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http://ift.tt/2rrk7gB French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrive for a concert of La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra at the ancient Greek Theatre of Taormina during the Heads of State and of Government G7 summit, on May 26, 2017 in Sicily. TIZIANA FABI / AFP France’s new President Emmanuel Macron will hold delicate talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday with the two countries harbouring longstanding differences over Ukraine and Syria. Coming just three weeks after an election in which the Kremlin was widely seen as backing centrist Macron’s far-right rival Marine Le Pen — with Putin hosting her during a surprise visit to Moscow — the encounter in Versailles, near Paris, has an added personal edge. As a candidate, Macron, 39, had tough words for Russia, accusing it of following a “hybrid strategy combining military intimidation and an information war”. Since the start of the Ukraine crisis in 2014, Russia has flexed its muscles with a ser...

http://ift.tt/2rnFhMD (FILES) This file photo taken on May 23, 2017 shows Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner, senior adviser to Trump, arriving at Rome's Fiumicino Airport. The activities of President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior aide Jared Kushner have come under FBI scrutiny as part of the probe of Russian interference in last year's presidential election, US media reported May 25, 2017. Although it is unclear whether Kushner is a main focus of the probe, he is under investigation for the "extent and nature" of his interaction with Russian officials, the Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP The activities of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior aide Jared Kushner have come under FBI scrutiny as part of the probe of Russian interference in last year’s presidential election, US media reported Thursday. Although it is unclear whether Kushner ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J US President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned the “evil losers” behind a bomb attack at a pop concert in the British city of Manchester that killed at least 22 people. “So many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers,” Trump said after meeting Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the occupied West Bank. “I won’t call them monsters because they would like that term. They would think that’s a great name.” There was a blast and then chaos, as young fans of US pop star Ariana Grande fled in panic and parents searched frantically for their children, after a suicide bomb ripped through foyer of the Manchester Arena, leaving 22 people dead. Grande had just finished her sold-out gig, releasing giant pink balloons from the ceiling as part of the finale, when the bomb went off. “We heard a loud explosion and we weren’t sure what it was at first. People were saying it was a balloon popping or a speaker had just overrid...

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Chioma Obinna YOLA— The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has disclosed that no less than $144 million was required to treat two million children suffering from acute malnutrition in the country. UNICEF also explained that of the 2.5 million children who needed treatment for malnutrition, only about 500 were treated, leaving two million untreated due to paucity of funds. Speaking at a two-day Media Dialogue in Yola, Adamawa State, with the theme, Investing in Child Malnutrition for the Future, UNICEF Nutrition Specialist, Mrs. Philomena Irene, explained that as little as $5 was needed to prevent malnutrition, while $72 could conveniently treat a malnourished child. According to her, although statistics have shown that malnutrition is more in the North, there are pockets of malnutrition in every part of the country. She said: “Population of Nigerian children that is sick is more than the population of some countries.”   The post Nigeria needs...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emma Amaize W ARRI —Flow Stations Host Communities of Nigeria, FLOWHOSCON, yesterday, lamented that Nigeria was losing investments worth billions of naira to other African countries because of the over 10 years delay by the National Assembly in passing the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB. Speaking in Warri, Delta State, national president of the group, Mr. Sheriff Mulade, called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of bill, to establish the legal and regulatory authorities for the Nigerian petroleum industry. He said: “We wish to call on the National Assembly  to pass the PIB now to give a sense of belonging to all stakeholders in the industry. The industry definitely needs PIB to give it a framework for stakeholders in the oil and gas industry. “The bill has been in the works for over a decade and has been redrafted several times, but was never passed. The current National Assembly  should make history by passing the bill now. ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA—AHEAD of today’s Isaac Adaka Boro 2017 celebration, the apex Ijaw youth organisation, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide, has called on the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the issues that led to the Boro insurrection in the ’60s. According to the Ijaw youths, addressing the resource ownership question together with an acceptable political restructuring of Nigeria to reflect the tenets of federalism, remained the best solution to the rapid and peaceful development of Nigeria. The Eric Omare-led IYC, in a statement in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,  lamented that 51 years after the Isaac Boro declaration of the aborted Niger Delta Republic to express dissatisfaction with the Nigerian state over the political and economic suppression and oppression of the Niger Delta people and 49 years after his demise, the Nigerian state has failed to address the fundamental causes of the Niger Delta agitation. “The IYC holds the view t...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Kolade Bamitale I  have read some articles about the Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration since he mounted the saddle two years ago. I read about apprehension of Lagosians concerning whether he could perform like his predecessor in his early days in office when everything was going wrong. I read about when he started getting his bearing right in his first 100 days in office and when, after one year in office, he had erased my doubts and those of other Lagosians about his ability to take Lagos to the next level. That Ambode will out-perform his predecessor, which is how it should be in any sane society, is not in doubt but that’s not the purpose of this piece. I rarely write about politicians but this is different. What baffles me is the rare humility of this performing governor. I live in Surulere and work on the Island, so I hardly go to satellite towns of Lagos and outskirts. I didn’t know the rate of transformation that has taken place until a friend of ...