Thursday, October 11, 2018
2019 presidency: Atiku asks Buhari 14 questions
The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, has hit at President Muhammadu Buhari again raising 14 questions for the President and the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Atiku’s camp said the government and the ruling party had abandoned governance and taken up the full duty of hurling insults at the former Vice President.
In a statement by the spokesman of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, Segun Sowunmi, on Wednesday, the former Vice President charged the government and the APC to name one project started and completed by Buhari, one youth in the cabinet or one terrorist arrested and convicted by the government, among other things.
“It has come to our attention that the Buhari government and the All Progressives Congress have been very idle of late, which explains their abandonment of the vital duties of running the government in order to focus on hurling insults and false accusations on the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar,” he said.
The statement added, “In order to give Nigerians the answers they want, we urge the Buhari Campaign Organisation to take the #BuhariChallenge and answer the following questions.
“Name one project initiated, started and completed in the last three years by the Buhari administration.
“Name one youth in President Buhari’s cabinet.
“Name one campaign promise President Buhari has kept.
“Name one Southerner heading a National Intelligence Agency under Buhari.
“Name one terrorist arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned by the Buhari administration.
“Name one Buhari government official arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned by the Buhari administration over their many budget padding scandals.
“Name one member of the Buhari administration fingered in corruption that was fired, arrested and currently facing trial.
“Name one former President or Head of State that has not been blamed by President Buhari for the precarious state of the economy he led us into.
“Name one year that Nigeria’s GDP grew faster than her population under Buhari (for 16 years of PDP administrations, Nigeria’s GDP always grew faster than population growth).
“Name the initiatives the Buhari government has put in place to address Nigeria being named the world headquarters for extreme poverty under Buhari.
“Name one initiative the Buhari government has put in place to address Nigeria having the world’s highest number of out of school children (13.2 million according to the United Nations Children Fund).
“Name the date the Ogoni cleanup will begin. · Name what President Buhari has done with the ₦13 trillion loans he has taken in 3 years (compared to the ₦6 trillion borrowed by the PDP in 16 years).
“Name the real owners of the Ikoyi Apartment billions.
“These are the issues the Nigerian people want to hear about, not insults from a Presidency and a party that have spent three years in office only to preside over Nigeria’s first ever recession in 25 years.
“We urge the Buhari administration to remember that it is this disinterest in real governance and focus on trivia that caused Bill Gates to look President Buhari in the eye and tell him that ‘your economic blueprint does not address Nigerians’ needs’.
“The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation runs an issue based campaign where refined language and cerebral arguments founded on facts are used to disseminate the vision of our candidate which is why we call on the Buhari Campaign Organisation to waste no time in taking the #BuhariChallenge in clearing the air on these knotty issues bothering the minds of Nigerians.”
Atiku Campaign raises 14 posers for Buhari/APC Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/atiku-campaign-raises-14-posers-for-buhari-apc/
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, has raised 14 posers for President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC saying that the government and the ruling party have abandoned governance and taken up the full duty of hurling insults at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The campaign organisation in a statement on Wednesday among others charged the government and the APC to name one project started and completed by Buhari, one youth in the cabinet or one terrorist arrested and convicted by the government.
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, has raised 14 posers for President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC saying that the government and the ruling party have abandoned governance and taken up the full duty of hurling insults at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The campaign organisation in a statement on Wednesday among others charged the government and the APC to name one project started and completed by Buhari, one youth in the cabinet or one terrorist arrested and convicted by the government.
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor The Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, has raised 14 posers for President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC saying that the government and the ruling party have abandoned governance and taken up the full duty of hurling insults at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The campaign organisation in a statement on Wednesday among others charged the government and the APC to name one project started and completed by Buhari, one youth in the cabinet or one terrorist arrested and convicted by the government.
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The campaign
organisaiton in the statement said:
“It has come to our attention that the Buhari government and the All
Progressives Congress have been very idle of late, which explains their
abandonment of the vital duties of running the government in order to
focus on hurling insults and false accusations on the Presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, His Excellency, Atiku
Abubakar.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/atiku-campaign-raises-14-posers-for-buhari-apc/
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/atiku-campaign-raises-14-posers-for-buhari-apc/
The campaign
organisaiton in the statement said:
“It has come to our attention that the Buhari government and the All
Progressives Congress have been very idle of late, which explains their
abandonment of the vital duties of running the government in order to
focus on hurling insults and false accusations on the Presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, His Excellency, Atiku
Abubakar.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/atiku-campaign-raises-14-posers-for-buhari-apc/
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/atiku-campaign-raises-14-posers-for-buhari-apc/
Politics Theresa May's government is on the brink of collapse as DUP threatens to pull the plug
The Democratic Unionist Party which props up Theresa May is threatening to pull the plug on their confidence and supply deal with the Conservatives.
