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Trump lashes out against special counsel’s Russia investigation

President Donald Trump has lashed out on Twitter again to complain about the special counsel investigating possible ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia, Today reports.

Mr Trump, who beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in last year’s presidential election, questioned why his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and special counsel Robert Mueller were not investigating former FBI director James Comey or Mrs Clinton, for her email practices while Secretary of State.

The President, who sent out a barrage of tweets on Saturday on a wide range of subjects, wrote: “So many people are asking why isn’t the A.G.or Special Counsel looking at the many Hillary Clinton or Comey crimes 33,000 emails deleted…”

He also wrote: “My son Donald openly gave his e-mails to the media & the authorities whereas Crooked Hillary Clinton deleted (& acid washed) her 33,000 e-mails!”

The FBI decided last year not to recommend criminal charges against Mrs Clinton for her email practices.

Mr Trump fired Mr Comey in May.

Mr Sessions had been Mr Trump’s first supporter in the Senate before he was appointed Attorney General.

However, he has recently become a lightning rod for the President’s fury over the investigation into allegations of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

On Friday the US Senate Judiciary Committee said Mr Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr and Mr Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort had agreed to negotiate whether to be interviewed by the panel in its Russia investigation.

The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Mr Trump had inquired about his authority to issue pardons to aides, family members and perhaps himself as Mr Mueller’s Russia investigation widens.

The President highlighted his power to pardon in the series of tweets on Saturday that focused his anger over leaks to the media.

He wrote: “While all agree the U.S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us. FAKE NEWS”.

Mr Trump also hit out at Republican senators who have been unable to agree on a way forward to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act, which has become known as Obamacare and which Trump vowed to abolish as president.

“The Republican Senators must step up to the plate and, after 7 years, vote to Repeal and Replace. Next, Tax Reform and Infrastructure. WIN!” he tweeted.

In yet another furious posting, Mr Trump said the New York Times had a “sick agenda” regarding national security and that the newspaper “foiled” a US strike on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who is believed to have been killed months ago.

Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that he thinks Baghdadi is still alive.

Mr Trump tweeted: “The Failing New York Times foiled U.S. attempt to kill the single most wanted terrorist, Al-Baghdadi. Their sick agenda over National Security.”

Mr Trump’s tweets came after he appointed Anthony Scaramucci as his new White House Director of Communications and demoted Sean Spicer from the post which triggered his resignation.

Mr Trump was in Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday to attend the commissioning ceremony for an aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford.

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Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, has warned that the tension building around the coming elections for the Local governments and the LCDAs coming up in Lagos State on Saturday the 22nd of July 2017, may result in violence.
This is contained in a statement on Thursday signed by Abiola Akiyode–Afolabi, Chairperson and Sulaimon Arigbagbu, South West Coordinator, TMG.

TMG said it is particularly worried about the incessant violence in some areas of Lagos, particularly in Mushin due to issues surrounding the nomination of candidates and the tension building up in some quarters due to undemocratic activities of some of the major political parties in the run up to the election and the impact of such tension for the coming elections.

The statement added: “We are also concerned about the speed with which the Lagos State House of Assembly passed an amendment to the Lagos Electoral Law regulating the conduct of election to allow for the substitution of a party candidate before the elections.
“The new bill allows a political party to withdraw and substitute candidate not later than three (3) days to LASIEC verification.

It also states that any candidate can withdraw from contesting not later than three (3) days to the election by personally taking a letter of withdrawal to the State Secretary of the party involved who must also personally take same to LASIEC not later than 12noon, three (3) days to the election.

“TMG is worried about the implications and dangers such amendment portends on the credibility of the Saturday, 22nd Lagos State Local Government Area (LGA) Council elections as scheduled by LAISEC.Conduct of credible, free, fair and legitimate elections cannot be achieved in this kind of arrangement with an amendment taken place just three days to election.

“Furthermore, we are also apprehensive of the implications of the multiplicity of court cases relating to party candidatures giving the fact that the election is just three days away.

Such conflicting decisions could cast aspersion on the credibility and legitimacy of the elections.

“We also express displeasure over the latest pronouncement by the authorities of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LAISEC) regarding its planned accreditation plan and observer’s deployment for the Saturday Local Government Election in Lagos State.

“Our concern is further heightened by the refusal by LASIEC to deploy Card Reader for the conduct of this coming elections. This is an anti-climax to the widely acknowledged improvement to our Electoral System during the 2015 General Elections.

“As a flagship organization on election and governance monitoring in Nigeria, TMG is seriously concerned about plethora of allegations trailing the preparations for the election and the lopsided observer’s deployment plan adopted by LAISEC. TMG urges the commission to reconsider its decision on these issues.

