Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar in an interview with the publisher of The Boss newspaper, claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari was unable to enter the US for 15 years. Momodu had asked him what offence he committed that made him to “run away from US” but Atiku said he has not visited the country because he […]
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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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The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that refugees were not criminals and should not be treated as such. The UNHCR in its reaction to the new travel ban by U.S. President, Donald Trump, said that the decision would worsen the woes of refugees around the World. “Refugees are ordinary people forced to flee […]
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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 U.S. Government has expressed deep concern over a video footage showing armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) allegedly carrying out summary execution of civilians in the country. The U.S. Department of State, in a statement issued by the Spokesperson, Mr Mark Toner, said the incident could constitute gross violations of human […]
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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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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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