The Northern Irish party is furious with reported plans for Northern Ireland to effectively stay in stay in the customs union and single market during the backstop period.
This would mean new checks between Northern Ireland and the rest of UK after Brexit — a clear breach of the DUP's red line of new divergence between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
The DUP has threatened to vote against the budget, which in times gone by would bring down a prime minister.
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LONDON — Theresa May's fragile government is on threbrink of collapse after the Democratic Unionist Party, threatened to withdraw their support for the prime minister over her controversial Brexit plans.
The party's Brexit spokesman, Sammy Wilson, wrote on Thursday morning that the UK government is treating the pro-union DUP like a "soft touch who can be pushed around" over the thorny issue of the Irish border.
Wilson adds: "The road which the leaks and briefings is outlining is the road to parliamentary defeat for any deal the prime minister brings forward. She will not have DUP support, regardless of whether the government tries to bribe, bully or browbeat us into accepting it."
In the first sign of a crack in the government, the DUP abstained on a Labour amendment to the Agriculture Bil on Wednesday.
Now the Northern Irish party, which has nine MPs in the House of Commons, reportedly intends to vote against the UK government's upcoming autumn budget if it doesn't change course on the question of the Irish backstop.
Budget votes have historically been regarded as confidence votes in the prime minister. Although it wouldn't automatically trigger her downfall under the terms of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, losing a budget vote would be a massive humiliation for May and lead to immediate calls for her to resign.
What's the problem?
The DUP is furious over the reported details of the backstop agreement being thrashed out by UK and EU negotiators in Brussels.
The backstop is the insurance policy for making sure the frictionless border between Northern Ireland and the Republic is maintained after Brexit. It will come into effect at the end of the proposed transition period, in January 2021, unless a new trading arrangement which protects the open Irish border is in place.
Under plans currently being negotiated, the UK will effectively remain in a customs union with the EU during the backstop period, while Northern Ireland alone will remain fully aligned with the European single market.
This plan is controversial as would it mean new checks between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK which breach the DUP's redline of no divergence whatsoever between the two.
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The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Wednesday that although some checks can take place away from the border, those on live animals and animal-derived products would have to take place at the border. Not only that, but these checks would increase tenfold on what happens currently.
"There will be administrative procedures for goods travelling from the UK to Northern Ireland which do not exist today. I understand this is politically sensitive, but Brexit is not our [the EU’s] choice," Barnier said yesterday.
There is also the issue of trade. If the Northern Ireland effectively stays in the customs union and single market for a period of time after Brexit, it will be unable to participate in any new trade deals signed by the UK government.
DUP leader Foster was furious after meeting with EU figures on Wednesday. In a statement, she said: "We will not burden future generations with a deal which diminishes Northern Ireland’s position in the United Kingdom."
So what next?
The DUP's threat to vote against the budget is a sign that the confidence and supply deal agreed between them and the Conservatives following last year's general election could be about to collapse.
On Wednesday night, DUP MPs abstained on a piece of agricultural legislation on which they had been expected to back the government, in a message to Prime Minister May that they are not bluffing.
If the DUP does vote down the budget — which will be revealed by Chancellor Philip Hammond later this month — the chances of another early general election will crank up a few notches, as May's leadership would be in peril.
Government sources pushed back on Wednesday, telling journalists that this would be a breach of the confidence and supply deal, and that the DUP would have to give back the £1 billion it received as part of that arrangement.
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And what about Brexit?
It's looking increasingly likely that if May is going to get a Brexit deal through Parliament, she will have to do so without the support of 9 DUP MPs. That would make an already difficult task even tougher.
The DUP was last night backed by leading Brexiteers Boris Johnson and Steve Baker. Former Brexit minister Baker tweeted "no one should underestimate their [DUP's resolve] while Johnson said the reported backstop plan would make the UK an "EU colony." The prime minister is becoming increasingly isolated.
