US President Donald Trump has said the sex assault claims made against his new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh were a “hoax” and “all made up”. The Republican president condemned Democratic calls to impeach the judge as an “insult to…
Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to US supreme court (Guardian)
The US Senate has voted to confirm judge Brett Kavanaugh to the supreme court, handing Donald Trump a major victory and America a bench expected to tilt to the right for the next generation. The vote was almost a foregone…
Tinubu has become an emperor in Lagos —Bode George (Punch) * APC convention: Buhari polled 14.8m votes to emerge party candidate (Punch)
Tinubu has become an emperor in Lagos —Bode George (Punch) Former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, speaks with TOBI AWORINDE on the 2019 Lagos governorship election. What is your take on the belief…
Agbaje wins Lagos PDP governorship primary, vows to defeat Sanwo-Olu (Punch) * Presidential race: 7,000 delegates to affirm Buhari’s candidacy at today’s APC’s convention (Nation)
Agbaje wins Lagos PDP governorship primary, vows to defeat Sanwo-Olu (Punch) Jimi Agbaje has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State for the 2019 elections. Agbaje, a pharmacist, polled 1,100 votes to defeat his…
Brett Kavanaugh: Hundreds arrested in Supreme Court protest (BBC)
Hundreds of protesters against US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee have been arrested in Washington as the pick inched closer to winning confirmation. Republicans declared that an FBI report had exonerated Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault allegations. But Democrats…
Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony (BBC)
President Donald Trump has mocked the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at a rally in Mississippi. “What neighbourhood was it in? I don’t know,” Mr Trump said. “But I had one beer. That’s…
Why I dumped Ambode – Tinubu (Guardian) * Ambode lied about me, says Sanwo-Olu (Guardian)
Why I dumped Ambode – Tinubu (Guardian) A former governor of Lagos State and national leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu Sunday said he refused to back the current governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode, for a…
APC postpones governorship primaries to September 30 (Globalexcellence) * INEC declare APC Oyetola winner of Osun gov election (Punch)
APC postpones governorship primaries to September 30 (Globalexcellence) Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled the Governorship Primary Election to 30th September, 2018. The APC announced the shift in a statement today. Governorship Primary Election Rescheduled…
