Donald Trump
US 2020: Trump, Biden First Presidential Debate Heats Up Political Space
Current US President, Donald Trump, and Democratic nominee for President, Joe Biden, had their first presidential debate on Tuesday, September 29th in Cleveland, ahead of the elections to be held on November 3rd, 2020.
Trump pardons repentant bank robber
U.S. President, Donald Trump has pardoned a convicted bank robber, Jon Ponder, who is now running a post-prison assistance programme. A pre-recorded video of Mr Trump signing an executive order for the pardon, with Mr Ponder standing beside him, aired on Tuesday night. Coming amid the Republican National Convention, the president’s move is seen by …
U.S. 2020: Trump raises possibility of delaying presidential election
U.S. President, Donald Trump on Thursday said that the November presidential election might have to be delayed, citing unsubstantiated claims that mail-in voting could result in fraud. “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. “It will be a great embarrassment to …
Limiting U.S. deaths to 100,000 would be good job – Trump
U.S. President, Donald Trump on Sunday said limiting the U.S. death toll to 100,000 would constitute a “good job,” and that his administration has lowered the number of potential deaths from earlier estimates of more than 2 million. “If we could hold that down as we’re saying to 100,000, that’s a horrible number, maybe even …
Atiku appeals to trump to reverse visa ban on Nigerians.
Gbeleyi Abayomi Following the visa ban on Nigeria , the former Vice President Alhaji atiku has appealed to President trump and the USA to reverse the ban . Reacting to the immigrant visa ban placed by the United States on Nigeria, the former presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) said Nigeria has been …
Trump imposes immigrant visa ban on Nigeria
Gbeleyi Abayomi After several days of speculation, Donald Trump, president of the United States of America, has finally imposed an immigration visa ban on Nigeria. According to the Wall Street Journal ,Eritrea, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan were also affected in the new ban. Quoting Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, as saying …
U.S. travel ban on Nigeria, ill conceived — Lai Mohammed
The federal government says the speculated plan by the U.S. to add Nigeria to its existing list of visa travel ban countries is ill conceived. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this on Monday in London during an interview session with Reuters News Agency. The minister is in London to officially engage …
The taxman is coming for you
Simon Kolawole If you felt intimidated by the public notice on “national enforcement on tax defaulters” issued last week by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), let’s say that is just the introduction. By the time President Muhammadu Buhari signs the Nigeria Financial Bill 2019 into law — possibly before January 1, 2020 — your …
Money Politics: Nigeria’s Delicate Delicacy
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE I have written a few weeks back about the lamentation of the 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi II. However, the critical mass of Nigerians still seems to be going about their daily social activities as if nothing frightening is in the offing. Indeed, something frightening is in the offing! In …
Putin-Trump summit set for July 16 in Helsinki: Kremlin, White House
A long-awaited summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will take place in Helsinki on July 16, the Kremlin and the White House said in simultaneous statements Thursday. “An agreement has been reached that on July 16 in Helsinki there will be a meeting between the President of the Russian …
