Same-sex marriage isn't legal in China, but that didn't deter Li Tingting and her partner Teresa Xu. Dressed in white bridal gowns, they held an informal wedding in front
of two dozen friends at a restaurant in Beijing on Thursday. They had planned to try and make it official at their local registry office but were warned against "making a scene" by police. "I feel like this is the right time," Li told CNN before the wedding banquet. "We've been together for so long."
The
Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved $200m (about
N39.4bn) credit to Lagos State to support a range of reforms relating
to fiscal sustainability,
budget planning, budget execution and the investment climate in the state. A statement issued by the bank on Wednesday said the facility would
help sustain the state’s recent economic growth and poverty reduction,
while helping it to continue to deliver social services to the expanding
population. The credit from the International
President
Muhammadu Buhari took office a month ago on a wave of hope that he would
quickly deal with a deepening economic crisis and an Islamist
insurgency in the North. So far, he hasn’t met those expectations. While
Africa’s biggest oil producer has been hit by a 40 per cent fall in
petroleum prices in the past year that has slowed economic growth and
weakened the currency, Buhari, 72, has delayed naming a cabinet until
September.
Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El Rufai has slammed claims he
declared his assets to be worth N90 billion and 40 houses in the Abuja. A
publication The Union claimed this was listed at the Code of Conduct
Bureau.. According to a statement signed by the governor's media aide, Samuel Aruwan,it is blatant falsehood and they plan to sue. After a busy few weeks as governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai is dismayed
by the blatant falsehood being practised as journalism by The Union
newspapers.
