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US Senator had secret meeting with North Korea to free Otto Warmbier

According to Fox , the office of Senator Rob Portman revealed he met with the North Korean delegation to the United Nations in December to seek the release of Otto Warmbier, the American student detained in January 2016. Senator Portman told Fox News that the senator in a New York meeting showed photos of Warmbier to showed... Read More

North Korea, Otto Warmbier, Senator portman, trump, united states

Russia cancels meeting with the United States over sanctions

Russian has canceled a meeting scheduled between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and U.S under Secretary of state aimed at resolving issues affecting the relationship between the two countries, CNN reports. This announcement comes after the US announced an increase of sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities in response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.... Read More

Crimea, Russia, sanctions, ukraine, united states

How to tell if your partner has an STD

Didn’t expect that headline, did you? But you’re mighty curious because really, who wants to be stuck with an STD they know nothing about. If you know nothing about STDs, then at least you should know this — they are not cheap to cure. For reasons best known to the Universe, nobody has unprotected sex... Read More

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how to, partner, Relationships, safe sex, Sexually active, stds

President Trump to reveal this week whether secret Comey tapes exist

White House press secretary Sean Spice on Tuesday said there would be an announcement “this week” to reveal if there really are taped phone conversations between President Trump and fired former FBI director, James Comey, according to Fox reports. Speculations if the recorded tapes did exist stemmed from the President’s tweet back in May “James... Read More

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[The Alausa Blog]: LASG releases the Lagos in history documentary (WATCH)

The Lagos state government has released the first part of the documentary of the iconic state. The documentary is one of the visual projects carried out during the just concluded 50 days celebration commemorating the Golden Anniversary of the state. Watch Below;

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ambode, Documentary, government, history, lagos, Lagos at 50, Lagos@50

U.S Senate finally set to unveil Obamacare replacement bill

Senate Republicans are finally set to unveil the healthcare bill. After weeks of shrouding the bill in secrecy, the draft of the healthcare bill aimed at repealing the Affordable Health Care Act will be unveiledThursday as the Senators still struggle over the basic issues such as the future of the Medicaid program for the poor... Read More

Healthcare Bill, Obamacare, Republican

Chelsea Clinton accuses Steve Bannon of “fat shaming” Sean Spicer

The Atlantic wrote a piece on the dying White House Press briefings and the obvious avoidance of the Press by the Trump administration, but really all that good analysis might have been lost when White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon allegedly said the reason daily briefings were now held off-camera is because “Sean got fatter” in... Read More

Chelsea Clinton, Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer, Steve Bannon, trump

Trump had “very, very good discussions” with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko

President Donald Trump met with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at the White House, Tuesday. Trump expressed support for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in eastern Ukraine in the meeting, which was billed as a “drop-by”, but made no reference to Russia’s role. The meeting with President Poroshenko was the same day the Treasury... Read More

pence, Poroshenko, Putin, rebels, Russia, sanctions, trump, ukraine

Ivanka Trump, Sen Marco Rubio and the episode of the one-sided hug

First daughter, Ivanka Trump arrived at the Capitol Tuesday morning to discuss paid family leave for mothers and fathers with Sen. Marco Rubio, Deb Fischer and others, but things got quite an awkward before they got down to business. The Senator went in for a hug from Ivanka and by looks, of this photo, Ivanka... Read More

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“The truth: Otto Warmbier was murdered by the Kim Jong Un regime” – John McCain

22-year-old American honors student Otto Warmbier only intended to spend five days on a sightseeing tour in North Korea in 2016, a classic example of traveling for knowledge gone wrong. He ended up spending 17 months there in detention instead of the 15 year sentence he got for stealing a propaganda poster from the hotel... Read More

John McCain, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, Otto Warmbier

“It’s a total disgrace what happened to Otto Warmbier” | Trump mourns late North Korea detainee

President Donald Trump has once again condemned the brutality of North Korea that led to the death of Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old honors student who died Monday in Cincinnati days after being released from North Korea in a state of “unresponsive wakefulness”. [Related] 22-year-old student freed by North Korea cannot speak or move – U.S... Read More

detained, North Korea, Otto Warmbier, trump, U.S.

