The Late 5: Mamora ‘rejects’ Buhari’s appointment, Putin secures fourth term as Russian leader, and other top stories

The Late 5: Mamora ‘rejects’ Buhari’s appointment, Putin secures fourth term as Russian leader, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. Former senator, Olurunnimbe Mamora, has rejected his appointment as the Chairman of the Abuja Investment and Infrastructure Centre. According to Punch, Mamora, who was Deputy Director-General of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation during the 2015 presidential election, was nominated by the President. It was learnt that a... Read More

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October 19, 2017

Trump slams media for covering up Obama’s corrupt uranium deal with Russia

US President Donald Trump has slammed the media for not covering the impropriety involved in the US-Russia uranium deal which gives Russia a 1/5th of the American uranium reserve. “Uranium deal to Russia, with Clinton help and Obama Administration knowledge, is the biggest story that Fake Media doesn’t want to follow!”, Trump tweeted. Uranium deal... Read More

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October 16, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: If you’re Nigerian and in Russia, Dino Melaye wants to hang out with you tonight

Senator Dino Melaye is in Russia for official legislative duties. The 122 thousand people who follow him on Instagram have been treated to over 30 photos (and counting) from the trip and more importantly, the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly meeting he’s attending. Melaye has had an impressive run in Russia so far. He has taken the... Read More

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October 15, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: You won’t believe who Dino Melaye is hanging out with in Russia

It’s almost hard to believe but embattled senator, Dino Melaye was in the company of Russian president, Vladimir Putin yesterday. “Haters beware! I know powerful men” should have been Melaye’s caption when he shared the proud moment via Instagram on Saturday but Dino went a totally different path. His caption “With President Putin holding me... Read More

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September 29, 2017

Russian opposition leader arrested ahead of protest

Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, the principal figure in a galvanised protest movement against the country’s leadership, was detained on Friday ahead of a rally. Navalny said he was detained in the lobby of his apartment building in Moscow. Navalny said on Friday in a video message posted on his Twitter account: “I can’t come... Read More

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September 27, 2017

Putin announces the destruction of Russia’s last supplies of chemical weapons

In a welcome development, Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Kremlin is destroying its last supplies of chemical weapons three years ahead of schedule, hailing the development as ‘an historic event’. Putin however in a televised remark broadcast by the Rossiya 24 TV channel, complained that the United States had not fulfilled its own obligations to... Read More

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September 20, 2017

Hillary Clinton slams Putin, Trump in “The Late Show” interview

Featuring on CBS’s “The Late Show”, former Democrats Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has expressed her harboured resentment towards Russia President, Vladimir Putin largely for his meddling into the 2016 election which she lost to incumbent Trump. While speaking to host Stephen Colbert, Clinton who just released her new book “What Happened” (an exposition of the... Read More

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August 27, 2017

We didn’t think Donald Trump could get any more controversial but he did – a timeline

US President Donald Trump is generally known as a controversial leader. This past month, however, has been one of the most tumultuous in recent times. From making up Mexican President’s call, thanking Putin for expelling Americans, encouraging cops to roughen suspects to threatening North Korea with nukes, here are Trump’s most controversial moves this past... Read More

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August 6, 2017

€222m Neymar transfer deal, 42 alleged homosexuals arraigned in Lagos | The 5 numbers that mattered last week

€222 million – Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) signed Brazilian footballer, Neymar in a five-year transfer deal from Barcelona. Neymar will earn $653,000 per week in the record-breaking deal. 42 – The number of young adults and minors who were arrested by the Lagos state government and arraigned before a magistrate court for alleged homosexuality. $10.5 million... Read More

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August 2, 2017

Tillerson says he told Putin U.S-Russia relationship could get worse and it did

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters Tuesday that he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that the relationship between the U.S. and Moscow was bad and could get worse, POLITICO reports. “I told President Putin when I saw him in the Kremlin in March and I’ve told Foreign Minister Lavrov... Read More

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July 30, 2017

Putin orders 755 US diplomats to leave Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said 755 US diplomats must leave the country. This is in retaliation for Congress’ approving new sanctions for Moscow’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. Putin had threatened on Friday that he would cut US diplomatic staff in Russia and seize two American properties after the Senate and the... Read More

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July 22, 2017

Former intelligence chiefs trash Trump for his relations with Putin

Two former top Intelligence officials have blasted President Donald Trump for showing disrespect for intelligence officials and and his relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The officials said Trump was endangering U.S. national security. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA director John Brennan, also strongly defended their response to Russia’s meddling... Read More

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July 19, 2017

Trump and Putin had undisclosed conversations at G20 dinner

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, had a second undisclosed discussion during a dinner for G20 leaders at a summit earlier this month in Germany, according to CNN. The White House acknowledged the meeting and said it was “brief” and had only Putin’s translator as a witness and National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton... Read More

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July 13, 2017

We get along ‘very, very well’ | Trump talks about Putin

US President Donald Trump in an interview on Wednesday said he has a good relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “People said, ‘Oh, they shouldn’t get along.’ Well, who are the people that are saying that? I think we get along very, very well,” Trump told evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson on the Christian Broadcasting... Read More

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July 10, 2017

Trump has a rethink about joint Russia cyber security unit, says it cannot happen

