THE LIST OF 47 AMBASADORS DESIGNATED SUBMITTED BY PRESIDENT BUHARI

The following in the list of the 47 names of Nigeria Ambssador designated submitted to the Senate b President Buhari of Nigeria along their resume screening and ratification.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that nominees included- Obinna Chukwuemeka, Salisu Umoru, Iyang Udoh, Okeke Vivian, Liman Munir, Edem Jane, Mohammed Hassan, Martin Cobham, Janet Molegbo, Itegbuoye Sunday, Olatunde Adesesan and Lilian Onu.

Others are – Manaja Isa, Ngozi Ukeje, Bello Husseini, Enoch Ducci, Garba Baba, Usman Aliyu, Umar Salisu, Momoh Omeiza, Kadiri Audu, Balogun Hakeem, Nosa Ahmed, Ibrahim Isa, Bankole Adeoye and Ibidapo Obe.
Also listed are – Ogundaro Sakirat, Eric Belgam, Ateru Haliru, Ramota Bulima, Musa Mamman, Kabiru Bala, Adamu Shuaibu, D. A. Agiv, T.K. Gonglong, Ibrahim Hamza, K.C. Nwachukwu and Q.R. Wolu.
E.K. Oguntuwase, A.I. Paragauda, L.A. Gasharga, Olufemi Abikoye, Abubakar Ibrahim, Rabiu Kawu, Janet Bisong and Adekunbi Habeebat completed the list

NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM COORPORATION LOOSES 20 BILLION IN ONE MONTH OVER THE NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF THE MILITANT (NIGER-DELTA AVENGERS)

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has disclosed that it lost N20 billion in April due to attacks on Forcados Export Line by the Niger Delta Avengers.
In its Monthly Financial and Operations Report for April released in Abuja on Wednesday, NNPC said its revenue dipped in April by 4.99 per cent to N102.45 billion from N107. 83 billion recorded in March.

It states that the corporation’s expenses also dipped by 3.82 per cent to N121.88 billion compared to N126.72 billion spent in the preceding month.
It attributed the drop to pipeline vandalism which forced one of its subsidiaries, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), to undertake a production shut-in, which resulted in the loss of monthly crude oil revenue of N20 billion.
The report said “NPDC deficit and low revenue in the month of February to March 2016 and April 2016 was due to production shut–in, resulting to loss of entire NPDC’s revenue from crude oil sales of about N20 billion occasioned by vandalism of Forcados Export Line.”
It further blamed the poor performance on losses recorded in the operations of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) from the fuel scarcity recorded during the period.
It said PPMC, being the sole supplier of last resort, in its drive to bridge the petroleum products supply gap, suffered losses.
It said shortage of products compelled PPMC to sometime engage in commercially unfavourable short term arrangements.
Another major contributor to the loss was high operation costs in the Corporate Headquarters, which included expenses related to the on-going restructuring programme at NNPC, the report said.
A breakdown of the financial performance shows that in spite the shut-in, NPDC recorded a profit of N2.25 billion but Integrated Data Services Limited posted a loss of N476.06 million.
“National Engineering Technical Company Limited recorded a deficit of N167.41 million and the Nigerian Gas Company posted a profit of N4.54 billion.
“The NNPC Retail and the PPMC posted profit of N718.15 million and a loss of N6.905 million respectively,” the report states.
It said that all the three refineries recorded poor financial performances.
It noted that the Kaduna, Port-Harcourt and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Companies posted losses of N2.28 billion, N1.81 billion and N971.04 million respectively.
It further said that the Corporate Headquarters recorded a deficit of N13.047 billion, while Corporate Service Units posted a loss of N1.28 billion. (NAN)

LAGOS BASED LAWYER SUES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA OVER THE KILLINGS OF PRO-BIFRAN PROTESTERS

Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun-Olu  Adegboruwa, has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to order the immediate release  of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra who are being allegedly detained unlawfully by the Federal Government.

In a suit he filed on Thursday, Adegboruwa accused the Federal Government of trampling on the constitutional rights of the pro-Biafran protesters to freedoms of expression, assembly and association.

He is urging the court to restrain the Federal Government and its agents from further interfering with activities of the pro-Biafran protesters and unleashing terror on them.

The lawyer wants the court to declare that the pro-Biafran protesters are “entitled to assemble together in any part of the country, for the purpose of demanding for self determination, without any permit or licence.”

SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS VOW TO JOIN FORCES WITH CLINTON TO DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP

After meeting with President Obama in the white house on Thursday morning in a friendly meeting which lasted for over one hour according to white house source. Senator Snaders declares Donald Trump as United State President will definitely be a great disaster. He also thanks President Obama and VP Biden for their Game of Non Interference as they promised through out the period of the party primaries. Obama has also congratulated Senator Sanders for his dog headness fight and well landmark made in the History  of American politics.

'Take your border wall and shove it up your ass' Texas Democrats Tells Donald (Dumb) Trump

If it wasn't clear how Rep. Filemon Vela felt about Donald Trump before, it is now. The Texas Democrat sent an open letter to the presumptive Republican nominee telling him just where to put the border wall he's been calling for since the start of his campaign.

"Mr. Trump, you're a racist and you can take your border wall and shove it up your ass," wrote the second-term congressman. "I would like to end this letter in a more diplomatic fashion, but I think that you, of all people, understand why I cannot."

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The letter was first reported by the Texas Tribune.

Vela, who represents a border region of Texas, was responding to the latest controversy by Trump related to the Hispanic community -- pillorying Trump for his criticism of Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge in Southern California overseeing the Trump University case. The Indiana-born Curiel has Mexican heritage, but Trump has said Curiel cannot be impartial because he is a "Mexican" and Trump wants to build a wall with along that country's border.

Vela did not mince words.

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"You have now descended to a new low in your racist attack of an American jurist, U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel, by calling him a 'Mexican' simply because he ruled against you," Vela wrote, warning Trump not to "dismiss me as just another 'Mexican.'"

"I'M HER AS I CANT WAIT TO START CAMPAINING" OBAMA ENDORSES HILLARY CLINTON

"I want those of you who have been with me since the beginning of this incredible journey to be the first to know that I'm with her," Obama continued. "I am fired up. And I can't wait to get out there and campaign with Hillary."

Obama will campaign with Clinton next week in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

"It's probably the first of many campaign events between now and November," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said, adding that no more campaign events are scheduled yet. Earnest said Obama recorded his video Tuesday.

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His endorsement made note of the historic nature of Clinton's being the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. Obama's endorsement brings full circle a relationship that began when the two were rivals in the hard-fought 2008 Democratic nominating contest.

Clinton thanked Obama for his endorsement in a tweet posted to her account Thursday.

"Honored to have you with me, @POTUS. I'm fired up and ready to go!" she wrote, signing it with '-H' to indicate the tweet was from the former secretary of state personally

MILITANT UNLEASHED FRESH TERROR IN SOMALIA .KILL 43

       

Somalia al Shabaab group said its fighters rammed a suicide car bomb into a base of Ethiopian troops serving with the African Union’s AMISOM force and killed 43 soldiers on Thursday.
Residents near the base in the central town of Haglan said they heard a huge explosion and then heavy exchanges of gunfire shortly before dawn.
The gun duel lasted at least an hour after the initial blast, they told Reuters.
There was no immediate comment from the AU force, made up of African nations supporting Somalia’s Western-backed government in its fight against the al Qaeda-linked militants.
AMISOM usually says it is up to troop-contributing countries to announce casualties
In the past, casualty figures cited by al Shabaab have been much higher than official numbers.
“Our fighters stormed the Halgan base of AMISOM,” al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, Abdiasis Abu Musab told Reuters.
He said the militants used a suicide car bomb and exchanged fire with Ethiopian troops there.
He said “several” al Shabaab fighters died, but did not give a number

OUTRAGEOUS, EDO PDP SELLS GOVERSHIP NOMINATION FORM FOR N16 MILLION

It was, however, learnt that some of the aspirants had expressed their displeasure over the cost of the form, which they described as not only expensive but an alleged plot to present a consensus candidate

It was, however, learnt that some of the aspirants had expressed their displeasure over the cost of the form, which they described as not only expensive but an alleged plot to present a consensus candidate

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has  that the party’s nomination and expression of interest form for the September 10 governorship election in the state will be sold for N16m each. According to or source  Edo State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, disclose on Wednesday, explained that while the expression of interest and nomination form would be sold for N11m each, N5m would cover administrative charges which mkes a total of 16m. It was, however, learnt that some of the aspirants had expressed their displeasure over the cost of the form, which they described as not only expensive but an alleged plot to present a consensus candidate.

