Taiwan leader asks defence chief to stay on after offering to resign

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has asked her defence minister to stay on the job after he offered to resign, her office said Friday, following local media reports that his son hired sex workers. Chiu Kuo-cheng verbally tendered his resignation to Tsai on Thursday night over "matters involving his family," presidential spokeswoman Olivia Lin said in…

Chiu Kuo-cheng verbally tendered his resignation to Tsai on Thursday night over “matters involving his family,” presidential spokeswoman Olivia Lin said in a statement. The defence ministry also said in a statement on Friday that Chiu orally tendered his resignation over “family matters” but was asked by the president to stay.

The FCT Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps , Mr Olusola Odumosu, has inaugurated the Corps Female Strike Force to protect schools in the territory.

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