From MP to PM, when Theresa May dashes into Downing Street to build a better Britain!

 

Here she comes, the second female Prime Minister in the history of British Politics!Being the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead and Britain's new Prime Minister, Theresay May entered Parliament in 1997 and under Prime Minister David Cameron has been the longest-serving Home Secretary in 50 years

Political experience

• Councillor, London Borough of Merton 1986-94
• 1992 parliamentary candidate NW Durham
• 1994 parliamentary candidate in the Barking by-election
• MP for Maidenhead 1997 to present
• Shadow education secretary 1999-2001
• Shadow transport 2001-2003, Conservative Party Chairman 2002-3
• Shadow transport 2003-4
• Shadow culture media & sport 2004-5
• Shadow leader of the House of Commons 2005-9
• Shadow work & pensions 2009-10
• Home Secretary 2010-present

  

  Member of Parliament for Maidenhead and Britain's new Prime Minister.
  She entered Parliament in 1997 and under Prime Minister David Cameron has been the longest-serving Home Secretary in 50 years.

  
  

David Cameron has on Wednesday signed off as Prime Minister with advice for successor Theresa May to keep the UK "as close to the European Union as possible"
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After being forced out of the premiership by last month's referendum vote to quit the EU, Mr Cameron won a standing ovation from Conservative MPs and applause from some of the opposition as he ended his last session of Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons by telling them: "I was the future once."
Urged by veteran Tory Kenneth Clarke to remain an "active participant" as the House copes with the fallout from Brexit, Mr Cameron said: "I will watch these exchanges from the back benches. I will miss the roar of the crowd, I will miss the barbs from the opposition, but I will be willing you on."
Who is Theresa May per se?
Theresa had a varied education spanning both the state and private sectors, and both grammar school and comprehensive school. She read Geography at St Hugh’s College, Oxford University. She started her career at the Bank of England and went on to hold posts at the Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) as Head of the European Affairs Unit and Senior Adviser on International Affairs.
Theresa has been involved in politics at all levels for many years, starting out stuffing envelopes at her local Conservative Association before going on to be a councillor in the London Borough of Merton from 1986 to 1994. During that time she was Chairman of Education between 1988 and 1990 and Deputy Group Leader and Housing Spokesman between 1992 and 1994.
Theresa was elected Member of Parliament for Maidenhead in May 1997. She lives in the constituency and is an active local campaigner. Her local activity has included campaigns to improve the local train service, bring a minor injuries unit to St Marks Hospital, and improve Maidenhead town centre.
She has held several positions within Parliament since 1997. She was a member of the Shadow Cabinet from 1999 to 2010, including as Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. From 2002 to 2003 she was the first female Chairman of the Conservative Party.
Theresa was appointed Home Secretary in May 2010. In this role she is leading the Government’s work to free up the police to fight crime more effectively, secure the borders and reduce immigration, and protect the UK from terrorism. She was also Minister for Women & Equalities from 2010 to 2012
Theresa May made the following statement after confirmation of her selection as leader of the Conservative Party:

“I am honoured and humbled to have been chosen by the Conservative Party to become its leader. I would like to pay tribute to the other candidates during the election campaign, and I would like to pay tribute to Andrea Leadsom for the dignity that she has shown today. During this campaign, my case has been based on three things. First, the need for strong, proven leadership to steer us through what will be difficult and uncertain economic and political times. The need of course to negotiate the best deal for Britain in leaving the EU and to forge a new role for ourselves in the world. Brexit means Brexit and we’re going to make a success of it. Second, we need to unite our country. And third, we need a strong, new, and positive vision for the future of our country. A vision of a country that works not for the privileged few but works for every one of us. Because we’re going to give people more control over their lives. That’s how together we will build a better Britain.”

