Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, says she was surprised that President Donald Trump’s administration could stand in her way of leading the World Trade Organisation (WTO). At a press briefing monitored by DailyTrust, the new Director-General of WTO said she did not see it coming. She said she felt she had a good understanding
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Twitter confirms Trump’s ban will remain forever even if he runs again in 2024
Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter ban will remain forever, even if he runs for president again in 2024, a top company official said on Wednesday February 10. During an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Twitter’s chief financial officer, Ned Segal, was asked if the platform would restore Trump’s account if he ran again and
Read moreBiden sacks heads of govt media agencies appointed by Trump
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has sacked the heads of US media organizations appointed by former President Donald Trump. Those affected in the mass sack on Saturday, include the acting chief of the US Agency for Global Media, and the directors of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Middle
Read moreTrump to leave town early Wednesday before Biden inauguration
By the time Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president Wednesday, his scandal-tainted predecessor Donald Trump will already be far away, having helicoptered out of the White House a last time earlier that morning, an official said Friday. Trump will be the first president in a century and a half to snub
Read moreTrump has integrity lessons to learn from PMB – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the invasion of the United States of America Congress, by persons they described hoodlums, adding that America used to be a baseline for measuring democracy in other countries. The party further stated that the events in the US have shown how the integrity of a president can complement
Read moreBREAKING: Trump finally accepts defeat, promises “orderly” transition
The outgoing president of the DUnited States, Donald Trump has finally conceded to President-elect Joe Biden after protracted bickering on purported electoral fraud. Mr. Trump’s concession comes moments after the country’s parliament affirmed Biden’s Electoral College victory, American news network CNN is reporting. The outgoing U.S. leader, who lost his reelection bid in the hotly
Read moreFacebook, YouTube, Twitter, freeze Trump’s accounts after Capitol protest
Social media giants, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have frozen the accounts of the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, following violent protests that erupted at the Capitol building while Congress leaders sat to certify the November 3 election win of Democrat candidate, Joe Biden. Reacting swiftly to the protests on Wednesday, the
Read moreTrump suffers another blow as US Congress overrides his veto on defence bill
The outgoing President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has suffered another blow as the US Congress sanctioned a $740 billion defence bill which he (Trump) had objected to. On Friday, the Senate voted 81 to 13 to reach the two-thirds majority required to override Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act
Read moreI will leave White House if Biden’s victory is confirmed – Donald Trump
Donald Trump has said that he will leave the White House when the electoral college votes for Democratic president-elect Joe Biden in the closest the outgoing president has come to conceding defeat. Biden won the presidential election with 306 electoral college votes – many more than the 270 required – to Trump’s 232. Biden also
Read moreDouble setback for Trump in bid to overturn US election results
The United States President, Donald Trump, on Friday suffered a double setback in his bid to overturn election results after officials in the battleground state of Georgia certified Democratic Party’s candidate, Joe Biden’s win and top Republican legislators in Michigan said they had no information that would warrant reversing the outcome of the vote in
Read moreTrump campaign seeks recount of ballots in Wisconsin
President Donald Trump is to seek a partial recount of votes in the state of Wisconsin, which his rival Joe Biden is projected to win by 20,000 votes. Hours before a Wednesday deadline, the Trump campaign said it wanted a recount in the counties of Milwaukee and Dane, alleging irregularities. Mr Trump has been making
Read moreTrump should concede defeat, this is not a game –Michelle Obama
Former first lady Michelle Obama on Monday urged “all Americans, especially our nation’s leaders, regardless of party” to “do your part to encourage a smooth transition of power” and said that playing along with “groundless conspiracy theories” is putting our “health and security in danger.” Michelle Obama, adviced President Donald Trump to concede defeat to
Read moreUS election: Yes Biden won by rigging, “I won” Trump claims
Donald Trump has insisted he is not conceding the US election, despite seemingly acknowledging for the first time that Democrat Joe Biden won. The current President of US declared himself the winner of the presidential election in the country. He made the new claim in a tweet on Monday, hours after he tweeted that his
Read moreTrump campaign loses libel suit against CNN
Donald Trump’s libel lawsuit against CNN was dismissed by a federal judge on Thursday, ending the president’s legal battle over an op-ed published in 2019. U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown ruled on Thursday that the campaign had failed to demonstrate “actual malice,” and that therefore the suit should be thrown out. The campaign filed
Read moreTrump campaign advisor Lewandowski tests positive for coronavirus
Corey Lewandowski, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday but is feeling well, according to a person familiar with the situation. Lewandowski, 47, confirmed in a text to CNBC on Thursday that he tested positive for Covid-19 a day earlier. Asked if he was experiencing symptoms
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