“We call on LASIEC to ensure highest standard in the conduct and administration of the coming Lagos LG/LCDAs elections, by carrying out their responsibilities in accordance with law, and without fear or favour. We hope that LASIEC is committed to an open, genuine, free and appropriate process that is devoid of any suspicion misgiving in the process leading to the election.

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Maybe you’ve heard shampooing less often is better for your hair. Or perhaps you’re thinking of ditching shampoo and joining the “no ‘poo” movement in search of healthier, better looking hair.

Experts say there’s no single answer to how often people should shampoo. You may not need to do it as often as you think. It usually comes down to personal preference. For guidance, take a look at your hair type and styling choices.

“I have always said, ‘It’s fine to go a few days without shampooing,’” says Alli Webb, professional hair stylist and founder of Drybar. “For hair that’s normal in terms of oiliness and medium weight, I sometimes tell my clients to go as long as they can without shampooing.”

The idea behind this? Shampooing too often may lead to hair that’s less than lush.

Shampoo traps oils, so if you do it too frequently, you may dry your hair out, leaving it prone to breakage, says Angela Lamb, MD, an assistant professor of dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.

“Hair produces natural oil called sebum, and shampoo is an emulsifier that captures and traps excess oil, dirt, and product residue, which you then rinse out to clean the hair,” Lamb says.

For the most part, some dirt is OK and natural — and you definitely want some oils to remain in your hair.

“They provide moisturizing and a protection barrier for the skin and hair,” says Carolyn Goh, MD, assistant clinical professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Who Should Shampoo Daily?

The experts agree: Only a small group needs to shampoo daily, like those with very fine hair, someone who exercises a lot (and sweats), or someone living in very humid place, Goh says.

“If you have oily scalp, then daily washing is needed,” she explains. “Sometimes, people think they have dry scalp because they have dandruff, but in those situations, more frequent washing is also helpful.”

Who Can Go a Few Days Without Washing?

The thicker your hair and the less oil, the less you need to shampoo.

“Some people with dry hair or curly hair can wash much less frequently without problems,” Goh says.

How Much Should You Wash?

For the average person, every other day, or every 2 to 3 days, without washing is generally fine.

“There is no blanket recommendation. If hair is visibly oily, scalp is itching, or there’s flaking due to dirt,” those are signs it’s time to shampoo, Goh says.

How Long Is Too Long?

If your hair is styled, you may be able to get away with going longer without lathering up.

“If you’re doing a blowout or using heated styling tools on it, the most important thing I tell people is to make sure your hair is super-clean when you start,” Webb says. “Hair will last longer, look better, and you’ll need to use those stressors less often overall.”

Lamb agrees there’s a lot of variation, and you should think about a style’s overall prep work.

“Some of it is cultural, the natural texture and thickness of your hair, how much you sweat and exercise, and how it’s styled,” she says. “If it’s styled with keratin treatment or you have a blow-out, you may not need to or want to wash more than once a week and put more stress on your hair.”

Go with your gut and preference, with one caveat. “Regardless of how your hair feels, though, don’t go longer than 14 days, ever,” Lamb says, who doesn’t buy in to the total ‘no poo’ movement.

From a medical perspective, Goh says some of her patients only wash their hair once a week. She says as long as they don’t have scalp problems that seems OK. She doesn’t advise them to wash more often.

How to Go Longer Between Washes

In recent years, more and more products have become available to extend how long you can go between washes. And people are coming up with different methods to keep hair looking good

“Powders actually do work to absorb oil, so it doesn’t sit on the scalp as much,” Lamb says.

“If you still need to style, leave-in conditioners can help. You can also re-wet your hair and condition it more often, too,” Lamb says. This is sometimes called “co-poo” for using conditioner to shampoo.

For the most part, it’s somewhat of a personal preference for just how clean they want their strands to be.

“Everyone has a different threshold for how oily or texturized they want their hair to feel,” Webb says. “I tell people, ‘Sweat is like salt, right?’ You’re getting texture, some of which is totally natural and you can get away with it, but that is also the beauty of dry shampoo. It freshens, and gives you a burst of volume at the roots.”
To re-energize your style, Webb says to spray dry shampoo where oil and dirt tend to accumulate: roots only. Spray at the hairline and nape of the neck, and then lift and spritz small sections of hair. “Spray about 3 to 4 inches from your head,” she says.

You can also use dry shampoo as a sort of preventive step. “I’ll have my stylists use it on a perfectly fresh blowout for lift,” she says. “You can also spray before you go to bed, and it will absorb some of the excess oil overnight. It’s like being proactive about preserving your style.”

So how do you know when it’s time to shampoo?