Little wonders, we see non performing Governors all over,

HILLARY CLINTON IN SERACH OF RUNNING MATE FOR NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she'll consider "the most qualified people" for the Democratic vice presidential nomination -- which would include women.

Now that she's clinched the party's presidential nod, Clinton told CNN's Anderson Cooper that she is turning her attention to selecting a running-mate ahead of the party's convention in Philadelphia in July.

"I'm looking at the most qualified people, and that includes women, of course, because I want to be sure that whoever I pick could be president immediately if something were to happen -- that's the most important qualification," Clinton said.

"I'm going to really begin to pay attention to that now that we've wrapped up the primary process," she said. "But it doesn't matter to me who the person is, as long as that person can really do the job that is required."

Clinton said she's not sure when she'll name a vice presidential choice.

"I don't know because I don't know how long it's going to take to try to sort all this out," she said.

The former secretary of state also defended her family's Clinton Foundation, saying she is "proud of the work it has done" and arguing that foreign countries' contributions to the foundation do nothing to influence her political actions.

"Money that has been given to the foundation goes to support humanitarian work. And if people want to influence anybody in office, I think they would choose the political work. And indeed, the work of the foundation really speaks for itself," Clinton said.

As for whether her husband, Bill Clinton, would cut his ties to the foundation, she said that "we will cross that bridge if and when we get there."

She said the former president's role will be to focus on struggling regions like Appalachia, tapping into his "wealth of experience" on economic issues to help the nation's poorest areas.

"Some of these places I'm going to be paying attention to, I don't think they're going to vote for me. I said that when I was in coal country. But I'm going to support them," Clinton said.

In the interview, the presumptive Democratic nominee also said she plans to reach out to vanquished Democratic primary rival Bernie Sanders' supporters. Their unified opposition to Trump will help bridge the party's divides, she said.

"Now we may have approached it somewhat differently, but our goals are the same. And contrast that with Donald Trump, who set up a fake university, Trump University, that committed fraud on people," Clinton said.

"As we reach out and we talk about what's at stake in this election," she said. "I really believe a lot of Sen. Sanders' supporters will join us in making sure that Donald Trump doesn't get anywhere near the White House."

2 suspects, 4 victims in Tel Aviv terror attack identified While the Hamas Praises the Gruesome Act

The four people killed after a pair of gunmen opened fired on at an upscale market in Tel Aviv Wednesday night have been identified by Israeli police.

They are:

• Idan Ben Arieh, 42, from Ramat Gan, which is east of Tel Aviv

• Ilana Naveh, 39, from Ramat Gan

• Michael Faiga, 58, from southern Israel

• Mila Meshayev, 32, from Rishon LeZion, which lies just south of Tel Aviv

They died after two shooters, identified as Palestinians, opened fire at the Sarona Market -- a popular food and shopping complex near the Israeli Defense Ministry -- shattering what was a serene night with chaos and bloodshed.

In total, 13 people suffered gunshot wounds, according to Israel's national emergency medical service. Four people, including one suspect, are still being treated at hospitals, Israeli police say.

The attackers were dressed as Hasidic Jews, a law enforcement source briefed by Israeli officials said. Police officers shot one of the suspects. The other surrendered, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

"People were having coffee," Amir Ohana, a member of the Israeli Parliament who was at the market, told CNN. "I saw a birthday cake on one of the tables. And then you see the chairs upside down and glass shattered and blood all over."

Surveillance footage from a cafe near the shooting scene showed chaos as panicked customers knocked over chairs and tables as they rushed to escape. People crawled across the floor and others carried children in their arms.

A pair of suspects were identified to CNN by the mayor of their hometown on Thursday. CNN is no longer releasing their names, as Israeli authorities have issued a gag order on reporting details that could identify the attackers.

Rosenfeld said earlier that two "terrorists" were captured, with one shot and the second arrested at the market.

According to Israel's security agency, they are both Palestinians from the village of Yatta in the southern West Bank, near the city of Hebron. Both were born in 1995. Meanwhile

The Islamist group Hamas praised the attack in a statement, though they did not claim responsibility for it.

Spokesman Housam Badran said this was the "first of many surprises" planned against Israeli forces during the month of Ramadan.