Evacuation flights from Afghanistan have resumed a day after the Taliban’s military takeover triggered panic in Kabul and thousands mobbed the city’s international airport in a desperate attempt to flee. A Western security official told Reuters news agency on Tuesday that the Kabul airport’s tarmac and runway – which troops from the United States control – were now clear of Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Tokyo on Friday to attend the opening ceremony of the pandemic-postponed Olympics, which is taking place under strict virus rules. Paris will host the next edition of the summer Games in 2024, and Macron’s meetings in Tokyo will include talks with International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach. The French president is one of just Read More
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has through the Federal Capital Development said contract for the renovation of the National Assembly is still undergoing procurement process in line with the Procurement Act of 2007. The administration, in a statement, stated that the contract will be awarded as soon as it is concluded in conformity with the requirements of the Act Read More
Multiple websites operated by news outlets including the Financial Times, CNN and Bloomberg News were down across the globe on Tuesday. Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network was also affected. France’s Le Monde newspaper started showing error messages that appeared on the website in the morning. Separately, Amazon.com Inc’s retail website also seemed to face an outage. Amazon was not immediately Read More
The U.S. trade deficit surged to a record high in February as the nation’s economic activity rebounded more quickly than that of its global rivals and could remain elevated this year, with massive fiscal stimulus expected to spur the fastest growth in nearly four decades. The economy is roaring as increased COVID-19 vaccinations and the White House’s $1.9 trillion pandemic Read More
A classic public exhibition of bad leadership: A president that could not in 6 years upgrade our national hospital with equipment and expertise to the level of the ones he keeps visiting in London, but can approve billions of dollars to construct railroad into the desert of Niger Republic. We the electorate really blundered.” Nigerians in Diaspora UK, revolting against Read More
The United States of America (USA) mission in Nigeria has said that it was prioritising immigrant visa applicants in Nigeria affected by the travel restrictions under Presidential Proclamations 9645 and 9983 signed by former President Donald Trump in 2020. This followed the Presidential Proclamation signed by President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, titled, ‘Ending discriminatory bans on entry to Read More
US President Joe Biden on Monday overturned Donald Trump’s ban on transgender personnel serving in the military, saying “all Americans” qualified to serve should be able to do so. Biden’s new policy was set in an executive order signed at the White House. “Simply put, transgender service members will no longer be subject to the possibility of discharge or separation Read More
Right from the very beginning, Donald Trump’s presidency was, perhaps, the most unpopular within and outside the USA. The world was wishing the presidency to expressively finish without an ugly incident and a chance for a second term. True to type, President Trump did not disappoint those who felt this time around America would be led by a tough-talking, fearless, Read More
Outgoing US President Donald Trump alongside his wife Melania are out of the White House January 20, 2021. The helicopter which conveyed the President took him round the premises of the White House to give him a final view. The event took place ahead of the inauguration of incoming President Joe Biden and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden who Read More
One did not have any difficulty as often happens, choosing a topic for this week. It has to be the trending issue of the 45th president of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump; a man that is now quitting the grandeur of the White House from which pedestal he spinned off his theatrics, spurned ethical norms in the Read More
Outgoing 45th President of the United States of America, Donald John Trump, was said to have German roots. His mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, is said to be Scottish. His paternal ancestry is traceable to Bobenheim am Berg, a village in the Palatinate, Germany, in the 18th century. Johann Trump, born there in 1789, moved to the nearby town of Kallstadt Read More
United States President Donald Trump tweeted Friday he will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, breaking a tradition that has for centuries been a hallmark of the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next. Two days after infuriated Trump supporters overran the U.S. Capitol during Congressional proceedings to formally certify Biden’s win, Trump wrote, “I will not Read More
Some Christian leaders have expressed disappointment with the United States over the inclusion of Nigeria among countries violating religious freedom in the world. The group, under the auspices of Northern Christian Leaders of Nigeria (NCLN), urged the Donald Trump-led administration to review and reaccess its earlier position which it believes inferred support for terrorist sympathisers in the country. Speaking at a Read More
The Cable Network News (CNN) is still existing in the past in today’s globalised satellite and digital Television world. Some 20 years back, CNN monopolised the awful digital news dissemination and it was the cynosure of every eye anywhere in the world, its signals perched. An unfazed and comfortable, CNN fed the world with fake news, recycling same news items Read More
The race to 270 electoral votes in the United States of America is ever demanding. But the two leading contenders in the race for this year’s election arguably found it even more problematic than usual with the stark reality at the moment: COVID-19, intensified systemic racial injustice, economy, healthcare and climate charge etc, as analysed by analysts. The American presidential Read More
Prominent Republicans in the US Congress on Sunday urged Donald Trump to “fight hard” and not concede his loss to Joe Biden in the race for the White House, saying unfounded allegations of fraud by the president must be investigated. Some of the Republicans also told Trump that legal challenges must be allowed to play out before he takes the Read More
There has been wild jubilation around the streets as thousands of jubilant Joe Biden supporters honked car horns, banged on pots and cheered to celebrate the Democratic candidate’s victory in the United States elections. “I could dance and scream all day long,” Bernadette Etienne, a retired translator, told Al Jazeera from Black Lives Matter Plaza. “There is so much misery to expel, so Read More
Kamala Harris, who on Saturday became America’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect, represents a new face of political power after an election all about who wields power and how they use it. The California senator’s history-making win also represents the millions of women in the demographics — often overlooked, historically underrepresented and systematically ignored — who Read More
Joe Biden gave what was very close to a victory speech as it becomes clearer he will beat Donald Trump. The former Vice President has pulled ahead in the key states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada. He is on 263 Electoral College votes in the race to 270 and the White House. He needs: Pennsylvania (20) or two of Arizona (11), Georgia Read More
Democrat Joe Biden has narrowly overtaken Donald Trump in Georgia and now leads the key battleground state, putting the White House within his reach. It is the first time the Democratic candidate has led in the south-eastern state, which is still too close to call despite 99 per cent of votes being tallied, and hasn’t gone blue since it backed Bill Read More
Donald Trump and Joe Biden each claim to be ahead in the US presidential election, even as the final outcome hangs on a razor’s edge and both sides ramp up for legal action. The Trump campaign is challenging vote counts in the key states of Wisconsin, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The BBC projects Mr Biden won Michigan. US media forecast Read More
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls gradually closing across the United States and a long night of waiting for results ahead. The President is currently leading in nearly every state he’d feared could swing to Biden and is on the cusp of victory in Florida, Texas and North Read More
Americans are set to vote in one of the most divisive presidential elections in decades, pitting incumbent Republican Donald Trump against his Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Nearly 100 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting, putting the country on course for its highest turnout in a century. Both rivals spent the final hours of the race rallying Read More
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