[The Alausa Blog]: Ikoyi, Banana Island, Festac and Trade Fair belong to LASG – Okunnu

Former Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing, Alhaji Femi Okunnu on Tuesday expressed sadness over the current status of the Federal Secretariat in Lagos and other abandoned and surplus assets of the Federal Government in the State, urging that the assets be returned to the State Government for effective and proper usage. Okunnu, a Senior... Read More

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ambode, Banana Island, Festac, government properties, ikoyi, satellite

[The Alausa Blog]: Ambode swears-in new permanent secretary

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode was present as a new addition to the Body of Permanent Secretaries in Lagos State Mrs. Fiyinfoluwa Adenike Ogunbanke was sworn in. The number of substantive Directors that have risen to the level of Permanent Secretary in the past two years is now 38. At the swearing-in, Ambode said; “It is always a... Read More

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ambode, directors, Permanent Secretary, public service, trump

Senate Judiciary leaders to meet with special counsel Robert Mueller

Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee investigating the circumstances that led to the firing of former FBI director James Comey, will meet with special counsel Robert Mueller this week. According to reports, Chairman of the Committee, Sen.Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, announced last week that a probe would be launched to examine the... Read More

Department of Justice, FBI, Mueller, Russia, white house

Ivanka Trump set to discuss paid leave for mothers and fathers

First daughter, Ivanka Trump is set to meet Sen. Marco Rubio, Deb Fischer, and others Tuesday morning to discuss paid family leave, Politico reports. The meeting is a buildup to the Trump administration proposal for six weeks of mandatory paid leave for mothers and fathers, an idea that is unpopular with many Republicans. Fischer re-introduced a... Read More

Ivanka Trump, Paid leave, trump

Zuckerberg snubs White House invite to meet with President Trump and other tech CEOs

President Trump is asking the CEOs of the world’s largest tech companies for help in modernizing the American government system. Huge names like Many executives, like Apple, Google, and Amazon, are on board while Facebook did not even show up. Leaders in the tech space arrived at the White House, Monday, marking the beginning of... Read More

amazon, Apple, Elon Musk, facebook, Google, Tech, technology, trump, zuckerberg

Press Secretary Sean Spicer is searching for his White House replacement

Press secretary Sean Spicer is at the forefront in the search for a candidate to replace him on the briefing podium at the Whit House, before a major White House communications operations shake up. According to reports, Spicer and the White House chief of staff Reince Priebus already contacted Laura Ingraham, a Fox News contributor... Read More

interviews, Sanders, Sean Spicer, trump, white house, white house communication

North Korea is a “brutal regime” | President Trump reacts to Otto Warmbier’s death

President Donald Trump expressed dismay at news of Warmbier’s death and condemned the “brutal regime.” Trump said in a statement, “Melania and I offer our deepest condolences to the family of Otto Warmbier on his untimely passing. There is nothing more tragic for a parent than to lose a child in the prime of life.... Read More

brutal regime, Kim Jong Un, Otto Warmbier, pence, trump, U.S.

22-year-old American student released from North Korea dies

U.S College student who was released from North Korea last week after he spent 17 months in prison and more than a year in a coma died on Monday at an Ohio hospital where he was receiving treatment. New York Times reports the Warmbier family released a statement, saying Otto died at 2:20 p.m on Monday. The... Read More

22, american college student, detained, North Korea, Otto Warmbier, U.S.

