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Ontario, Canada's most populous province and its economic engine, announced Monday a ban on US companies bidding on tens of billions of dollars worth of government contracts, and dumped a deal with Elon Musk's Starlink in a pushback to US tariffs.
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US President Donald Trump said he will discuss the punishing tariffs he has levied on Canada and Mexico with both countries on Monday,
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The Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication, Sunday Dare, has urged Nigeria to pay close attention to the tariff war between the USA and Canada, including a number of North Atlantic countries. This came after US President Donald Trump announced broad tariffs on major US trading partners—Canada, Mexico, and China—claiming a "major threat"…
31 Jan
President Donald Trump will implement tariffs Saturday on the three largest US trading partners -- Canada, Mexico and China -- the White Hous
30 Jan
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja, said the positive reports on Nigerians in the diaspora would inspire the younger generation
24 Jan
U.S. President Donald Trump said his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was friendly and thought he could reach a trade deal with China. The leaders of the world’s two biggest economies discussed TikTok, trade, and Taiwan among other issues in a phone call before Trump took office on Monday. Since taking office,…
21 Jan
Canada vowed strong pushback while Mexico urged calm on Tuesday in the face of US President Donald Trump's trade threats that risk throwing their economies into disarray. The US president has accused both neighbors of being lax in preventing migrants and illicit drugs from coming into the United States, and called for a tightening of…
18 Jan
Americans will be hit by a "Trump tariffs tax" if the US president-elect increases customs duties on Canadian products, the Canadian foreign minister said Friday, pledging a hard-hitting response in any trade war. Donald Trump, who returns to the White House next week, has said he plans to slap 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports…
17 Jan
A shared library, sports fields and fire stations. The American border town of Derby Line and its Canadian twin Stanstead
15 Jan
Nigeria Rugby League Association (NRLA) has showered encomium on TheGuardian for its pivotal role in the country's sports development
12 Jan
With Rugby determined to raise its head above the parapets of neglect, and gain more followership in the new year
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The Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (UMG) in Germany, has partnered the National Blood Service Agency (NBSA) and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) to establish a national training center for transfusion medicine at AKTH. Abdullahi Haruna, Head of Media and Publicity, NBSA, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. According to him, the partnership was part of “Towards…
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A Russian woman whose elderly parents disappeared after Kyiv launched an offensive into the Kursk region pleaded this week for an evacuation "corridor" via Ukraine, saying thousands were still trapped by the fighting. Kyiv launched the surprise cross-border assault on the Russian region almost six months ago, capturing dozens of villages and the regional…
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The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to deepen bilateral trade ties between Nigeria and Kuwait. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, made this known in Kuwait during a working visit to the country designed to strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties between both countries. Tuggar, in a statement issued by Alkasim Abdulkadir,…
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Osun House of Assembly, on Monday, organized a three-day service delivery training for its staff in order to enhance the quality of legislative services to residents of the state. Hon. Adewale Egbedun, Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, declared open the three-day training themed: “Towards Ensuring Effective And Efficient Legislative Service Delivery in Osun State. Egbedun,…
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Chelsea striker Sam Kerr Wednesday told a court she was treated differently by police "because of the colour of my skin" after "fearing for my life" following an incident with a taxi driver. The Australia captain, who is of mixed race, is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to police officer Stephen Lovell…
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The Police Command in Ebonyi on Wednesday said it arrested one person in connection with the Sunday attack by suspected hoodlums on Amagu village, Nkalaha community in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Adaku Uche-Anya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki that the police operatives of…
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Ange Postecoglou said Mathys Tel is "100 percent" committed to Tottenham after the French forward signed on loan despite reportedly rejecting a move to the club earlier in the January transfer window. Tottenham were busy in the final hours of Monday's deadline day as they bolstered Postecoglou's injury-ravaged squad, bringing in Tel and defender Kevin…
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Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, has fiercely criticized Nasir El-Rufai, the former Governor of Kaduna State, for attacking National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu over past statements about President Bola Tinubu’s alleged corruption. In a lengthy statement on Facebook titled ‘Nasir el-Rufai Is a Drowning Man Seeking To Take Malam Nuhu Ribadu Down With…
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The Nigerian Senate turned into a battleground of political fireworks on Tuesday as lawmakers from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) locked horns over the defection of Senator Ned Nwoko from the PDP to the APC. The plenary session, which was expected to proceed with legislative business, quickly…
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier had expressed skepticism about U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to resettle Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. “I only hear concerns here in the region,’’ he said at a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Wednesday during a visit to Jordan. Steinmeier said he was trying to choose…