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April 15, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus: US To Halt Funding To WHO

US President Donald Trump says he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO). He said the WHO had “failed in its basic duty” in its response to the coronavirus outbreak. He accused the UN...

March 28, 2020 No Responses

Americans To get $1,200 Each As Trump Signs Historic $2.2tri Financial Stimulus Bill

President Donald Trump on Friday signed the $2.2 trillion (N827 trillion) financial stimulus package to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. This came hours after the country’s House of Representatives approved the bi...

December 19, 2019 No Responses

Trump Becomes Third President To Be Impeached

Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether...

June 10, 2018 No Responses

Tension As G7 summit Ends In Disarray

US President Donald Trump has retracted his endorsement of the joint communique issued at the end of the G7 summit, accusing Canada of “dishonesty”. He said that other countries were imposing “massive tariffs” on the US. The joint commu...

May 9, 2018 No Responses

US Pulls Out Of Iran Nuclear Deal

US President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran. Calling it “decaying and rotten”, he said the deal was “an embarrassment” to him “as a citizen”. Going against advice from...

May 2, 2018 No Responses

Looted Fund: Nigeria To Get $500m From U.S.

The United States is finalising plans to repatriate more than $500 million (about N190 billion) looted money to Nigeria, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami has said. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington, DC, that he.....

May 1, 2018 No Responses

Trump, Buhari Deflect Controversial Question

United States President Donald Trump’s reported disparaging of African countries did not come up in his talks with Nigeria’s president, the two leaders have said. Muhammadu Buhari sidestepped a reporter’s question about Mr Trump’s alleg...

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Trade War Looms As Trump Announces Tariffs on Chinese imports

The US plans to impose tariffs on up to $60bn (£42.5bn) in Chinese imports and limit the country’s investment in the US in retaliation for years of alleged intellectual property theft. The White House said the actions were necessary to...

June 5, 2017 No Responses

Pressure mounts on Shipping as Trump pulls out of Paris Accord

The decision of the President Donald Trump on US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement exerts further pressure on all major industrial sectors to deliver their fair share of carbon cuts, including shipping, according to NGOs focusing on environmental issues in ...

January 21, 2017 No Responses

Trump vows to ‘put America first’

(BBC) President Donald Trump has painted a bleak picture of a broken country after being sworn in as US president. He spoke of abandoned factories, rampant crime and a failed education system, pledging that his presidency would bring about change....

November 19, 2016 No Responses

Trump settles Trump University lawsuits for $25m

Donald Trump has settled three Trump University lawsuits for $25m (£20m), the New York Attorney General has said. The US president-elect was being sued by former students who paid $35,000 (£28,000) for real estate “secrets” from his “hand-p...