President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries, White House Senior Administration Officials said. The U.S. president’s first immigration order was blocked by the courts. The new order will impose a 90-day travel ban to the U.S. on citizens of […]
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Several major U.S. media outlets including New York Times, CNN and Los Angeles Times were barred from attending Friday White House briefing, indicating an escalation in the relationship between the media and the young Trump administration. Since he was sworn in on 20 January, Trump has been attacking the US media, deriding them as purveyors […]
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The Office of the Press Secretary of United States’ White House has published readout of President Donald Trump’s call to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. In the readout published on the website of the White House, President Trump was reported to discuss the strong cooperation between the United States and Nigeria in the areas […]
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President Donald Trump’s embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned late Monday night, following reports that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russia. Mr Flynn’s departure less than one month into the Trump administration marks an extraordinarily early shakeup in the US President’s senior team of advisers. […]
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According the Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on the phone on Monday afternoon. Mr. Buhari spoke to his American counterpart from his current residence in London, where he is on medical vacation. Mr. Adesina said the call between the two […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said Nigeria needs strong institutions if she is to move forward, he described the loss of the 2015 general election as a temporary setback for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking when he hosted stakeholders of the party at his Abuja residence, Jonathan said he was happy with the […]
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A second lethal blow was struck Thursday at the controversial travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump on citizens of seven Islamic nations. In a much anticipated verdict, a U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday unanimously upheld the temporary suspension of President Donald Trump’s order. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling came in […]
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The United States on Friday piled pressure on Iran, slamming sanctions on 13 individuals and 12 entities. The sanctions came days after the White House put Tehran “on notice” over a ballistic missile test. The move against Iran is the first by the U.S. government since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20 after […]
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U.S President, Donald Trump, has vowed to “totally destroy’’ a 1954 U.S. law barring churches from politics. Trump who was strongly backed by Evangelical Christian voters, promised to equally put an end to the ban on other religious institutions from political activity, if they wanted to keep tax-exempt status. He made his comments about a […]
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President Donald Trump will now honour a refugee deal struck with Australia by his predecessor, President Barack Obama. The back-pedalling announced by White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, followed embarrassing revelations that Trump had slammed the phone on Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, in a conversation at the weekend. Trump reportedly dubbed the deal ‘dumb’. According […]
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