President Donald Trump on Sunday seemed to have a rethink, backtracking on his push for cyber security unit with Russia, tweeting that he did not think it could happen, just hours after promoting it following his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit. “The fact that President Putin and I discussed a... Read More

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July 9, 2017

Osinbajo abandoned Aso Rock, Trump honours Putin, the flooded “Mega-sea-ty” | Our top 10 photos from last week #LagosFloods Edition

Even though you may be tempted by the news cycle to believe that the flooding in Lagos is all that happened this week, it is not. Thankfully, you have us to bring you the top ten events of the week in photos. Enjoy! And of course, you must have heard that Lagos got flooded overnight.... Read More

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July 9, 2017

Putin has vehemently denied Russian meddling in election – Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump has, in continuation of the reactions on Russian meddling in the election, said that Russian President, Vladimir Putin, denied the allegations. In a tweet coming after he met Putin for the first time, at the G20 Summit, Trump said he asked him twice and it was denied. [Read Also:] TRUMP TO... Read More

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July 8, 2017

Trump very different in reality than on TV – Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said US President Donald Trump is a different person physically than on television after holding a meeting with him. “Trump on television very much differs from the man in reality,” Putin said at a press conference. “He is very concrete, he fully perceives his interlocutor, and he analyzes and... Read More

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July 7, 2017

Donald Trump and Putin’s first meeting will be ‘lit’ but not for the reasons #FakeNews told you

The global news cycle is already saturated with stories – mostly speculations – about Donald Trump‘s relationship – or the lack thereof – with Russia’s strong but controversial Vladimir Putin. There’s either something between the two that they are not sharing with the world (Americans, to be honest) or left-leaning anti-Trump Americans are just hell-bent... Read More

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June 24, 2017

Obama knew about Russian election meddling before Nov. 8 – Trump

President Donald Trump on Friday night said the Obama administration knew about Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election before Nov. 8 and did nothing. “Just out: The Obama Administration knew far in advance of November 8th about election meddling by Russia. Did nothing about it. WHY?”, Trump tweeted. Just out: The Obama Administration knew... Read More

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June 3, 2017

Putin attacks Americans for Russia-Trump deal claims

Russian President Vladimir Putin has chided Americand over continued claims of a Russian deal with US President Donald Trump. In a debate at the St Petersburg Economic Forum, Putin said Americans must stop their hysteria. “This is simply some kind of hysteria. You can’t seem to stop. Do we need to give you a tablet?”... Read More

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March 5, 2017

“Tell Vladimir that after the election I’ll have more flexibility” | Trump taunts Obama

by Azeez Adeniyi President Donald Trump has again taunted Barack Obama on Sunday after the former President denied his phone tapping allegations. ‘Who was it that secretly said to Russian President, “Tell Vladimir that after the election I’ll have more flexibility?”‘ Trump tweeted, reminding his followers of a comment President Obama was overheard in 2012... Read More

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January 28, 2017

A good relationship with Putin would be a great asset – Trump

US President, Donald Trump is hoping to have ‘a very fantastic relationship’ with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump said this during a joint news briefing with visiting UK Prime Minister Theresa May. Trump said having a good relationship with Putin would be a “great asset”. “We look forward to have great relationship with all countries. We believe we... Read More

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January 27, 2017

US President Trump, Putin to hold first phone conversation

US President Donald Trump will hold a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin on Saturday. “I can confirm that a telephone conversation is planned. It will be Saturday evening Moscow time,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Friday. Peskov said both leaders will discuss the “state of bilateral ties”. Peskov however refused... Read More

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December 26, 2016

Who is Mevlut Mert Altintas – the policeman who shot Russia’s ambassador to Turkey?

“Don’t forget Aleppo. Don’t forget Syria. Unless our towns are secure, you won’t enjoy security. Only death can take me from here. Everyone who is involved in this suffering will pay a price. We are the one who pledged allegiance to Muhammad, to wage jihad.” Dressed in a black suit and tie, Mevlut Mert Altintas moved... Read More

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December 14, 2016

‘Trump is second most powerful person in the world’

Forbes Magazine on Wednesday named Russia’s Vladimir Putin as world’s most powerful person 2016 for a fourth straight time. The Magazine named US President-elect, Donald Trump as the second most powerful person. “Russia’s president has exerted his country’s influence in nearly every corner of the globe,” the magazine wrote. “From the motherland to Syria to... Read More

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September 13, 2016

Nigerian-born doctor says Hillary Clinton may have been poisoned

A Nigerian-born US doctor, Bennet Omalu has alleged that Democratic candidate at the forthcoming US Presidential might have been poisoned after she collapsed at the 9/11 memorial service on Sunday. Bennet Omalu is well-known and respected for his works in chronic traumatic encephalopathy- a brain degenerative disease. Omalu said Hillary Clinton might have been poisoned by... Read More

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August 14, 2016

From Rio to India here are the top 10 photos of the past week

From the inspirational stories at the on-going Olympics in Rio to India where Irom Sharmila ended her 16 year fast; here are top 10 photos of the past week from around the world; Head for Gold – Nigeria’s Dream Team VI player, Sadiq Umar scores a header to seal a hard-fought 2-0 victory against Denmark on Saturday,... Read More

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February 9, 2014