The Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Nsofor, has presented his letter of credence to President Donald Trump. Mr. Nsofor, at the presentation of his credentials at the White House, applauded the existing cordial bilateral relations between Nigeria and the U.S. The new envoy also expressed Nigeria’s desire to deepen its ties with the […]
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In spite of the sanctions slammed on North Korea following its nuclear programme, the President of the United States of America( U.S.A), Donald Trump announced Monday that his country will designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terror. Trump’s decision comes amid heightened nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula. According to Trump, the designation […]
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would end the popular US green card lottery as police said a radicalised Uzbek staged the deadly truck attack in New York after entering the country under the programme. The move could spell the end to the US immigration hopes of millions of people around the world who […]
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A political associate of President Donald Trump turned himself in at the field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Washington, D.C. Mr. Manafort is Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman. He was shown on CNN as he turned himself in at 7:15 a.m. The development came minutes after The New York Times reported […]
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North Korea’s foreign minister said on Monday that President Donald Trump had declared war and that the country reserves the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in its air space. “The whole world should clearly remember it was the U.S. who first declared war on our country,” […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump has taken his threats against North Korea over its nuclear challenge to another level on Tuesday, threatening to “totally destroy’’ the country of 26 million people and mocking its leader, Kim Jong Un, as a “rocket man.’’ In a hard-edged speech to the UN General Assembly, Trump offered a grim portrait […]
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Nigerian born international CEO, Adebayo Ogunlesi has now ceased to be an adviser to embattled US President Donald Trump. Trump sacked him on Wednesday along with other distinguished CEOs counselling him via two councils on how to “Make America Great Again”. Trump sacked Ogunlesi on Twitter, when he announced the dissolution of two business advisory […]
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US President Donald Trump has removed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci from the role just 10 days after appointing him. Trump removed Scaramucci at the request of John Kelly, who took over as White House chief of staff Monday. Scaramucci had issued a profanity-filled tirade against the previous chief of staff, Reince Priebus, last […]
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North Korea on Tuesday claimed it had successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the news agency Yonhap reported, despite international condemnation and calls for dialogue. In a special broadcast on state-run television, Pyongyang said the Hwasong-14 missile had reached a cruising altitude of 2,802 kilometres and had flown 933 kilometres before landing in […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a strong warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad over another plan to use chemical weapons on civilians including children. A statement issued Monday night by Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the Trump administration discovered evidence that the regime of Assad could be planning another chemical weapons attack. It said […]
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