Nigeria's Buhari to appoint himself oil minister



Nigerian president Muhammadi Buhari (File: AP)

Lagos - Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari is to take personal charge of the country's crucial oil portfolio, his spokesperson said on Tuesday, as a deadline loomed for him to finally nominate his cabinet.

'This interview is over': Ben Carson staffer pulls the plug on Jake Tapper as Carson insists Muslims would have to 'reject the tenets of Islam' to be president.

A Ben Carson staffer gave CNN's Jake Tapper the hook after the newsman continued to press the presidential candidate on the controversial statement he made about Muslims one week ago.
'This interview is over,' a staffer's voice is heard from off-screen, cutting off an exchange between Carson and Tapper on Sunday's State of the Union. 
Tapper was asking the retired neurosurgeon if he still meant what he said about Muslims.

GOP hopeful Ben Carson doubled down on statements he made about Muslims telling Jake Tapper that he 'would have problems with somebody who embraced all the doctrines associated with Islam' being president of the United StatesĀ