Tag: Trump Administration
The Talibans: Pakistan’s proxy government in Afghanistan, By Osmund Agbo
It’s hard to imagine that barely three weeks ago, most of Afghanistan was under the control of the Columbia University-trained President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani....
Afghanistan: History will not judge the Biden Presidency well! He lied...
When candidate Joe Biden was asked if he would bear some responsibility for the outcome of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan if the Taliban...
Biden reverses Trump’s immigrant visa ban on Nigerians
United States President, Joe Biden, has signed some executive orders thereby lifting the immigrant visa ban placed on Nigerians by his predecessor, Donald...
Joe Biden To Sign Executive Order To Rescind Trump’s Travel Ban
Joe Biden, the American President-elect is planning to to sign roughly a dozen executive orders, including rejoining the Paris climate accord and ending the...
The $3,000-a-month toilet for the Ivanka Trump/Jared Kushner Secret Service detail
Many U.S. Secret Service agents have stood guard in Washington’s elite Kalorama neighborhood, home over the years to Cabinet secretaries and former presidents. Those...
Trump declares state of emergency in DC ahead of Biden’s inauguration
United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in Washington D.C..
The declaration came on the heels of a revelation by...
Trump Cabinet members discuss possibility of invoking 25th Amendment
"Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan reports some senior members of the Trump administration have discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment, which...
Trump Rejects Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala For WTO
The US has suggested that the process to find a new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) needs to be reopened, in what...
Possible deal for arrested Huawei finance chief
The US Department of Justice is discussing a possible deal with Huawei’s finance chief Meng Wanzhou, according to reports.
The deal would reportedly let Ms...
Michael Flynn: Trump pardons ex-national security adviser
US President Donald Trump has pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
The president said the...
More people may die if Trump doesn’t cooperate – Biden
President-elect Joe Biden is calling for access to the Trump administration's COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, saying "more people may die" if there's no coordination...
US election security officials reject Trump’s fraud claims
US federal election officials have said the 2020 White House vote was the "most secure in American history" - rejecting President Donald Trump's fraud...
Pompeo calls for respecting elections abroad while ignoring Biden victory
WASHINGTON — After years of preaching that world leaders must swiftly abide by the verdicts of voters, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has settled...
Trump and Biden pause to mark Veterans Day
President-elect Joe Biden named Ron Klain to the top White House position, chief of staff, Wednesday. Klain was also Mr. Biden's chief of staff...
Trump whistleblower joins Biden’s COVID-19 task force
President-elect Joe Biden’s task force to combat the growing coronavirus emergency will include a former Trump administration official who sounded the alarm over untested...
Trump sows WTO turmoil by vetoing Okonjo-Iweala, front-runner for top job
The World Trade Organization’s effort to select a leader and chart a new course for the global trading system hit a roadblock Wednesday after...
Shock! Okonjo-Iweala faces setback as America opposes WTO bid
The World Trade Organization’s effort to name a new leader hit a new roadblock Wednesday after the Trump administration said it won’t back the...
#LekkiMassacre: Trump Administration Condemns Military Attack On Unarmed #EndSARS Protesters
#LekkiMassacre: Trump administration condemns military attack on unarmed #EndSARS protesters The Trump administration has condemned Tuesday’s attack on protesters in Lagos, Secretary of State...
Trump’s approach to China has claimed American lives, jobs, says Harris
By Harrison Arubu
New York - America has lost lives, jobs and standing as a result of President Donald Trump’s “perspective and approach to China”,...
Trump nominee elected to head Latin American development bank
Washington - U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee was, on Saturday, elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank, the region’s main economic development lender,...