And to make the prime minister's headache even more acute, around 30 Conservative party's pro-EU MPs are reportedly planning to form an official group counterbalance the Jacob Rees Mog-led ERG pro-Brexit group.
In summary, the many parliamentary factions which have for months threatened to derail both May's Brexit plan and her leadership have erupted into life — and MPs have only been back from recess for two days.
Figures in London and Brussels are increasingly confident that negotiators will be able to reach a final Brexit deal. Whether this deal will be accepted by a majority of MPs in Westminster is a different question altogether.
Atiku reacts to PDP Chairman’s death
POLITICsAlhaji Nashinang, who was part of the party’s delegate to the elective National Convention in Port Harcourt, died during a robbery attack within the week.
The former Vice President took to Twitter to express his condolence to the friends and family of the late politician.
He tweeted, “I received sad news of the loss of Alh. Salisu Nashinang, Ag. Chair, Jos East LGA, Plateau abd a delegate to @OfficialPDPNig National Convention at the weekend in Port Harcourt following a robbery incident.
“My deepest condolences to his family. Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilahi Raaji’oon.”
Atiku emerged winner of the PDP presidential primary on Sunday by defeated 12 other contenders including the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal; Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki; former Senate President David Mark; and others.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
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Pour son anniversaire, Bruno Mars s'est fait chanter la sérénade par Ed Sheeran
a eu 33 ans lundi, et le chanteur aux multiples Grammys a passé la journée à se faire chanter la sérénade par un certain .
L'interprète de "24K Magic" a posté une vidéo sur Instagram où on le voit comme à son habitude avec ses lunettes de soleil, un blouson Versace et un chapeau d'anniversaire doré assis derrière une pyramide de cupcakes formant le prénom Bruno autour d'un gâteau d'anniversaire.
Bruno Mars découpe avec bonheur une partie de son gâteau tandis que la caméra recule, dévoilant le chanteur interprète de "Shape of You" entonnant "Joyeux Anniversaire". Ed Sheeran porte quant à lui un T-shirt blanc et un pantalon camouflage. Si le début du morceau se déroule sans accroc, Ed modifie un peu les paroles ensuite.
Au lieu de se contenter de dire "Joyeux anniversaire, Bruno", il chante "Joyeux anniversaire, Bruno, qui a chanté deux fois au Super Bowl". L'interprète de "Just The Way You Are" semble beaucoup apprécier la nouvelle version du chanteur roux.
Tout en continuant de manger du gâteau, Bruno tape son verre avec son couteau et dit : "Encore !"
Et Ed s'exécute.
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Nigeria's inflation rate rises for the first time in 2018 Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose to 11.23% driven by increases in food prices in Africa's largest economy.
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Nigeria's inflation rate rises for the first time in 2018
Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose to 11.23% driven by increases in food prices in Africa's largest economy.
Picture of a woman in a Nigerian market
Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose to 11.23% in August, rising the first time in 2018, driven by increases in food prices in Africa's largest economy.
The
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its latest
Consumer Price Index (CPI) report titled ‘CPI and Inflation Report
August 2018’, released on Friday, September 14, 2018, in Abuja,
Nigeria's capital city.
This is 0.09% points
higher than the rate recorded in July 2018 (11.14%) and represents the
first year-on-year rise in headline inflation following eighteenth
consecutive disinflation.
Food prices rose 13.16% over the previous year, versus 12.85% in the previous month.
On a month-on-month basis, the food sub-index increased to 1.42% in August 2018, up by 0.02% points from 1.40% recorded in July.
According
to the report, the rise in the food index was caused by increases in
prices of Bread and cereals, Potatoes, yam and other staple food.
In July 2018, the annual inflation rate dropped to 11.14% (year-on-year), the lowest in over 2 years and 0.09% points less than the rate recorded in June 2018 (11.23%).
Ahead of 2019 general election, it is not so clear how the monetary authority will attend to the key lending rates.
In a Bloomberg report, Dr Joseph Nnanna,
CBN Deputy Governor, at the sidelines of a conference in Egypt in
August, said all the members of the Monetary Policy Committee had
supported to increase the lending rate if inflationary pressures build
up.
But experts believed that increasing the lending rate at this time may make it difficult for businesses to raise funds.
The monetary authority has been holding the key rates since July 2016, after increasing it to support Naira at as that time.
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