88 former military leaders write letter backing Donald Trump for president

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's campaign released a letter Tuesday signed by 88 retired military leaders endorsing his presidential candidacy, including four four-star generals and 14 three-star flag officers, according to the campaign.

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Goodluck Jonathan Denies Ownership of £15m House in UK

Nigeria’s immediate-past President Goodluck Jonathan has denied owning a £15m property in the United Kingdom, which a former Editor of the UK SUN, Kelvin Mackenzie, had credited to the Nigerian leader in his weekly column on Saturday that Jonathan had bought a property in Surrey.

The former editor, who tried to play pun on Jonathan’s name, said in the write-up, “I hear the aptly named Goodluck Jonathan, the former President of oil-rich Nigeria, has bought a 12,000 square foot house on the ultra-expensive and well protected St George’s Hill estate in Weybridge, Surrey.

Kuczynski’s Lead Diminishes in Peru Presidential Election

Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski gestures to followers in Lima, Peru, June 5, 2016./Reuters

 Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski gestures to followers in Lima, Peru, June 5, 2016./Reuters

Former Wall Street executive Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s lead over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former authoritarian leader, tightened to just 0.36 percentage points late on Monday.

With a total of 95 percent of votes processed in Peru’s closest presidential election in at least 50 years, Kuczynski led Fujimori by fewer than 60,000 votes.

I remain PDP chairman – Sheriff

Ali Modu Sheriff

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new turn as Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has told the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt that he remains the party’s chairman.

He described the “caretaker committee” headed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi as a group of “usurpers” and a “contraption” that was set up in defiance of valid court orders.

Why Nigeria is not working – Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said on Tuesday that Nigeria is not working effectively because of the way it has been structured – deploying more power to the centre than the federating states.

Speaking at a book launch in Abuja, Atiku said there was the need to restructure the country and renegotiate the union in order to make it stronger and more united.

Clinton accuses Trump of pandering to the NRA

 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the Trayvon Martin Foundation's
"Circle of Mothers" Gala at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Saturday, May 21, 2016 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Hillary Clinton promised Saturday never to “pander to the gun lobby” as she assailed Republican Donald Trump as dangerous and hopelessly out of step with American public opinion about gun control.

“Enough is enough,” Clinton said, one day after the de facto Republican presidential nominee accused her of seeking to abolish the Second Amendment.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Set for Clash on Gun Control

If more people were armed, Donald J. Trump says at rallies, mass shootings like those in Paris and San Bernardino would be less deadly.

If you have a permit to carry a concealed weapon, he wants to make it valid in all 50 states, as simple as a driver’s license.

DNC to offer Sanders a convention concession

In an attempt to head off an ugly conflict at its convention this summer, the Democratic National Committee plans to offer a concession to Sen. Bernie Sanders — seats on a key convention platform committee — but it may not be enough to stop Sanders from picking a fight over the party’s policy positions.

Doyin Okupe prostrate, kisses and begged Obasanjo as he ask for forgiveness from the former President

The former media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan said he prostrated and kissed former president Olusegun Obasanjo last Sunday when he went to plead wit for falling out with him politically. ‎Okupe said this in a post he shared on his facebook wall this afternoon. Se the post after the cut.

Amaechi queries LADOL for receiving ships carrying oil, gas-related cargoes

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has queried the management of LADOL Integrated Logistics FZE to explain how it came about a “purported’’ gazette which enabled the company to receive ships carrying oil and gas related cargoes.

Buhari is too old to rule this country, he is like my grandfather- Fayose

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, yesterday said President Buhari is too old to rule Nigeria and that he is like his grandfather. Fayose said this while speaking on the topic: “Journalism and Politics; two sides of a coin,” at the World Press Freedom Day organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, held at the Dapo Aderogba hall, Iyaganku, Ibadan yesterday May 3rd.

Reports: Migrant Boat Sinks Off Turkish Coast, 17 Dead

People upload coffins with the bodies of migrants who were drowned while they were trying to cross on a boat to the nearby Greek island of Kos, in the coastal town of Bodrum, Turkey, Sept. 27, 2015.

Seventeen Syrian migrants drowned Sunday when their boat sank off the Turkish coast while headed for the Greek island of Leros.

Local media said another 20 people, who were wearing life jackets, survived.

Ukraine bans Russian airlines from flying into the country

Ukraine banned Russian airlines from flying into the country in an effort to pressure Moscow over its backing of rebels in eastern Ukraine.