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Trump touts his own achievements, and the U.N. laughs Dylan Stableford 10 hours ago Scroll back up to restore default view. President Trump on Tuesday strode to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City to “share the extraordinary progress” the U.S. has made during his time in office. The reaction he received from the assembled world leaders wasn’t what he was expecting. “In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country,” Trump proclaimed. There was a smattering of audible laughter from the assembled diplomats, representing 193 countries. The president paused his prepared remarks. ...

EXCLUSIVE: How Buhari’s govt investigated Kemi Adeosun’s certificate scandal September 15, 2018 Samuel Ogundipe Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun Folakemi Adeosun, the British-born Nigeria’s finance minister, whose counterfeit youth service scheme certificate was the subject of a relentless news coverage for over two months, left her senior cabinet position on Friday. The development — although came largely as a result of the PREMIUM TIMES investigation that exposed her in July— followed the conclusion of an internal probe by a senior administration official detailed to supervise the government’s independent findings, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. President Muhammadu Buhari  accepted Mrs Adeosun’s resignation  on Friday night, in which she admitted the document was forged and she had to step down to avoid being a perpetual liability to the administration. “I have, today, become privy to the findings of the investigation into the allegation made in an online medi...

EXCLUSIVE: How Buhari’s govt investigated Kemi Adeosun’s certificate scandal September 15, 2018 Samuel Ogundipe Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun Folakemi Adeosun, the British-born Nigeria’s finance minister, whose counterfeit youth service scheme certificate was the subject of a relentless news coverage for over two months, left her senior cabinet position on Friday. The development — although came largely as a result of the PREMIUM TIMES investigation that exposed her in July— followed the conclusion of an internal probe by a senior administration official detailed to supervise the government’s independent findings, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. President Muhammadu Buhari  accepted Mrs Adeosun’s resignation  on Friday night, in which she admitted the document was forged and she had to step down to avoid being a perpetual liability to the administration. “I have, today, become privy to the findings of the investigation into the allegation made in an online medi...

EXCLUSIVE: How Buhari’s govt investigated Kemi Adeosun’s certificate scandal September 15, 2018 Samuel Ogundipe Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun Folakemi Adeosun, the British-born Nigeria’s finance minister, whose counterfeit youth service scheme certificate was the subject of a relentless news coverage for over two months, left her senior cabinet position on Friday. The development — although came largely as a result of the PREMIUM TIMES investigation that exposed her in July— followed the conclusion of an internal probe by a senior administration official detailed to supervise the government’s independent findings, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. President Muhammadu Buhari  accepted Mrs Adeosun’s resignation  on Friday night, in which she admitted the document was forged and she had to step down to avoid being a perpetual liability to the administration. “I have, today, become privy to the findings of the investigation into the allegation made in an online medi...