Speaking of his pride at presiding over record employment, improved school standards, the introduction of gay marriage and lifting low-paid people out of income tax, Mr Cameron told MPs: "You can achieve a lot of things in politics ... In the end, public service, the national interest, that's what it's all about."
Watched from the public gallery by wife Samantha and children Nancy, Elwen and Florence, Mr Cameron paid tribute to the support he had received from his family, telling MPs: "The pressure often bears hardest on those around us in this job."
And in response to the news that the family are leaving the Downing Street cat behind at Number 10, he assured MPs: "I love Larry."

Listing his engagements for the day, Mr Cameron joked that "other than one meeting this afternoon with Her Majesty the Queen, my diary for the rest of the day is remarkably light".
Ulster Unionist MP Danny Kinahan paid tribute to Mr Cameron's "hard work and leadership" and suggested that he might be interested in taking up positions which had become available as manager of the England football team, presenter of BBC One's Top Gear or president of the United States.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn suggested the PM could take up Len Goodman's job on TV's Strictly Come Dancing - though the PM admitted "I don't really have a pasa doble".
Despite devoting the bulk of his six questions to housing and Europe, Mr Corbyn paid tribute to Mr Cameron's achievement in legalising gay marriage and securing the release of British resident Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo Bay and wished him and his family well as he leaves office - as well as asking him to thank his mother for her advice about his suits and ties.

Jeremy Corbyn

Mr Cameron thanked the Labour leader for his comments, but also took a string of pot-shots at the opposition, saying: "When it comes to woman prime ministers, pretty soon I am pleased to say it is going to be two-nil - and not a pink bus in sight."
The outgoing PM is later expected to make a statement in Downing Street setting out what he sees as his legacy, before going to Buckingham Palace to offer his resignation to the Queen.
Mrs May will follow him to the Palace to be formally appointed his successor by "kissing hands" with the head of state, and is expected to make her first speech as PM outside the famous black door to Number 10, outlining her priorities for the new administration.

Here she comes,

Here she comes, the second female Prime Minister in the history of British Politics! Theresa May becomes Britain’s Premier as David Cameron tender resignation to Her Majesty Queen on Wednesday. 13/07/2016

The second female Prime Minister in the history of British Politics! Theresa May becomes Britain’s Premier as David Cameron tender resignation to Her Majesty Queen on Wednesday. 13/07/2016

Jeremy Corbyn wins votes on Labour leadership rules

Jeremy Corbyn will be automatically included on the ballot in Labour's leadership contest, the party's National Executive Committee has ruled.

Unions said party rules were clear the incumbent who is challenged must be allowed to stand but his opponents said he needed support of 51 MPs or MEPs.

The leadership contest was sparked after former shadow minister Angela Eagle challenged Mr Corbyn.

Ms Eagle said she welcomed the contest ahead and was "determined to win it".

The secret NEC vote went 18-14 in the Labour leader's favour following hours of talks.

A Labour Party spokesman said: "The NEC has agreed that as the incumbent leader Jeremy Corbyn will go forward onto the ballot without requiring nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party and the European Parliamentary Labour Party.

"All other leadership candidates will require nominations from twenty percent of the PLP and EPLP."

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell, a key ally of Mr Corbyn, said on Twitter: "Jeremy on the ballot. Democracy prevails. We will use leadership election to sign up even more members and prepare ground for general election."

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Breaking: #BringBackOurGirls' Founder, Hadiza Bala Usman, Others Take Over Nigerian Ports Authority

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),with effect from July 11, 2016. Also appointed to NPA are: Mohammed Bello-Koko ED (Finance), Prof. Idris Abubakar ED (Engineering), Dr. Sekonte Davies ED (Marine OperatioIn July 2015, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman was appointed Chief of Staff to Kaduna State Governor, a position she held until her present appointment.

Ms Usman is the founder Bring Back Our Girls Campaign, Bala Usman started the campaign, #BringBackOurGirls ..

Ms. Bala Usman, 40, will become the first female chief executive of a top tier federal government agency and of the NPA.

She takes over from Alhaji Habib Abdullahi, who was reinstated by Buhari in August 2015 as the managing director of NPA, after he had been shown the exit by former President Goodluck Jonathan in April 2015.