U.S CEOs give Trump an ‘F’ for his 130 days as President

During his 2016 campaign, President Trump went on and on about his apparent business prowess, but since he assumed power business leaders seem alarmed by Trump’s political skills or lack of. A survey conducted at the annual Yale CEO Summit shows 50% of the CEOs, business execs, government officials and academics give Trump an “F” for... Read More

CEO's, Paris climate accord, trump, U.S., Yale school of management

[The Alausa Blog]: Governor Ambode receives the Assistant Inspector General of Police

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode received the Assistant Inspector General Of Police, Zone 2 Police Command, Ibrahim Adamu at Lagos House, Ikeja earlier today. Ambode met the AIG in a bid to continue working closely with all security agencies to reduce crime to the barest minimum and ensure a peaceful state.

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Russia vows to target US planes after shooting down Syrian Air Force jet

The Russia defense ministry says it will treat the United States led coalition planes in Syria, as targets following the shooting of a Syrian Air Force jet by the U.S military on Sunday. Russia, a key Syrian ally condemned the act of the U.S. downing of the Syrian government fighter jet after dropping bombs near... Read More

Planes, Russia, syria, U.S.

Trump’s lawyer: Ignore his tweets, the President is not under investigation

A member of President Trump’s legal team told NBC, Sunday that Trump is not under any form of investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. Jay Sekulow, told “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd “The president is not under investigation by the special counsel”. Sekulow also spoke to Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union”... Read More

investigation, president, Sekulow, trump, tweet

10 tips on how to be an awesome 21st century dad

So, it was Father’s Day yesterday, the only one on the world calendar just so you know. Chill out, this is not another Father’s Day Vs Mother’s Day rant. Fathers just like Father’s Day are most of the time relegated to the background in the overall parenting dynamics, not because there aren’t fathers out there... Read More

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children, daddies, fathers, fathers day, how to, Love, men, mommy

Trump’s son-in-law Kushner to travel to Middle East for peace talks

White House senior adviser and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will travel to Israel and Ramallah later this week. Kushner is slated to arrive in Israel Wednesday, he will first meet with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and then to Ramallah to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abba. According to reports, Trump has made... Read More

israel, jared kushner, middle east, Palestine, peace talks

“Trump doesn’t care about HIV/AIDS” | 6 people resign from Trump’s HIV/AIDS council

Six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS have resigned, on the premise that President Trump doesn’t care about HIV, TheHill reports. In a joint letter published in the Newsweek titled, “Trump doesn’t care about HIV. We’re outta here”, the six members Scott Schoettes, Lucy Bradley-Springer, Gina Brown, Ulysses Burley III, Michelle Ogle and... Read More

HIV/AIDS, presidential advisory council, resignation, trump

“I am cancelling Obama’s one-sided deal with Cuba” – President Trump

President Trump announced at an event in Miami, Friday that he would be effecting changes in U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba effective immediately. The President said he is rolling back former President Barack Obama’s steps towards normalization in U.S.-Cuba relations, “Effective immediately, I am canceling the last administration’s completely one-sided deal with Cuba”. Calling the Castro... Read More

Castro, Cuba, Military, obama, restrictions, trump

Trump mocks “fake news”, calls Twitter his very powerful social media

Amid phony investigations, great witch hunts, and a 7-month-old probe into whether President Trump’s campaign possibly colluded with the Russian government, Trump seems to find joy in just one thing — Twitter or what he prefers to call “my very powerful social media” One of the latest in a string of tweets that have been back-to-back,... Read More

fake news, Mueller, Sean Spicer, trump, twitter., united states, white house

[The Alausa Blog]: LASG launches website to register undergraduates for internship

The Lagos State Government, Thursday announced the opening of its website to register applicants for the 2017 edition of Ready.Set.Work (RSW) scheme. The scheme which is an entrepreneurship and employability initiative designed to equip final year students of tertiary institutions in Lagos with the right skill set to be of value to themselves and society. Special Adviser... Read More

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Trump confirms he is being investigated for obstruction of justice

In what seems to be an acknowledgment that he is under investigation for obstruction of justice, President Trump tweeted Friday “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt ”. In just one tweet, Trump revealed a whole lot of information. The... Read More

Collusion, James Comey, Mueller, obstruction of justice, Rosenstein, russian interference, special counsel

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