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Good News for Trump: The Former Least Popular President's Approval Rating Just Surpassed Ford's T.marcin, Newsweek 22 hours ago   Compared with where past commander in chiefs stood this early in their respective tenures, President Donald Trump is remarkably unpopular. According to the latest poll Monday from Gallup, Trump's approval rating was just 36 percent, compared with 58 percent who disapproved. The weighted average from data-focused website FiveThirtyEight , meanwhile, pegged Trump's support at 39.4 percent, with 55.2 percent disapproving. Those are less than stellar measurements. At this point in his first term, for instance, former President Barack Obama had an approval rating of

 FEDERAL GOVT APPEALS  CCT  DECISION  ON  SENATOR  SARAKI The Federal Republic of Nigeria has filed its appeal against the decision of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to acquit Senate President Bukola Saraki of false asset declaration charges. The appeal was filed by attorneys Rotimi Jacobs and Pius Akutah at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The appellants argued that the CCT chairman, Danladi Umar, “erred in law” by upholding the no case submission filed by Mr. Saraki. Read the full appeal below:   FRN V. SARAKI – NOTICE OF APPEAL IN THE COURT OF APPEAL IN THE ABUJA JUDICIAL DIVISION HOLDEN AT ABUJA   APPEAL NO:………………….. CHARGE NO: CCT/ABJ/01/15 BETWEEN FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA​​) APPELLANT AND DR. OLUBUKOLA ABUBAKAR SARAKI​) RESPONDENT NOTICE OF APPEAL TO THE REGISTRAR OF THE COURT OF APPEAL We,  ROTIMI JACOBS, SAN  and  PIUS AKUTAH, ESQ. , the prosecutors in the above case and being desirous of appealing against the decision of the Co

Nigeria is not yet a nation On June 13, 20179:26 amIn ViewpointComments Igbo-haters, the Arewa ultimatum and our nation Fifty years after the civil war ended, Igbos do not yet feel a sense of belonging, acceptance or safety in the Federation called Nigeria. The sad part is that this belief is shared not just by the generation that witnessed the war and its deadly consequences, but Igbos across all generations, including the millennials who have been socialized into believing that there is a gap between their people and other Nigerians. Let us not deceive ourselves about certain plain truths. The civil war is perhaps the most remarkable incident in Igbo history in the last century. The pain, the loss, all about it, is deeply imprinted in the Igbo consciousness. Whereas the Igbo nation has shown great resourcefulness since the war, and its people have proven to be enterprising and determined to hold their own in every sphere of life, including outstanding contributions to

Time to end the bad blood between the Yorubas and Ndigbo   By Femi Aribisala   THE Yorubas and the Igbos, two of the most resourceful, engaging and outgoing ethnic groups in Nigeria, are becoming implacable enemies. Increasingly, they seem to hate one another with pure hatred. I never appreciated the extent of their animosity until the social media came of age in Nigeria. Now, hardly a day passes that you will not find Yorubas and Igbos exchanging hateful words on internet blogs. The Nigerian civil war ended in 1970. Nevertheless, it continues to rage today on social media mostly by people who were not even alive during the civil war. In blog after blog, the Yorubas and the Igbos go out of their way to abuse one another for the most inconsequential of reasons. This hatred is becoming so deep-seated, it needs to be addressed before it gets completely out of hand. It is time to call a truce. A conscious effort needs to be made by opinion-leaders on both sides of the