A public policy analyst, Polycarp Onwubiko has commended the world celebrated writer, Chimamanda Adichie on her well written articulated letter to the US president, Joe Biden, objecting to his somewhat hasty congratulatory message to the Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He said Chimamanda argued that US has one of the best investigative security agencies and
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The Republicans and the democrats in the United States of America (USA) are currently at each others throat over the invasion of Chinese spy balloon. Republicans savaged Joe Biden on Sunday over his handling of a suspected Chinese spy balloon, while Democrats defended the president’s decision to shoot it down after it floated across the
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…US president, Biden earlier on Tuesday congratulated Sunak in a tweet. The United States President Joe Biden and Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed in talks Tuesday to work together to support Ukraine and stand up to China, the White House said. They spoke for the first time hours after Sunak became Britain’s third
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Joe Biden’s administration has announced a sweeping immigration bill that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country and provide a faster way for undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to gain citizenship. Here’s what the bill, titled the US Citizenship Act of 2021, announced on
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US President Joe Biden has rescinded the national emergency order used to fund Donald Trump’s border wall. In a letter to Congress on Thursday, Mr Biden wrote that the order was “unwarranted” and said that no further tax dollars will be spent on the wall. Mr Trump declared a state of emergency over the southern
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U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had approved an executive order for new sanctions on those responsible for the military coup in Myanmar and he repeated demands for the generals to give up power and free civilian leaders. Biden said the order enabled his administration “to immediately sanction the military leaders who directed
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The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has appointed another Nigerian-born expert, Enoh Ebong, as the Acting Director of the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). The appointment of Ebong which was announced on Tuesday by the Agency, will see her “leading an agency that partners with the US private sector to develop sustainable
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The United States Senate has confirmed Antony Blinken to be the next US secretary of state, the nation’s top diplomat. Blinken’s confirmation by a vote of 78-22 signals broad political support for President Joe Biden’s promise of an American foreign policy focused on diplomacy and alliances. “Mr Blinken has a long and distinguished history when
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United States Republican congresswoman and one of former President Donald Trump’s strongest supporters, Marjorie Taylor Greene, has filed articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden on Thursday, a day after he was sworn in to office. According to Independent UK, Greene who is alleged to have ties with QAnon and has been known for promoting
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday congratulated the new United States President, Joe Biden and his deputy, Kamala Harris on their inauguration. Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the US on Wednesday. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the president said he looked forward
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US law enforcement agencies are screening National Guard members to make sure they do not pose a security risk during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a four-star general said in comments broadcast Sunday. Following the January 6 riots at the Capitol building in support of outgoing President Donald Trump, it emerged that some of those involved
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United States lawmakers were hammering out final details Friday on a major coronavirus relief package and an attached federal funding bill but sticking points could push them past a midnight deadline, threatening a government shutdown amid swelling health and fiscal crises. Republicans and Democrats braced for possibly working through the weekend to conclude a $900
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United States President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said it was time for outgoing President Donald Trump to stop grandstanding and concede the Nov. 3 election. Addressing the nation shortly after the Electoral College confirmed his victory in the Nov. 3 general polls, Biden said the “will of the people prevailed”. He said Trump’s refusal to
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Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president, stopping just short of the nationwide mandate he’s pushed before to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The move marks a notable shift from President Donald Trump whose own skepticism
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President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Congress to quickly approve a “robust” aid plan to address the Covid-19 economic crisis, which his pick to lead the US Treasury called a “tragedy” for American families. As he presented his economic team, including former Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary, Biden said his administration
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