Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday congratulated the newly sworn-in president of the United States of America, President, Joe Biden, and the Vice President, Senator Kamala Harris as they took the oath of office.
President Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Wednesday night expressed hope that their presidency will mark a strong point of cooperation and support for Nigeria as well as the African continent.
The President congratulated the leaders, and the entire country on the successful transition, which marks an important historical inflection point for democracy as …
Ex-US President Donald Trump left a letter to his successor Joe Biden before leaving the White House, spokesman Judd Deere told AFP minutes after his departure.
Trump, who refused to accept his defeat for more than two months, never congratulated Joe Biden on his victory.
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It is still unclear what the contents of the letter were, but there is a viral letter currently circulating on social media which we cannot verify right now.
‘We are just temporary occupants of this office,’ Barack Obama wrote in his own note to Trump four years …
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.
Biden took the oath of office at 11:50 am US time.
He was sworn in by Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.
Biden was sworn in shortly after his vice, Kamala Harris took her oath of office.
After taking the oath of office, Biden said that the Inauguration Day was a celebration of democracy and that ‘the will of the people has been heard.’
‘Today we celebrate the triumph, not of a candidate, but of
President Donald Trump left the White House for the last time on Wednesday, skipping the inauguration of successor Joe Biden as the 46th US president in an extraordinary break with tradition.
Drawing a curtain on the most tumultuous administration of modern times, Trump is being ousted by a polar opposite with the Democrat Biden intent on charting a new course to tackle Covid-19 and unite a splintered nation.
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A small crowd waved goodbye as Trump, 74, and First Lady Melania Trump walked a short red carpet and boarded the …
The Ondo State Government has declared that the presidency is emotionally attached to Fulani herdsmen.
The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo was reacting to the statement by the Presidency against the directive of the State government banning the operation of unregistered Fulani herdsmen in its forest.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu had condemned the directive by the Ondo State government.
However, Ojogo insisted that Shehu’s comment was inimical to the existence of Nigeria.
Ojogo, in a statement, said Shehu had …
Joe Biden, the man who will be US President from Wednesday broke down in tears Tuesday as he said goodbye to the state of Delaware before the journey to Washington and the White House.
Biden broke down in tears as he addressed a crowd of National Guard members at the Major Joseph R. ‘Beau‘ Biden III National Guard Reserve Center.
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Beau was Biden’s late son. He was a US Army veteran, lawyer, and aspiring politician killed by a brain tumor in 2015 aged just 46.
Initially speaking to the …
Outgoing US President, Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered his farewell speech to the American public, condemning U.S. Capitol rioters and claiming credit for not starting a new war despite the hostilities his administration faced.
He also hinted he is not quitting the political space quickly.
‘Now, as I prepare to hand power over to a new administration at noon on Wednesday, I want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning.‘
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In his usual character, Trump praised himself for taking on the big issues, on …
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has been warned by the presidency not to breach the constitution in his quest to drive out herdsmen from Ondo forest reserves within seven days.
Akeredolu had announced the ultimatum, to upstage criminals who use the forests as fortresses and staging posts for banditry and kidnapping.
Leaders of the herdsmen have objected to the order and they seem to have listening ears in the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
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A statement by presidential media aide, Garba Shehu, urged Akeredolu and the herdsmen to continue their dialogue ‘for a …
Iran on Tuesday announced that it has imposed symbolic sanctions on outgoing US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and several current and former members of the Trump administration.
In addition to Trump and Pompeo, Iran also sanctioned acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, CIA Director Gina Haspel, US Special Representative to Iran and Venezuela Elliot Abrams, and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) chief Andrea Gacki.
Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, former US envoy for Iran Brian Hook, and former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper were also sanctioned.…
Reports say the public is strongly supportive of US President-elect Joe Biden in most European counties but is increasingly concerned about democracy in the United States following Donald Trump’s tumultuous tenure, a survey said Tuesday.
On the eve of Biden’s inauguration, the Pew Research Center said 79 percent in Germany, 72 percent in France, and 65 percent in Britain were confident that Biden would make the right decisions in world affairs.
It was a dramatic turnaround from Trump, who enjoyed the confidence of a mere 10 percent of Germans, …
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been advised by a chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., not to contest in the 2023 presidential elections.
Bamgbose pointed out that although Tinubu has not actually publicly made known his intention, his body language shows he is very much interested in throwing his hat in the ring.
The Speakers of the Lagos Houses of Assembly, both past and incumbent, had joined the list of groups endorsing the former Governor.
Bamgbose, who had since made his interest public, said it is strongly …
President Donald Trump will leave the White House this week with the lowest approval rating of his presidency, with just 34 percent of Americans supporting the job he has done, a Gallup poll showed Monday.
Gallup noted that Trump’s average approval rating during his one-term presidency was 41 percent, four points lower than any of his predecessors since the polling group has been gathering data.
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Trump’s job approval had dipped to 35 percent in previous polls, most notably after he failing to condemn a violent gathering of white supremacists …
