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http://ift.tt/2sMDPQz Comey is the star witness in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigations of alleged Russian election meddling last year, with the possible collusion of the Trump campaign. AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON The US capital will grind to a halt Thursday, glued to TV sets and computer screens as sacked FBI chief James Comey testifies about whether President Donald Trump asked him to drop a probe into one of his key aide’s links to Russia. Trump, a ratings-obsessed former reality TV star, may not appreciate the worldwide attention paid to Comey’s public testimony, being touted as the Super Bowl of high political drama. Comey is the star witness in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigations of alleged Russian election meddling last year, with the possible collusion of the Trump campaign. The allegations have drawn comparison to the 1970s Watergate scandal that brought down president Richard Nixon. Comey was given the go-ahead to deliver potentially explo...

http://ift.tt/2sMDPQz Comey is the star witness in the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigations of alleged Russian election meddling last year, with the possible collusion of the Trump campaign. AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON The US capital will grind to a halt Thursday, glued to TV sets and computer screens as sacked FBI chief James Comey testifies about whether President Donald Trump asked him to drop a probe into one of his key aide’s links to Russia. Trump, a ratings-obsessed former reality TV star, may not appreciate the worldwide attention paid to Comey’s public testimony, being touted as the Super Bowl of high political drama. Comey is the star witness in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigations of alleged Russian election meddling last year, with the possible collusion of the Trump campaign. The allegations have drawn comparison to the 1970s Watergate scandal that brought down president Richard Nixon. Comey was given the go-ahead to deliver potentially e...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Former Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Chief Eugene Odo, says the growing popularity of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state is a call for good governance. Odo told newsmen in Enugu on Monday that the current leadership style and quality in the state was inconsistent with what obtained in the past. He said that the leadership lacuna was so glaring that members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state were joining the APC in their numbers. “Part of the reasons why we joined the APC is that with the level God has assisted us, I do not think the state government has anything to offer for now. “We do not want to show the difference between what is happening now and what happened in the past because the facts are glaring. “God has benefitted us and we should be in the vanguard of benefitting others. That is our mission in APC,” he said. The former speaker lauded residents of the state for embracing the APC, adding that with committe...

http://ift.tt/2pTG8nT Brazil's President Michel Temer speaks during a press conference following allegations that he gave his blessing to payment of hush money to a politician convicted of corruption, on May 18, 2017 in Brasilia. Temer faced growing pressure to resign Thursday after the Supreme Court gave its green light to the investigation over allegations that he authorized paying hush money to already jailed Eduardo Cunha, the disgraced former speaker of the lower house of Congress. EVARISTO SA / AFP Brazil’s President Michel Temer fought for his political life Friday after being accused of attempting to derail a massive corruption investigation known as “Car Wash.” Temer and a senior senator, Aecio Neves, were among those “who attempted to prevent the Car Wash investigations from advancing,” Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot wrote in a court filing that was made public on Friday. The accusation of wide scale obstruction of justice raised the stakes in a crisis threatening...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dayo Adesulu The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, yesterday in Lagos said that out of the 1,648,429 million candidates writing the ongoing UTME,  the results of 1,048,914 have been released. This was just as he also announced the extension of JAMB’s portal for registration, adding that it will finally close its registration portal on 28th May. He said that in addition to the 1,048,914 results that have been released, over 30,406 results are also ready for upload before midnight today. He said: “As at today, 1,648, 429 are taking our examination and we have released the result of 1,048,914. That is the result we have released up till yesterday. “On the first day, we released the results of Sunday because anything you call CBT, the results are ready, but for environmental reasons, we do not release the results immediately. “That is to ensure we go through the CCTV camera...