depended on products coming from other countries without strategic plans for domestication of foreign technologies. He said that globally, emphasis had shifted from resource based economy to knowledge based ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Maiduguri – Three suicide bombers attempted early Saturday morning to enter University of Maiduguri, but they were thwarted by security men. Two of the bombers detonated their bombs as they faced interrogation by the security men at the gate, killing one of them and injuring another. The third bomber, who had hidden close to a building near the gate, also detonated her explosive. She was the only casualty. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) based in Maiduguri, confirmed the death of four persons, including the bombers, in a statement on Saturday by Mal. Abdulkadir Ibrahim, the North East Information officer of the agency. “Today at 1:10am, three suicide bombers, two men and a woman attempted to gain access into University of Maiduguri, but were sighted by the university security that stopped them for interrogation. “While interrogating them, the two suicide bombers detonated their explosives devices which injured one of the securities and killed a...

http://ift.tt/2pEeSZi Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at the headquarters of the rulling AK Party in Ankara, on May 2, 2017. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on May 2, 2017 rejoined the Turkish ruling party after a nearly three-year absence, in the first major change to come into effect following the referendum victory on expanding his powers. Erdogan signed a membership document to rejoin the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) that he co-founded, at a ceremony at its headquarters. / AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned Brussels that Turkey would bring the curtain down on its over half-century bid to join the European Union if new accession chapters were not opened. Erdogan’s threat to say “goodbye” to the European Union came minutes after he rejoined Turkey’s ruling party in the first major change to come into effect following a controversial vote to boost his powers. Relations between Ankara and B...