Iran’s President abandons CNN interview after Amanpour declines head scarf demand

(CNN)Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi withdrew from a long-planned interview with CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, after she declined a last-minute demand to wear a head scarf. Some 40 minutes after the interview was scheduled due to start and with Raisi running late, an aide told Amanpour the president had

FG accuses Atiku of economic blueprint theft

Minister of Information and Communication, Lai Mohammed, has said that the economic blueprint laid out by the presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, was copied. Speaking at a press conference held at the National Press Centre in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister said the former Vice President’s blueprint was a “crude attempt”