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(Nigeria)  The United States  Consul-General to Nigeria, John Bray has called for an end to the violence and deaths associated  with the Presidential and National  Assembly elections in Rivers  State.

*President Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the February 16 election, has faulted the United States of America, US, comment on Nigeria’s election, saying it was capable of casting an unwarranted cloud over the process.

L-R: British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing and Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, at the Government House,  Port Harcourt on Wednesday. (Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has called on the International Community to focus on the forthcoming general elections to stop the planned manipulation by the All Progressives Congress, APC, Federal Government.

*Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (Nigeria) Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has written the United States of America, USA, United Kingdom and European Union, over the persistent breaches of the constitution and court orders by President Muhammadu Buhari.

*President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki (Nigeria) President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, is set to attend the launch of United States of America, President, Donald Trump’s, Strategy for Africa, which will be unveiled to the public on Thursday.

(Nigeria)  The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC,  has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of being a hypocrite for lobbying the United States authorities to withdraw the ban reportedly placed on presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alh. Atiku Abubakar from allegedly entering the US. APC acting National Publicity Secretary , Mr. Yekini Nabena in a statement on Friday said,  "We have come across credible reports that former President Obasanjo has made moves to secure United States entry visa for the presidential candidate of the Peoples PDP, Alh. Abubakar, whose candidacy he endorsed on Thursday. "It is learnt that the former President who during and after leaving office insisted on Atiku’s unsuitability to govern Nigeria, is lobbying US authorities to withdraw the ban reportedly placed on Atiku from entering the United States. "Recall that the former president while in office had deployed enormous resources of the country on a globa

*Late United States Senator, John Sidney Mcain (Nigeria) President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has saluted late United States Senator, John Sidney Mcain as an exemplary legislator who epitomized a bipartisan approach to lawmaking.

*Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (Nigeria) Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has said that prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly, are better ideas for Nigeria's development challenges, in contrast to simple geographical restructuring of the country.

*Detained leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (Nigeria) Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, has reacted to a piece entitled, “Nigeria’s Treatment of Shia Minority Recalls that of Boko Haram,” written by a former American Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, saying the movement was poles apart from Boko Haram.

*President Donald Trump of the United States (Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an open letter to President Donald Trump requesting him to demand from President Muhammadu Buhari during his meeting with him this week “a comprehensive looters’ list and to exercise your constitutional powers under the Presidential Proclamation 7750 to instruct the United States Secretary of State to temporarily ban those named on the list and their family members from entering the US, pending the final determination of the cases against them.”

*Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (Nigeria) The Federal Government has denied media reports that Ministers who were invited to the United States-Nigeria Investment Summit in Washington, DC, on  April 19, 2018 shunned the forum.

(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for the absence of Nigeria’s Ministers at a scheduled meeting with investors from the United States of America.

*United Nations  Security Council (Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an open letter to the United Nations  Security Council and its members urging them to: “Urgently hold a special session on Nigeria and to visit the country to press the authorities to end continuing killings and destruction of property by suspected herdsmen across Nigeria, particularly in the North-Central of the country.”

*Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki (Nigeria)  President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has urged African leaders to shift emphasis from the current theoretical system of impacting knowledge in her education system to practical skills based approach in order to radically turn around the fortunes of the continent.

*US, Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington (Nigeria) The United States, US, Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, today presented the Letters of Offer and Acceptance, LOA, in respect of the A29 Super Tucano Aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force, NAF.

*President Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged Nigerians to disregard the fake news being circulated via a parody Twitter account and an old NTA news video that President Muhammadu Buhari is travelling or has travelled to the United States.

(Right) President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki presenting a souvenir to the leader of US Congress delegation, Senator Christopher Coons, with them is the Chief Whip of the House of Representatives,  Ado Doguwa, during a meeting between the US Congress with the leadership of the National Assembly in Abuja on Monday (Nigeria) President of the Senate, Dr  Bukola Saraki led a team of National Assembly members on Monday in a meeting with a United States, US Congressional delegation to discuss issues around security, humanitarian crisis in the North East, and ways to build a better working relationship between the Parliaments of both countries.

*President Donald Trump of the US With corporate chieftains fleeing, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he was ending a pair of advisory business councils in the latest fallout over his remarks about the Charlottesville protests.

Homeland Security on Thursday warned that if North Korea was to fire missiles at the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, they would reach the island in 14 minutes.

*Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State (Nigeria) Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the United States “Country Report on Terrorism 2016” and the Transparency International Report revealing corruption in the military as confirmation of his earlier position that the Federal Government lied to Nigerians that Boko Haram was technically defeated.