president muhammadu Buhari has addressed the nation

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has addressed the nation following three months of medical leave in the UK.

In a televised speech, Mr Buhari, 74, said he was "distressed" by calls for the dissolution of Nigeria, urging Nigerians to come together.

But the president failed to disclose his illness. It was his second spell of medical leave this year.

Many Nigerians had called for him to resign during his absence, saying he was unfit to run the country.

Others have called for more transparency over his condition, as speculation grows over whether he will be fit to seek a second term in 2019.

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Coroner: Jerry Lewis death was from end-stage heart disease
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas say Jerry Lewis died of heart disease, but the wording of his death certificate differs from what was reported earlier. Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said Monday that Lewis' official cause of death was end-stage cardiac disease and peripheral vascular disease. (1 of 1) Jerry Lewis accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences during the Oscars telecast during the 81st Academy Awards, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Lewis, the comedian and director whose fundraising telethons became as famous as his hit movies, has died. Lewis died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, according to his publicist. He was 91.
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Lewis was the clownish comic hailed as an artistic genius and the host for decades of annual muscular dystrophy telethons. He died Sunday of natural causes in Las Vegas at age 91. Fudenberg says coroner deputies had been told Lewis died of ischemic (ih-SKEE'-mihk) cardiomyopathy.

Trump returns to arizona

The packed crowd ate it up - the raucous enthusiasm at an early sign of the overwhelming support of Trump's base that would help carry him to the presidency. As Trump returns to Arizona on Tuesday in a need of another big moment, he wants to find a place where his agenda and unconventional leadership style have been consuming the political landscape and elevated the state's status in the national fight for control of power in Washington in 2018.

It was Arizona Senator John McCain who had the vote of the trump's effort to repeal the health care law. The other Arizona senator, Jeff Flake, has become the poster child for Republicans. The president is almost certain to back a GOP challenger to flake in 2018, complicating Republican efforts to maintain control of the Senate.

Trash has also revived the immigration debate and infuriated Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The controversy over Civil War monuments has even been spilled into Arizona, where the governor has faced a call for a memorial in the state.

And an overlooked item in Trump's agenda, schoolchoice. With the strong support of Education Secretary Besty DeVos, Arizona passed the nation's most ambitious expansion of vouchers this year, and public school advocates recently submitted more than 100,000 signatures in a petition drive to get the law wiped out on the 2018 ballot.

Trump's visit to Arizona will be his first political event since the race-driven violence in Virginia and his divisive comments in the aftermath of the protests. That created a dilemma for Republicans like Gov. Doug Ducey on the trump rally while running for re-election. Doing so so would not be able to do it, but it would not be the case. But avoiding the stage could hurt him with the base.

Ducey's plan is to greet the president on the airport. Tarmac and skip the rally, saying he wants to oversee the law enforcement response to protests. The governor-supported trump and appeared on stage at one of his rallies last year in Arizona.

Trump would like to be in a state where his Republican base is as faithful and vocal as in Arizona, which is a big reason why he came to the state him. The fierce, non-conformist political spirit at Trump rallies here traces its roots to the frontier days and allows hard-fisted politicians like him and Arpaio to thrive.

"The Republican primary base in Arizona is highly partisan, semi-libertarian in the sense that it's against the swamp," said longtime Republican political strategist Chuck Coughlin. "We're the 48th state to join." We're still acting like a juvenile. "Donald Trump is."

The flawless re-election effort. Flake has been outspoken in his criticism of Trump, jabs in a recent book.

Trash has been sending out Tweets signaling his support for far-right former state Sen. Kelli Ward, who is running against Flake in the primary. Other Republicans with less baggage than Ward could also be a member of the community. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is on the Democratic side.

"If the president himself is a challenger to Jeff, it's a serious problem," said Coughlin, who has been polling voters about the intra-party turmoil that has unsettled the race. Voters like Julie Brown are indicative of the GOP. She has been a trump for a long time.

"He's not quite polled and everyone's tears apart from his words, but you'll never have to guess what he's thinking and I like that much better than a politician. "It's just straightforward, and I like it, it rocks the boat but we need it."

Josh Hoffner is the New Zealand News Editor for the Associated Press.

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PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump was just a few weeks into his candidacy in 2015 when he came to Phoenix for a speech that ended up being a bigger moment in his campaign than most people realized at the time.

5 things that may likely happen if Republic of N-Delta emarge

This comes contrary to reports that the militants had accepted pleas to embrace negotiations with the federal government. The threat as expectedly raised eyebrows in the country as many have wondered what would be the consequences, should the militants go ahead with the secession. NAIJ.com presents 5 things that may likely happen should the Avengers declare independence on October 1. 1. Buhari may declare state of emergency The civil war that seemed to have been avoided in March 2015 on the heels of former President Jonathan’s concession of defeat to retired General Muhammadu Buhari, is now looming large more than ever before. This follows the emergency of militant groups with the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), most prominent of all. The militants group have carried out acts of sabotage on the region’s oil blocs in an effort to cripple Nigeria’s economy, as their call for the restructuring of the nation has continue to fall under deaf ears. However, should NDA move to declare independence on October 1, President Buhari may be forced to declare a state of emergency in the states of the Niger Delta and declare an all-out war on the Niger Delta until the militants are wiped off the face of the earth. 2. Nigeria’s economy may be grounded Since the day crude oil was discovered in commercial quantity and quality in Oloibiri, present day Bayelsa state, the resource has been used to sustain the political administrative live wire of Nigeria. But following claims of marginalization and problems with resource ownership and control, Niger Delta Avengers have carried out attacks on the region’s oil blocs in an effort to cripple Nigeria’s economy The group who, by destroying half a million barrels in oil from the market, have catalysed not only the latest rally in oil, but now effectively hold Nigeria’s fate of the price of oil in their hands. Nigeria’s economy could be grounded should the Niger Delta republic emerge.
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