January 29, 2021

President Joe Biden will impose costs on China but also work to repair democracy at home in a bid to win the emerging rivalry between the world’s top two economies, a top aide said Friday.

Jake Sullivan, the national security advisor, said that the new administration’s strategy included renewing alliances and robust investment in technology to ensure the United States retains a critical edge.

In a veiled reference to defeated president Donald Trump, whose baseless allegations of election fraud culminated in a mob attack on the US Capitol, …

The immediate past Chief of Army Staff retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, boasted about his achievements in the Nigerian army saying that he left the security arm better than he met.

Buratai stated this in his valedictory speech during the Pulling Out Parade by the Nigerian Army on Friday in Abuja.

He said that the army under his watch had achieved the tremendous feat in the fight against insurgency and other security threats in the country.

He added that he ensured adequate training of personnel and enhancement of warfare capabilities of the army as well as prioritization of personnel welfare.…

The Sultan of Sokoto and the spiritual leader of Nigeria’s Muslims, HRH Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has rejected the generalization of Fulanis in the country as criminals.

He stated this on Friday in Abuja at a meeting of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association (MACBAN).

The Sultan, who is the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the MACBAN, said while there are some Fulanis that engaged in criminality, like other tribes and ethnic groups who also engaged in different acts of criminalities, it is wrong to tag all Fulanis as criminals or using ‘Fulanis herdsmen criminal’ to explain developments.

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Iran on Friday said it will not accept U.S. demands that it reverse acceleration of its nuclear programme if the US is not ready to lift sanctions first, this is according to a statement by its Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

The demand ‘is not practical and will not happen’, he said at a joint news conference in Istanbul with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.

The new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has said Tehran must resume compliance with curbs on its nuclear activity under the world powers’ 2015 deal before it can rejoin the pact.

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