The United States (US) Government says it has imposed visa restrictions on some individuals for their actions during the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa State elections and in the run up to the Edo and Ondo State governorship polls on Saturday and October 10 , respectively . Although elections have not yet held in Edo
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The administration of President Donald Trump of the United States of America has cancelled visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China of students and researchers deemed as security risks. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the US Department of State
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The United States has taken a decisive action against the Military in Mali, regarding the military coup in the West African nation that led to the arrest of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and other top government officials. The US has has announced the suspension of military aid to the country. The DAILY VENDOR recalls that
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US president Donald Trump, on Wednesday August 19, urged Americans to disregard mail-in voting and go to the ballot box to vote, declaring “if you can protest in person, you can vote in person”.Mail-in ballots is a type of voting system where people can vote from home using mail while universal voting is the type
Read moreUnited States President Donald Trump will use the White House to deliver a partisan political speech to the Republican National Convention next week. Trump will be formally nominated by the party next week and is due to give his acceptance speech at the end of the four-day convention, which is taking place mostly online due
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United States Democratic Party has officially nominated former Vice President, Mr Joe Biden, as its candidate for the Nov. 3 presidential election. Joe, whose nomination came on the second day of the party’s virtual National Convention on Tuesday night, will face incumbent President Donald Trump in the race for the White House. The candidate immediately
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The Trump administration has seized the cargo of four tankers it was targeting for transporting Iranian fuel to Venezuela, U.S. officials said Thursday, as it steps up its campaign of maximum pressure against the two heavily sanctioned allies. The seizure of the ships was confirmed on Friday by a senior American official as the US
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that Nigeria had made progress in resolving issues that led to the suspension of the issuance of the United States (U.S.) “immigrant visas” to Nigerian passport holders.The President who spoke in Abuja while receiving the report of the Committee on Citizen Data Management and Harmonisation, chaired by Interior Minister
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China on Monday announced unspecified sanctions against 11 U.S. politicians and heads of organizations promoting democratic causes, including Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who have already been singled out by Beijing.Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Monday said the 11 had “performed badly” on issues concerning Hong Kong, where China has cracked down on
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Founder of movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra and Biafra Independence Movement (BIM-MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday urged the international community to as a matter of urgency recognize Biafra as a sovereign state so as to stop people from that geographical region from joining the looming mass exodus of African refugees to
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President Donald Trump has called for a delay in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, saying voting by mail could lead to fraudulent and inaccurate results. He said he would rather delay the election until voters can “properly, securely and safely vote.”
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The White House said Thursday that China’s “slaughter” of protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989 has not been forgotten, urging Beijing to give its first accurate accounting of the bloodshed. “The Chinese Communist Party’s slaughter of unarmed Chinese civilians was a tragedy that will not be forgotten,” President Donald Trump’s press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said
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An Iranian warship was hit by a friendly fire missile during naval exercises, killing 19 sailors, state media and the army said Monday, amid tensions with the US in Gulf waters. The incident involving the Konarak vessel occurred on Sunday afternoon near Bandar-e Jask, off the southern coast of the Islamic republic, state television said
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President Donald Trump conceded Tuesday that more Americans will die in reopening the US economy but underlined his insistence on a dwindling coronavirus threat by refusing to wear a mask, even as he toured a mask-making factory. Asked by ABC News whether the lifting of social distancing measures and reopening of the shuttered economy will
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The government of Nigeria has said it will soon evacuate 270 Nigerians resident in the United States but willing to return to the country following the COVID 19 pandemic. This development is coming amidst the pandemic which has forced many countries including Nigeria to shut down airports to curb the spread of the virus which
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