Month: August 2022

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, no fewer than 27,000 registered members of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Nasarawa State have declared their support for the Labor Party. The Labor Party said plans were in place to welcome defectors into its fold in the first week of September 2022. The state chairman of the party, Alexander Emmanuel, made the disclosure on Saturday while inaugurating a new LP office donated to the party by youth and women groups in Agyaragu community, Obi local government area of ​​the state . He said the 27,000 defectors from APC…

Barcelona manager Xavi has hinted that Sergino Dest’s future could lie elsewhere amid reports linking the United States international with a move to Manchester United. With Aaron Wan-Bissaka out of favor and Diogo Dalot struggling during a torrid start to the Premier League season for United, Erik ten Hag’s side have been tipped as potential suitors for the right-back. Dest, who played 21 games as Barca finished second in LaLiga last season, was left out of the Barcelona squad for an opening-day draw with Rayo Vallecano last week. Xavi moved natural centre-back Ronald Araujo to the right for that game,…

The country’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has been invited to visit the country. ChimpReports has learned that General Muhoozi, who also serves as Senior Presidential Adviser in charge of Special Operations, was invited by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to discuss regional security. “It is true, he will go to Addis Ababa at the invitation of the government there,” Land Forces spokesman Lt. Col. Chris Magezi confirmed when contacted by this website on Saturday afternoon. “General Muhoozi will be in Addis Ababa soon,” he added. Muhoozi has a strong view on the conflict in Ethiopia. He, however, recently…

WASHINGTON (AP) – China on Friday cut ties with the United States on vital issues, including military issues and crucial climate cooperation, as concerns grew that the communist government’s hostile reaction to a visit by President House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Taiwan could signal a more aggressive and durable approach. towards its American rival and the self-governing island. China’s move to freeze key lines of communication compounded worsening relations following Pelosi’s visit and China’s response with military exercises in Taiwan, including the launch of missiles that splashed into waters surrounding After the White House summoned China’s ambassador, Qin Gang, on…

Livingston Parish firefighters are responding to a fire at Live Oak Junior High in Watson, Superintendent Joe Murphy confirmed. Photographs of the fire on social media show dark clouds of smoke rising hundreds of feet above the school’s gymnasium near the front of campus. Live Oak Junior High officials also confirmed news of the fire in a Facebook post, saying the school will remain closed until further notice. “Please pray for our school,” the post read. “As many know by now, our front gym is on fire and firefighters are working hard to put it out. “Please stay away and…

The victims of the Northern California fire were all from the Golden State and were between 73 and 82 years old. An undated image of the McKinney fire [Klamath National Forest Photo] The names of four people killed in the McKinney fire were publicly identified Saturday. After next of kin were notified, the US Forest Service – Siskiyou CAL FIRE Unit of the Klamath National Forest and the Siskiyou County Office of Emergency Services released the names. They are: John Cogan, 76, of Klamath River, California; Charles Kays, 79, of Klamath River, Calif.; Judith Kays, 82, of Klamath River, Calif.;…

A woman presented to a Hartford hospital with a gunshot wound while police were responding to reports of a shooting in the city, police said. The woman, in her 20s, arrived at a Hartford hospital around 2 a.m. Saturday as officers responded to the area of ​​673 Maple Ave. for a shooting, according to the Hartford Police Department. The woman was listed in stable condition as of 4:30 a.m. Saturday, police said. The Hartford Police Major Crimes and Crime Scene Divisions were still investigating the shooting. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Hartford Police tip…

PITTSBURGH — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, widely seen as the Republican who poses the biggest threat to Donald J. Trump if both run for president in 2024, stopped by Pennsylvania and Ohio on Friday during a national tour with candidates from the extreme right which was clearly intent on raising its position and gaining political capital with potential future leaders in the battleground states. Before an audience of more than 1,000 people at an event in Pittsburgh nominally intended to help the Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano, Mr. DeSantis delivered a 40-minute speech that had the makings…