“If it’s Day Five and your style is falling apart, wash,” Webb says. “Otherwise, do something fun to change it up. Part your hair in a different place, go for a side braid, go for a bun. Use dry shampoo. If you can camouflage, great, and often you get the most compliments when you do something different.”

The Trend and the Stigma

In recent years, it has become trendier to let hair go longer without shampooing, with more and more people going a week or more between washes.

“Many of my patients worry about washing their hair too frequently, yet they really need to wash it more often!” Goh says.

But longer can be totally acceptable. Caroline Lynch, an IT consultant from Michigan, feels like she can put the shampoo bottle down most days. “Since I have thick and curly hair, and more hair than most people, I started shampooing less frequently a few years ago,” she says. “I just kept pushing the date off further as I saw that I could.”

She shampoos about once a week. “Less-frequent shampooing has improved the quality of my hair, because I am not damaging it or drying it out with shampoo, and then with styling tools like blow dryers and flat irons and curlers,” she says. “It also saves money, so I can buy higher-quality shampoo and conditioner since I use it less frequently.”

Lynch does likes to keep hush-hush about her once-a-week habit, though.

“I get a lot of compliments on my hair, and stylists are always telling me how healthy it is, so I think I am in good shape,” she says. “But I still am nervous to tell people about the frequency because of the stigma, or people thinking I’m dirty for not shampooing more often.”

Source: Webmd

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For majority of Americans to have voted for Donald John Trump to become their president, it means that they are as humans as Africans are, that is the position of former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, Today reports.

‘‘The fact that America can produce a Trump in this day and age, it means Americans are as human as we are,’‘ he is quoted to have said.

The octogenarian who ruled Africa’s most populous nation – first as a military ruler and then a civilian leader, said he was happy about the turn of events in the U.S.

‘‘I am not justifying what African leaders are doing. If our leaders are doing wrong, we should say that they are doing wrong. Trump has come so that America can be humbled, and we can also learn that lesson,’‘ he added.

Obasanjo’s comment was made during an event earlier this week at the French Embassy in Pretoria, News24 reports.

The event in question was the launch of the French version of a book titled ‘Making Africa Work.’ The book described as ‘‘A trenchant analysis of the continent’s economic faultlines and a handbook of best practices to redress them,’‘ was authored by Greg Mills, Jeffrey Herbst, Olusegun Obasanjo and Dickie Davis.

According to him, even though Africa still needed foreign direct investment, it was time for the continent to show the rest of the world that it can take charge of its own future. ‘‘Nobody can do it for us, and it is all of us, and if we do it, we will get it right,’‘ he added.

Before the APC came to power in 2015, the current opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had ruled Nigeria since the country’s return to democratic rule in 1999. The PDP’s first leader was Obasanjo, who had two four year terms.

His plan to extend his stay in power was stiffly opposed and he eventually handed over to Umaru Musa Yar’Adua of the PDP. Obasanjo is a regular election observer on the continent especially for the Commonwealth.

Trump took office in january this year after winning hotly contested elections in November last year. He beat former first lady and secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, to make it to the White House with his mantra to ‘Make America Great Again.’

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Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, said the suspension placed by the Legislature on confirmation of appointments made by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, still stands, Post-Nigeria reports.

Saraki pointed out that the confirmation of Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, at the plenary on Thursday, did not mean that the Lawmakers had backed down on their action against the Presidency.

This clarification came as Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, had raised a point of order, shortly before the Senate confirmed the REC appointments, to ask if the Senators had made a U-Turn on the matter, as reported in the media.

Abaribe said: “This morning, because of the reports in the newspapers, that the Senate has soft-pedaled on the resolution by the Senate with regard to confirmation (of appointments) coming from the Executive, I got a lot of phone calls from my Constituency.

“As you know, my Constituency – Abia-South – is represented in the Niger Delta Development Commission. When they saw the newspapers today, they called to find out whether this Senate has changed its stand on the confirmation of the NDDC representatives.

“Mr. President, I do not know and I want an explanation, if it is true.”

Saraki responded that the Senate usually respects its resolutions, affirming: “and we will never go against the resolutions of the body.”

He said: “If you can recollect, what we said was that anybody (appointment) that is explicitly stated in the Constitution – if you go to Section 153 or 171 – referenced to Ministerial and Ambassadorial appointments, are the only ones that we would continue to consider.

“These are Ambassadors, Ministers, or bodies explicitly stated in the Constitution.

“All bodies that are by the law of the National Assembly (Acts of Parliament), are still affected by the resolution. The Independent National Electoral Commission, is under Section 153 (f).

“I want to reassure you that we have not moved away from this resolution. We don’t have the powers – just as Presiding Officers – to move away from it; we must come back to you (Legislators).

“Please, disregard what you have seen in the newspapers, and be guided that we Presiding Officers respect the law and respect our colleagues.”

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