Daily political manners

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has already appointed a new foreign minister as part of a major cabinet shakeup, according to Saudi state media. A royal decree named Ibrahim al-Assaf as new foreign minister, demoting outgoing chief diplomat Adel al-Jubeir to the position of minister of state for foreign affairs. Thursday's shake-up is the first major cabinet reordering since the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October by a Saudi hit and run squad. and the search for a guinea pig continues, even when it is clear that such attack was rather within planned and executed by the crown prince MBS.

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), a Fulani Socio-cultural group, has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari as the sole presidential candidate of the association in the 2019 general election. The National President of the Association, Alhaji Muhammadu Kirowa, announced this at the 2018 Annual General Meeting of MACBAN, held at the International Women Development Centre, on Thursday in Abuja. Kirowa explained that the group decided to unanimously endorse Buhari because of the numerous achievements recorded by his administration in the areas of Infrastructural development, youth employment and security. He, therefore, urged leaders and members of the association from Local, State and National levels to mobilise support and ensure that Buhari was re-elected. The National Secretary of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, commended the Federal Government for the robust measures taken by the military in eliminating cattle banditry and wanton killing of herdsmen and f