Thursday, October 18, 2018

Buhari  vs Atiku, 2019: We have no Preferred Candidate- USA


The United States of America (USA) has said that it has no preferred candidate in the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria in 2019.

Mr Phillip Franz, a political officer in the U.S. embassy in Nigeria, said this during a visit to Katsina State Government House on Wednesday in Katsina.

Franz said that the USA was, however, interested in the electoral processes that would ensure credible elections.

“We want to emphasise that the U.S. has no candidate in this election; our candidate is the process; we very much respect the sovereignty of the country,” he said

He therefore assured the support of the USA to Nigeria in conducting free, fair and transparent elections in 2019.

“We will support peaceful electoral process and we stand to provide whatever assistance in order to see free fair, transparent and credible election in Nigeria in 2019,” he said.(NAN)

Friday, January 20, 2017

Goodluck Jonathan Writes Open Letter to Donald Trump




Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has written an open letter to U.S. president-elect, Donald Trump, as America is set to inaugurate its president in historic ceremony today in Washington DC.


In an open letter written to U.S. president-elect, Donald Trump, former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, has urged him to work with the African continent to achieve its “God-given potential” during his four-year tenure, adding that the world is “optimistic” that his success as a multi-billionaire businessman will be replicated in his new role as leader of America.


Read the letter in full below;
 




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Monday, November 07, 2016

USA Presidency: FBI Absolves Clinton of E-mail Criminality
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The FBI says it has found no evidence of criminality in a new batch of Hillary Clinton emails, boosting her campaign two days before the election.
FBI Director James Comey told Congress his agency's review had found nothing to alter its original conclusion.
In July, he said Mrs Clinton had been careless but not criminal in handling sensitive material on her private email server while secretary of state.
The issue flared up again with the discovery of new "pertinent" emails.
They were reportedly found on the laptop of Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of one of the Democratic presidential candidate's closest advisers.
Mr Comey's original letter late last month to lawmakers, revealing the bureau's inquiry into Mrs Clinton's emails had been revived, shook up the White House race and reinvigorated the campaign of Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Analysis - Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington

It was much ado about nothing, but it certainly amounted to something. While FBI Director James Comey, in effect, said "never mind" with regards to Hillary Clinton's emails, for the past two weeks the story has dominated the political conversation, and Democrats have paid a price.
While Mrs Clinton's presidential hopes have stabilised, talk of a possible rout - and sweeping down-ballot victories in congressional races - are a distant memory.
Mrs Clinton will now try to focus on her closing campaign message. Donald Trump almost certainly will continue to accuse his opponent of corruption and, perhaps, again allege the FBI is covering for her.
With only two days until voting, the dust kicked up by this story won't have fully settled by the time Americans head to the polls.
Once this election is over, there should be serious soul-searching within the FBI and the media about how this saga played out. The nation's top law-enforcement agency was a source of constant leaks, as internal disputes spilled into public view.
If Mr Trump wins, many on the left will blame Mr Comey for the result. If Mrs Clinton prevails, she likely will bear a lasting grudge over this political near-miss.

The FBI director had announced that the agency would investigate if the newly discovered messages contained classified information.
But in Sunday's follow-up, Mr Comey wrote: "Since my letter, the FBI investigative team has been working around the clock to process and review a large volume of emails from a device obtained in connection with an unrelated criminal investigation.
"During that process, we reviewed all of the communications that were to or from Hillary Clinton while she was Secretary of State.


Thursday, November 03, 2016

USA 2016: Prof. Wole Soyinka Campaigns Against Donald Trump


Nigerian legendary writer, Wole Soyinka has threatened to leave the United States of America should Republican Party candidate win the presidential election. 


Professor Wole Soyinka may be apparently pitching his tent with United States Democratic Party candidate, Hillary Clinton, as the presidential election draws nearer.
 
The Nigerian Nobel-winning author, now living in the US, tells Oxford students that it is up to young people to stand against ‘ultranationalism’ – in a speech that also took aim at Brexit and Bob Dylan.

The Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka has told students that if Donald Trump is elected president of the United States next week, he will leave the country according to the Guardian.

“If in the unlikely event he does win, the first thing he’ll do is to say [that] all green-card holders must reapply to come back into the US. Well, I’m not waiting for that,” said Soyinka, who is scholar-in-residence at New York University’s Institute of African American Affairs this autumn.
 
“The moment they announce his victory, I will cut my green card myself and start packing up.”

The Nigerian playwright and poet, who was imprisoned in Nigeria during its civil war, later fleeing the country and receiving a death sentence in absentia, urged young people to stand up against oppression.

Giving a seminar to students at Oxford University, he also laid into Brexit, saying it was a “ridiculous decision”, and part of an international rise in what he called “ultranationalism”.

"It’s a constant fight to try to get a nation to recognise its own noble persuasions … the loftiness of human possibility

“What is happening in Europe shouldn’t surprise any of us … It has happened before,”
 he said. “We were here when Enoch Powell was leading his thugs out to drive blacks from here … it’s a constant fight to try to get a nation to recognise its own noble persuasions, its own persuasions of the loftiness of human possibility. It’s for young people like you to say no to them whenever that happens.”


Sunday, September 11, 2016

Shocking! Popular U.S Member of Senate Commits Suicide



United States of America Assemblyman, Bill Nojay, has died by suicide on Friday morning over fraud-related charges connected to a trust fund he handled as an attorney. 


William R. "Bill" Nojay, a 59-year-old U.S Republican representing the 133rd Assembly seat in Upstate New York, shot himself around 9:22am on Friday, September 9, just as he was scheduled to turn himself into the FBI on a fraud charge.
 
According to NY Daily Times, Bill's charges were related to a trust fund he handled as an attorney. The FBI also had been probing a business deal related to Rochester’s $1.3bn school modernization program, which he played a central role in.
 
The deceased called his lawyer, saying he planned to take his life. A police officer tracked him down, but he pulled the trigger before he could be stopped. 
 
He is survived by a wife and three children.


Tuesday, September 06, 2016

Oil War: U.S. To Meet With Stakeholders In Niger Delta


Officials of the American Embassy led by the Deputy Chief of Mission, Mr David Young, say they are in Nigeria for an all-embracing dialogue involving all stakeholders in the Niger Delta region.

Mr David Young disclosed this during a visit to the Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa at the state house, Asaba.
He said that their visit was part of measures towards finding lasting solutions to the crisis in the region which has crippled oil production in the country,

Addressing newsmen after the visit to the Delta state government, Mr Young said that the U.S. government believes that dialogue is very important in resolving grievances and there is a need to encourage Nigerians to exploit mechanisms for dialogue in moving forward.

The Governor of Delta state suggested the creation of an environment that would foster peace and tranquility, adding that the state government have also made efforts to forestall peace in the delta region.
The Niger Delta region encompasses about 8% of Nigeria’s landmass and with oil drilling in the region, the nation’s economy was stimulated.
Numerous multinational corporations also established oil operations in the region with very high stakes.
The activities of the oil companies have caused several environmental and economic issues in the region, leading to militancy in the past.
In recent times, there has been a resurgence of militant activities in the region with new groups taking up arms and attacking oil installations in the region.
A militant group known as Niger Delta Avengers has claimed responsibility for the recent attacks on oil-producing facilities causing the shutdown of oil terminals and a fall in Nigeria’s oil production to its lowest level.

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