An airline is investigating how a woman flew 4,200 miles from Manchester to Delhi on her husband’s passport. A relative of Geeta Modha said she “accidentally” picked up her partner Dilip’s passport when she set off on a business trip to India on 23 April. The family member said the …
Read More »Mueller’s questions for Trump leaked to NYT, in latest unexplained disclosure from Russia probe
A lengthy list of questions for President Trump from special counsel Robert Mueller has been leaked to The New York Times, marking the latest in a string of apparently deliberate disclosures from the ongoing probe into Russian involvement in the U.S. presidential election. The paper, saying only that it had …
Read More »Trump and Nigerian President Buhari deflect awkward question
US President Donald Trump’s reported disparaging of African countries did not come up in his talks with Nigeria’s president, the two leaders have said. Muhammadu Buhari sidestepped a reporter’s question about Mr Trump’s alleged use of the term “shitholes” to describe certain developing nations. In their White House news conference, …
Read More »Islamist Insurgents: Pushing Nigeria Off The Edge Of The Precipice
Gentlemen of the Press, I welcome you all to this press conference in the precious and wonderful name of Our Redeemer and Savior, Jesus Christ. The last press conference I addressed was in January over the state of insecurity in the country where we brought to the fore, the failure …
Read More »Steve Hilton: Trump’s Triumphs Are Driving His Critics Crazy
It started with Kanye and ended with Kim, featuring Emmanuel and Angela in between: this week showed President Trump upending expectations and confounding his critics on an epic scale. But perhaps the most revealing thing about it all was not what it said about the president but instead the light …
Read More »Book Ban? California Bill Would Target Christian Pastors, Bookstores
Christians across the nation are expressing grave concerns over a proposed California law that would outlaw speech by ministers, licensed counselors and authors on issues ranging from homosexuality to gender identity. AB 2943, authored by Assemblymember Evan Low, would utilize the state’s existing consumer fraud statute to classify gay conversion …
Read More »Mike Pompeo confirmed as secretary of state And Sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
The US Senate has confirmed former CIA director Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, ending a tough confirmation battle. Mr Pompeo had been accused by Democrats of being a war hawk and harbouring anti-Muslim and homophobic views. The Senate voted 57-42 to approve him as America’s top diplomat, the second …
Read More »US President Donald Trump to visit the UK in July
US President Donald Trump is to visit the UK on Friday, 13 July, after previously cancelling a planned trip amid claims he would face protests. It will not be the full-blown state visit Mr Trump was promised when Prime Minister Theresa May visited the White House in January last year. …
Read More »West Virginia Senate candidate wears rival’s campaign hat during debate
It’s unheard of for a Senate candidate to wear campaign swag promoting a political rival. At least, it was unheard of. During a televised debate Tuesday, Don Blankenship, a Republican candidate for Senate in West Virginia, wore a hat that said, in bold lettering: “Tom Willis, U.S. Senate”. Tom Willis …
Read More »CAN Calls for Nationwide Protest Against Herdsmen Killings
The Christian Association of Nigeria, has called for a nationwide protest against killings and bloodshed in the country. The CAN President, Rev. Olasupo Ayokunle, in a statement on Wednesday urged Christians to hold peaceful protests within their church premises on Sunday April 29, 2018 He made the call against the …
Read More »SARS Stops Senate Delegation From Seeing Dino Melaye At Hospital
According to reports, the Police have denied Senate delegation access to National Hospital ward where Senator Dino Melaye is admitted after his arrest yesterday. The delegation is led by Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Bala Na’Allah. It includes Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Francis Alimikhena, Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha and …
Read More »35 Killed By Herdsmen In Benue Village
No fewer than 35 persons have been killed and several other still missing after suspected herdsmen attacked Tse Umenger in Mbadwem Council Ward of Guma LGA, Benue State. DAILY POST gathered that the heavily armed men, numbering over 50, stormed the village on Tuesday around 7pm and set the entire …
Read More »US State Department: Buhari Administration Encourages Human Right Abuses
Just days before President Muhammadu Buhari meets his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington DC, the United States government has released a report indicting the administration of the Nigerian leader of the festering human rights abuses in the country. The US Department of State in its “Country Reports on Human …
Read More »The Face-off Between The Presidency and Senate Deepens Over Stolen Mace
The festering crisis of confidence between the Presidency and the National Assembly may have deepened. There were signs yesterday that the Senate may have resolved to dump all Executive communications sent to it for action. The resolution to “keep all Executive communications in view” was one of the high points …
Read More »‘Nigeria Constitution is now suspended As Anachy Looms’ – Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has raised the alarm that Nigeria was drifting towards a state of anarchy, calling on the international community to intervene and rescue the country from turning to a war zone, where mass killings is a usual occurrence. Fayose, reacting to the killing of 18 …
Read More »Row in House of Reps Over $496m Super Tucano Fighter Jets
The House of Representatives plenary became a rowdy session this morning over calls for impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kingsley Chinda. The row was over the payment of $496 million to the United States Government by the Buhari administration for the much …
Read More »‘Tyrannical’ judge told ‘not to return’ after she berates defendant who died three days later
A Florida judge was relieved of her duties Friday after berating a woman in a wheelchair who was having trouble breathing due to two medical conditions and who died at home three days after the encounter. Broward County Circuit Judge Merrilee Ehrlich gave defendant Sandra Faye Twiggs, 59, who was …
Read More »James Comey: Six claims about Trump from ex-FBI director
1. ‘Morally unfit’ ABC News has released a full 42,000-word transcript of the interview. Host presenter George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s 20/20 programme interviewed Mr Comey on Sunday night. When asked if he considered Mr Trump fit to lead, the former FBI director said he did not believe claims about Mr …
Read More »Singapore uncovers ‘high-tech’ exam cheating plot
A Singaporean tutor has admitted helping six Chinese students cheat in their exams in 2016 in what prosecutors say was an elaborate plot. Tan Jia Yan, 32, pleaded guilty to 27 charges of cheating. Three other suspects face similar charges. Ms Tan sat O-Level exams as a private candidate, Facetiming …
Read More »Russian reporter Borodin dead after mystery fall
A Russian investigative journalist who wrote about the deaths of mercenaries in Syria has died in hospital after falling from his fifth-floor flat. Maxim Borodin was found badly injured by neighbours in Yekaterinburg and taken to hospital, where he later died. Local officials said no suicide note was found but …
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