According to reports  the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, did submit Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman’s name to President Muhammadu Buhari to take over as the new managing director of NPA.

Upon confirmation today by Buhari, Ms. Bala Usman has become the first female chief executive of a top tier federal government agency and of the NPA.

Sources privy to this in the presidency confirmed that Ms. Bala Usman’s name had been sent to the president last week. It is learnt that Amaechi had decided to make the changes in order to overhaul the NPA as he wasn’t impressed with the way the NPA was being run and has decided to effect a change of the executive team as soon as possible.

Amaechi was also believed to have recommended Ms. Bala Usman, on the grounds that two chief executives of the foremost parastatals under his ministry – Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) – are from the south, and he would rather have an equitable distribution of appointments into the agencies under his ministry.

Ms. Bala Usman, who until Tuesday, was the chief of staff to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was born in Zaria, Kaduna State, on January 2, 1976.

She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in 2000 from the Ahmadu Bello university and her Master’s degree from the University of Leeds in 2009.

She worked for a non-governmental organisation, the Centre for Democratic Development and Research Training (CEDDERT) in Zaria, as a research assistant for a year starting in 1999.

She also worked for the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) when el-Rufai was the director-general of the privatisation agency and moved with him to work as his Special Assistant on Project Implementation.

In 2011, she worked as Director of Strategy for the Good Governance Group (3G). In 2015, she was appointed Chief of Staff to the Kaduna State governor.

How suicide bombers killed people in Medina, Prophet's Mosque, other places in Saudi Arabia!

 

Suicide bombers killed four Saudi security forces on Monday in an attack outside the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, one of the two holiest sites in Islam, in an escalation not seen for decades.

The bombings, which hit a car park near the sprawling mosque complex, were the latest in a run of attacks in the kingdom on Monday . They took place a day before the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

In the early hours of the day, Saudi officers foiled an attempted bombing near the US consulate in Jeddah, while a suicide bomber struck a mosque in the Shia-majority province of Qatif shortly before sunset.

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Images circulated online showed smoke near the mosque, while a video showed two police officers lying near a car park with flames billowing nearby. Five people were wounded.

Every year millions of Muslim pilgrims from around the world visit the mosque, which was founded by Muhammad in the 7th century and contains his tomb as well as those of the first two caliphs, Abu Bakr and Omar. The adjacent grounds of al-Baqi’ contain the remains of many of the prophet’s companions, who were buried in Medina. The mosque complex is second only to the Grand Mosque in Mecca in its reverence by Sunnis and Shias.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the bombings in Qatif and Jeddah were consistent with the modus operandi of Islamic State in its targeting of Shia Muslims and US representatives, as well as Saudi interests.
 

 Smoke rises above the site of the explosion in Medina. Photograph: Noor Punasiya/AP

The group’s leaders had urged its followers to carry out attacks during Ramadan. During the last ten days of the holy month, Muslims flock to Mecca and Medina for the minor pilgrimage (umrah).

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Altayeb Osama, a 25-year old Sudanese visitor to Medina and resident of Abu Dhabi, said he heard two large booms about a minute apart as he was heading toward the mosque for sunset prayers. “It was very shocking that such a thing happens in such a holy place for Muslims, the second holiest place in the world. That’s not an act that represents Islam.”

Local media say the attacker was intending to strike the mosque when it was crowded with thousands of worshippers gathered for the sunset prayer.

  

Over the past week, Isis has claimed responsibility for significant attacks in Baghdad, Istanbul and Dhaka, apparently looking beyond its strongholds in northern Iraq and Syria following repeated defeats on the battlefield.
The group has urged attacks against the Saudi government on many occasions.

But the attack near one of the holiest sites in Islam is a major escalation in its campaign.

Iran on Tuesday condemned three suicide bombings that rocked its regional rival. “There are no more red lines left for terrorists to cross. Sunnis, Shias will both remain victims unless we stand united as one,” its foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Twitter.