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http://ift.tt/2ssxY2L Nigeria’s acting president Yemi Osinbajo Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said the executive would continue to engage the legislature in line with democratic principles to ensure that Nigerians enjoyed dividends of democracy. He stated this at the House of Representatives activity to mark second anniversary celebration of the 8th National Assembly on Friday in Abuja. Represented by Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Osinbanjo said that the executive would not confront the legislative arm in their dealings. “We appreciate the powers of the legislature; we will in our relationship with you, continually relate on the basis of honour for each other. We will only engage, we will not confront you. “We thank you, we congratulate you for the two years of your existence, and we wish you the best in the remaining years of your service,” he said. In his address, President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, ...

http://ift.tt/2szeb2G Sead Kolasinac For the first time in Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal career, his team has finished outside the top four and will not be competing in next season’s UEFA Champions League. The Frenchman has been given a two-year extension and he knows that this is likely to be his final contract, so he would want to win some titles and bow out on a high. He will be looking to strengthen his side for the task ahead and he has already added a new player to his ranks. The player that Arsene has added to his ranks is the Bosnian left-back Sead Kolasinac and I will identify five reasons while he should be a success at Arsenal. 1.The 23-year-old will offer flexibility and a steeliness that the Arsenal defence have lacked. Sead is a well-known left-back who has shown in the past that he can be a very powerful and tough central defender or defensive midfielder. He will give Arsene Wenger options in the defence and midfield, depending on what formation the Frenchman chooses to p...

http://ift.tt/2ssxY2L Nigeria's acting president Yemi Osinbajo Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said the executive would continue to engage the legislature in line with democratic principles to ensure that Nigerians enjoyed dividends of democracy. He stated this at the House of Representatives activity to mark second anniversary celebration of the 8th National Assembly on Friday in Abuja. Represented by Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Osinbanjo said that the executive would not confront the legislative arm in their dealings. “We appreciate the powers of the legislature; we will in our relationship with you, continually relate on the basis of honour for each other. We will only engage, we will not confront you. “We thank you, we congratulate you for the two years of your existence, and we wish you the best in the remaining years of your service,” he said. In his address, President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Sara...

http://ift.tt/2szeb2G Sead Kolasinac For the first time in Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal career, his team has finished outside the top four and will not be competing in next season’s UEFA Champions League. The Frenchman has been given a two-year extension and he knows that this is likely to be his final contract, so he would want to win some titles and bow out on a high. He will be looking to strengthen his side for the task ahead and he has already added a new player to his ranks. The player that Arsene has added to his ranks is the Bosnian left-back Sead Kolasinac and I will identify five reasons while he should be a success at Arsenal. 1.The 23-year-old will offer flexibility and a steeliness that the Arsenal defence have lacked. Sead is a well-known left-back who has shown in the past that he can be a very powerful and tough central defender or defensive midfielder. He will give Arsene Wenger options in the defence and midfield, depending on what formation the Frenchman chooses to p...

http://ift.tt/2qS6HFR Defense Minister, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali on Saturday, warned against disloyalty, disobedience and insubordination to the constituted authority. He gave the warning during the passing out parade of officers’ cadet of Direct Short Service course at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, Kaduna. He said any person caught with disloyalty and similar offences would be decisively dealt with accordingly. “I wish to make it clear that the armed forces of Nigeria are also undergoing a period of self appraisal; there is zero tolerance for indiscipline and unprofessional conduct,’’ he said. Dan-Ali noted that the passing out of another set of officers to the Nigerian Army came at a period the country was consolidating on the gains of counter -insurgency operation. “The Nigerian Armed Forces, as you are aware, have been involved in an extensive combat against insurgency and terrorist groups. “It i...

http://ift.tt/2rzEiZi Venezuelan activists protest investment company Goldman Sachs outside one of their offices in Miami on June 1, 2017. Goldman Sachs confirmed on May 30 it purchased bonds from the Venezuelan government. The bonds reportedly had an original value of $2.8 billion, but Goldman Sachs paid $865 million. / AFP PHOTO / Leila MACOR / “The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by Leila MACOR has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [original value of $2.8 billion] instead of [original value of $28 billion]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday warned against “rushing to judgment” over embattled President Donald Trump, stressing that US lawmakers need to establish the facts before considering next steps. Ryan, the top Republican in Congress, said that while he has confidence in Trump, he wants members to dutifully exercise their role as congressional investigators. “We need the facts,” Ryan told reporters after Republicans huddled on Capitol Hill following explosive reports that Trump shared intelligence secrets with Russian officials, and that he pressured the director of the FBI to drop an ongoing investigation. “It is obvious there are some people out there who want to harm the president. But we have an obligation to carry out our oversight regardless of which party is in the White House,” Ryan added. “And that means, before rushing to judgment, we get all the pertinent information.” Citing unnamed sources, The Washington Post reported that Trump had shar...

http://ift.tt/2nztn0S Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on stakeholders at ongoing 2017 code review of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to ensure that the exercise reflected current change priority in the country. He made the remark at the opening of the 2017 Stakeholders Review Retreat of NBC in Kano on Monday. The minister, who was represented by the Director-General, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Malam Mansur Liman, said the main aim of the code was to ensure quality broadcasting to listeners across the country. He said that the retreat was timely considering the need for the broadcast industry to meet the challenges that were expected to be framed out by the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting. He said that in order to meet up with the emerging trends in digital broadcasting, the regulatory framework should be fully transited from analogue to digital so that the operators could be properly gu...