Joe Biden
6 Apr 2024
The United States and China have agreed to hold "intensive exchanges on balanced growth", the US Treasury Department said in a statement, after two days of talks between Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterpart He Lifeng in Guangzhou.
6 Apr 2024
US President Joe Biden on Friday asked Egyptian and Qatari leaders for help in getting Hamas to agree to a deal with Israel, an American official said, ahead of negotiations in Cairo.
2 Apr 2024
US President Joe Biden criticized Tuesday a Florida Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for an "outrageous" ban on abortion after just six weeks of pregnancy. "Yesterday's extreme decision puts desperately needed medical care even further out of reach for millions of women in Florida and across the South," Biden said in a statement.…
31 Mar 2024
Donald Trump and fellow Republicans assailed President Joe Biden on Saturday for what they called an assault on Christianity, after the US leader highlighted the Transgender Day of Visibility that this year coincides with Easter.
28 Mar 2024
Though the candidates are the same as last time, the 2024 US presidential election promises to be unique in other ways -- pitting two men facing challenges unprecedented in the 235-year history of US democracy.
26 Mar 2024
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the collapse of a Baltimore bridge a "terrible accident," and pledged to get the major East Coast port up and running as soon as possible after a cargo ship struck one of the span's support pylons.
26 Mar 2024
An American man has changed his name to Literally Anybody Else and is gearing up to contest for president against President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Formerly known as Dustin Elsey, the 35-year-old Texas man now has his driver's license bearing his new legal name and has launched a bid for the presidency. The army…
17 Mar 2024
Donald Trump told a rally in Ohio on Saturday that November's presidential election will be the "most important date" in US history, painting his campaign for the White House as a turning point for the country.
17 Mar 2024
US President Joe Biden joked about Donald Trump and his own age at an annual media dinner on Saturday -- before unloading deadly serious criticisms of his rival in November's election. "One candidate's too old and mentally unfit to be president," the 81-year-old Democrat quipped at the Gridiron Club in Washington. "The other guy's me."…
14 Mar 2024
President Joe Biden needled "loser" Donald Trump Wednesday, in his first battleground campaign stop since the two rivals secured their parties' nominations for what promises to be one of the most rancorous elections in US history.
13 Mar 2024
United States President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, are set for an election rematch in November after clinching their respective parties’ nominations.
13 Mar 2024
Joe Biden and rival Donald Trump each won enough delegates Tuesday to clinch their party nominations in the 2024 presidential race, networks projected, all but assuring a rematch and setting up one of the longest election campaigns in US history.
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Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, is set to create 63,360 jobs for youth in the garment industry across the state’s 44 local councils.
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Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno on Monday inaugurated an International Cattle Market in Banki as part of his administration’s economic recovery efforts in the state. “This market now serves as a vital hub for trade between Borno State, the Far North Region of Cameroon, and Chad,” the governor said at the inauguration in Banki Town.…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reported that the PMI index reached 51.0 in December 2024, marking a significant rebound after a period of economic contraction that had persisted for several months. The last report put the PMI at 48.9 as of November last year. PMI serves as a barometer of the prevailing direction…
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FilmOne, a movie distribution company, disclosed this through its instagram page, @filmoneng, on Monday. While Akindele bagged the first highest grossing lead actress for her film “Everybody Loves Jenifa”, Wunmi Toriola came second for her film, ‘Queen Lateefah.” Toyin Abraham clinched the third highest grossing lead actress with her movie , “Alakada Bad and Boujee”.…
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Dr. Kenton Dashiell, Deputy Director-General, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), on Monday, said that women need the right mentorship and training to succeed in agriculture in Nigeria. Dashiell stated this in Ibadan at a stakeholders’ workshop for Women in Agricultural Technical Education and Apprenticeship (WATEA) in Nigeria. The workshop was organized by IITA and…
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Amid growing concerns about energy transition and divestment by major oil companies, Nigeria has sealed a deal with the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, aiming to boost local capacity. The deal was signed by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), College of Petroleum and Energy Studies Kaduna (CPESK), and the University of Portsmouth, and held…
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The Nineteen Seventeen Northern Consensus Movement (NSNCM) has announced the peaceful resolution of a land dispute in Ama-Hausa, Owerri, Imo State, involving the Hausa community and their traditional leader, the Sarkin Hausawa of Owerri, Alhaji Auwalu Baba Sulaiman. The group, comprising a coalition of 596 registered grassroots community-based socio-cultural and economic associations spanning the 19…
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Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has approved the naming of some projects after historic figures and leaders. Top on the list is the First Lady of Nigeria, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, after whom the multibillion-naira Civil Service Clinic project is to be named. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Rafiu…
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The Abuja Investments Company Limited (AICL) has called on diplomats to collaborate with the Nigerian Government to tap into Abuja's investment opportunities. Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Dr Maureen Tamuno stated this at a roundtable meeting with some foreign diplomats working in Nigeria. The Group Managing Director (GMD) extended an invitation…
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The National Rescue Movement (NRM), on Monday, announced the suspension of its National Chairman, Isaac Udeh, amid allegations of misconduct, financial impropriety, and breach of the party's constitution, and appointed Chinedu Obi as the Acting National Chairman. This decision was disclosed by the Acting National Secretary of NRM, Prince Obidike Okolo, during the party’s first-quarter…