Joe Biden
12 Feb
US consumer inflation unexpectedly accelerated last month, data showed Wednesday, in a moment of potential political peril for President Donald Trump, who quickly blamed the uptick on his predecessor Joe Biden. The consumer price index (CPI) edged up to 3.0 percent in January from a year ago, the Labor Department said in a statement --…
7 Feb
Nigeria can be credited to have triggered a strong wave of anti-gay sentiments and persecution of homosexuals who live a largely underground existence in the country and across Africa.
24 Jan
Predictably, millions of people from across the globe were glued on Monday to their television sets, radios and whatever internet gadgets, audio and visual, they could lay hands upon to be witnesses to history in the United States of America.
21 Jan
President Donald Trump has lifted U.S. sanctions imposed by his predecessor on extremist settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in a reversal praised by the Israeli far right. Joe Biden’s administration had imposed sanctions on Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of violence against Palestinians. The Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been…
18 Jan
The threat of economic sanctions against Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) member states and associates by President-elect, Donald Trump, comes amid controversies around what his reemergence poses for Africa and the rest of the world.
18 Jan
Praise Fowowe, a globally celebrated Family Life Strategist and visionary leader, has been awarded the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award by U.S. President Joe Biden. This distinguished honor recognizes his outstanding contributions to family life innovation, his groundbreaking impact on global family dynamics, and his two decades of unwavering commitment to building functional and sustainable family…
17 Jan
US President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday the ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas would have never been reached without pressure from him and his incoming administration.
16 Jan
Qatar and the United States announced Wednesday a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, adding that they hoped it would pave the way for a permanent end to the war in Gaza.
15 Jan
Outgoing US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced a ban on Red Dye No 3, a controversial food and drug coloring long known to cause cancer in animals. Decades after scientific evidence first raised alarm, Red 3, as it is also called, is currently used in nearly 3,000 food products in the United States,…
15 Jan
US President Joe Biden warned Wednesday that the "soul of America" is still at stake, as he prepared to deliver his farewell address to the nation before the return of Donald Trump.
14 Jan
The special counsel who prosecuted Hunter Biden accused US President Joe Biden on Monday of undermining public confidence in the justice system with his criticism of the investigation into his son.
13 Jan
Joe Biden said Monday that America was stronger on the global stage than it had been for decades, in a swansong foreign policy speech one week before Donald Trump's White House comeback. The outgoing US president took aim at Russia, China and Iran, and urged the West to maintain support for Ukraine in an address…
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has said that education is key to success. Abbas made this assertion at the public hearing on the 10 bills presented by the House Committee on Federal Colleges of Education on Tuesday in Abuja. The speaker, represented by the Deputy Chief Whip, Rep. Ibrahim Isiaka, also…
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A non-governmental organization, National Achievers Spelling Bee, has concluded its 4th edition of the spelling bee competition, with Senior Secondary School student RAHMAT ABDULKADIR from Paradigm School, Maitumbi, in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State emerging as the overall winner. In the Junior Secondary category, Rhoda Adeniyi of Ideal Royal School, Minna, clinched 1st…
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39-year-old man Otono Ezekiel was on Tuesday docked in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding an emigrant of N5.7 million on the pretence of procuring a Canada visa for him. The defendant is standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on fraud and stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The…
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied giving approval for the inauguration of the Leadership Council of the Delta State chapter of the party. In a statement, the national Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said the leadership council is not a body created or recognised under the party's constitution which…
16 mins ago
The Obidient Movement has unveiled its logo, a symbol it says embodies the "very essence of who we are and the values we stand for." At the heart of this emblem is the image of former presidential candidate Peter Obi, described by the movement as "a leader whose life of integrity, humility, and tireless service…
17 mins ago
The Bauchi state government says it has reviewed safe pace modules to enhance access to quality education for women and girls. Mrs. Sabuwa Tahir, the Component Lead, Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Bauchi. She said the exercise…
17 mins ago
A senior staff member of FCMB Banex Branch, Wuse II, Abuja, Mr. Muhammed Ajoge, has been kidnapped along the Abuja-Lokoja expressway. Ajoge, a native of Kogi State, was abducted on Saturday, February 22, 2025, around 2 p.m. while travelling alone to Okene to visit his father. Sources said armed men intercepted his vehicle, forced him…
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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday sent condolences to Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, on the death of Hajia Hauwa Usman, his mother-in-law, who died at 70. The President conveyed his condolences to the Idris family, their in-laws, and all relatives, urging them to find strength and comfort during this difficult time,…
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African countries appointed a trio of ex-leaders to oversee a push for peace in eastern DR Congo while an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor arrived Tuesday to investigate the upsurge in violence. The Rwanda-backed M23 has in recent weeks seized two major cities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), giving the armed group a…
34 mins ago
Vice President Kashim Shettima, has said that President Bola Tinubu was dedication to the health and survival of Nigerian enterprises. A statement on Tuesday in Abuja, by the spokesperson of the Vice President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, said that Shettima spoke during a tour of the SecureID Smartcard and Digital Solutions Facility in Lagos. The Vice…