Category: World politics
WTO: 79 countries endorse Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala voiced confidence on Friday in her quest to lead the crisis-wracked World Trade Organisation after all of Africa backed her candidacy,...
Trump suspends campaign schedule after contracting COVID-19
US President Donald Trump said Friday he had tested positive for Covid-19 and would quarantine inside the White House during his recovery, cancelling upcoming...
Hollywood:Sylvester Stallone’s mother dies at 98
Mother of Hollywood’s famous actor Sylvester Stallone is dead. However, the exact circumstances surrounding the death of Jackie Stallone, the famed celebrity...
Why Trump could possibly end up “behind bars” if he loses
When former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified before Congress in July 2019, he noted that the U.S. Department of Justice has a longstanding policy against...
Visa ban: We reject your interference in our political process, Yahaya Bello tells US govt
Kogi State Government, on Friday, protested the visa ban imposed on some politicians who allegedly rigged the last governorship election in the state by the United...
Visa ban: FG cautions US, UK, says ‘don’t disrespect Nigeria’
Federal Government, on Friday, cautioned the United States and the United Kingdom on the statements they issued on the governorship elections holding in Edo State on...
US reviews visa ban as FG meets 90% requirements
Federal Government says it has largely complied with the requirements of the United States on information sharing and other demands on its visa and security policy....
Resist tenure elongation, Buhari warns ECOWAS leaders
….as Ghana’s Akufo-Addo emerges new regional body’s chairman President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, warned ECOWAS leaders against elongating their tenure in...
Trump lauds Abe as Japan’s best-ever PM
US President Donald Trump on Sunday praised outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as Japan’s best head of government ever. In a late-night tweet, Trump said he had just...
Rapper, Kanye West, joins US Presidential race
An American rapper, Kanye West, who is a vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has announced that he would run for president in 2020 in an apparent challenge...
Trump in ‘fragile’ mood and may drop out of 2020 race if poll numbers don’t improve, GOP insiders tell Fox News
Donald Trump may drop out of the 2020 presidential race if he believes he has no chance of winning, a Republican Party operative reportedly told Fox News. The claim...
Obama slams Trump for his ‘shambolic’ and ‘mean-spirited approach’ to governance in rare public rebuke against the president
Former President Barack Obama blasted current President Donald Trump in a rare public rebuke, calling out Trump’s “shambolic, disorganized, mean-spirited approach to...