Trump fears 'major, major conflict' with North Korea

US President Donald Trump has said he would like to solve the North Korea crisis diplomatically, but that a "major, major conflict" is possible. In an interview with Reuters he praised China's President Xi Jinping for his handling of North Korea, calling him "a very good man" who loved his country. Mr Trump also said it had been "very hard" for Kim Jong-un to take over North Korea at such a young age. The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss North Korea on Friday. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Washington would negotiate with North Korea, with a view to removing nuclear weapons from the country, not changing the government. He...

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US Ambassador Commends Military’s Counter Insurgency Efforts

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Steward Symington has commended troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and members of their families, for the great job and sacrifice in combating insurgency and terrorism in the North East Nigeria.   Ambassador Symington gave the commendation in Maiduguri, during his visit to the headquarters, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole. The Ambassador pointed out that only Nigerians can best fight and defeat the insurgence against the country, which could only be attained with the support of all Nigerians. He enjoined Nigerians to take the lead in loving and caring for their country and other people...

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Buhari Following His Doctors Orders – Presidency

The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari is taking things slowly based on the directive of his doctors. This comes a day after the President again missed the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, sparking fresh fears about his health. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the Presidency said, “As eager as he is to be up and about, the President’s doctors have advised on his taking things slowly, as he fully recovers from the long period of treatment in the United Kingdom some weeks ago. “President Buhari himself, on his return to the country, made Nigerians aware...

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Buhari Seeks National Assembly Approval For $6.9bn Loan

President Mohammadu Buhari has written to both chambers of the National Assembly, seeking approval for a 6.926 billion dollar loan by the Federal Government. The letter was read in both chambers, by the Senate President in the Senate and the Speaker in the House of Representatives. According to the President, 5.851 billion dollars of the loans will be from the China Exim Bank for major railway projects across the country. He added that 1.75 billion dollars would be provided by the World Bank for procurement of polio vaccine, reconstruction and rehabilitation of the north eastern part of the country...

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Journalists Barred From Covering Kanu’s Trial

The trial of Nnamdi Kanu has resumed on Tuesday at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Journalists, have however, been barred from covering the ongoing trial of the self-acclaimed leader of the IndigenousPeople of Biafra (IPOB). This is against the earlier judgement by the presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyako, who ruled that the trial should not be secret. The street leading to the Federal Capital High Court has being barricaded by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Department Of State Services, the police and officials of the Nigeria Prisons Services. The trial is on-going without media coverage. Nnamdi...

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Buhari Not Harassing Jonathan’s Family – Presidency

The presidency has denied reports that the Buhari-administration is harassing Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan and his family. “We make bold to state unequivocally that President Buhari harasses nobody; he merely allows the law to take its course,” Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said in response to a report which claimed that Jonathan accused Buhari of harassing him in his new book. “For the umpteenth time, we say that anybody without skeleton in his or her cupboard, has nothing to fear about the bared fangs of the anti-corruption initiative. Fear belongs only to those who have...

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The sonic screwdriver from the BBC's long-running TV series, Doctor Who, has made it into the dictionary.

Doctor Who's sonic screwdriver makes it into the Oxford English Dictionaries http://www.bbc.com/newsbeat/articles/39626...

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