The clock ticks with only hours before an historic handshake here in Singapore between the leader of the free world and his co-summiteer, the man one US senator dubbed: “the crazy fat kid.” Since Kim and Trump landed yesterday in…
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URGENT NEED TO SAVE NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY – APC CHIEFTAIN WRITES TRUMP
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has written an open letter to United States of America president, Donald Trump, a week after he wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. In the letter…
Like North Korea like Nigeria: The Bull & the Bucket – Joseph Okechukwu
Background When in February of 2016, Benjamin Netanyahu declared that “Israel is Coming Back to Africa and Africa is Returning to Israel” he wasn’t joking. That is because Donald Trump must have advised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to get to…
WHAT NIGERIAN POLITICIANS CAN LEARN FROM TRUMP
The news that Nigeria’s ambassador to Israel attended the opening of the United States embassy in Jerusalem last Monday apparently touched a raw nerve. So taken aback by the news was Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry that it fired a query…
GAINS OF BUHARI’S VISIT TO US, BY NIGERIAN DELEGATION
Says it’s a win-win for both countries The bilateral meetings between President Muhammadu Buhari and the United States President Donald Trump, including meetings held with US businessmen, were engaging, productive and a win-win for both countries, the Nigerian delegation has…
TRUMP MEETING: PDP DESCRIBES BUHARI’S PERFORMANCE AS EMBARRASSING
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance at the Monday meeting with US President Donald Trump as embarrassing. The party, in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, described the president’s visit as ’embarassing’ because he…
FULL TEXT OF BUHARI’S SPEECH AT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH TRUMP IN WHITE HOUSE
Below is the full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech at the joint press conference with President Donald Trump in the White House: Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen of the media. It has been a pleasure and honour to visit Washington…
KILLING OF CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA MUST STOP – TRUMP TELLS BUHARI
The United States President, Donald Trump, on Monday described the killing of Christians in Nigeria as a serious problem, saying the US would not accept it. Trump also condemned the burning of churches and urged the Federal Government to ensure…
QUESTION BUHARI ON CORRUPTION IN HIS ADMINISTRATION – OMOKRI URGES TRUMP
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Reno Omokri, has urged United States President, Donald Trump, to question President Muhammadu Buhari on corruption in his administration, stressing that the US president should ask questions on what happened to the…
TERRORISM FIGHT, ECONOMIC GROWTH TO TOP BUHARI, TRUMP MEETING –PRESIDENCY
The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with President Donald Trump of United States of America, Monday, will focus on ways to enhance the strategic partnership between the two countries and to advance shared priorities, such as: Promoting economic…