Donald Trump and his wife Melania have arrived for a church service in Washington a few hours before he is set to be sworn in for a second term as president of the United States. The service was being held at St John’s Episcopal Church near the White House....
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One day before the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. President, Pope Francis criticised his plans for an immigration crackdown when he returns to the White House on Monday. In an interview with Italian programme Che Tempo Che Fa on Nove aired on Sunday, the pope was asked about...
Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as president of the United States in Washington on Monday, returning to the White House for a second term four years after his initial re-election bid ended in defeat. Trump, a Republican, will replace outgoing President Joe Biden in the top...
On Saturday night, for the first time in five years, millions of American TikTok users who logged on for a late-night scroll were met with an unwelcome notice that their beloved app had been banned and shut down. Their exile lasted less than 24 hours, ending when the Chinese-owned...
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday told his supporters that he wants Chinese-owned short-form video app TikTok to be at least 50 per cent owned by U.S. investors. On the eve of his swearing-in, Trump told a rally in Washington that he would allow the app to continue operating...
On the eve of his swearing-in ceremony, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump told supporters that he would implement anti-immigration measures from day one of his second term in office. “By the time the sun sets tomorrow evening, the invasion of our borders will have come to a halt. “All the...
On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump staged a campaign-style rally in frigid Washington where he and his supporters celebrated his win. Here are some takeaways from Trump’s remarks on Sunday: As he has been signalling for weeks, Trump is expected to sign a torrent of executive...
UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has congratulated U.S. President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration and said that the so-called special relationship “will continue to flourish for years to come.” The US president-elect will be sworn in to his second term in the White House on Monday, eight years...
Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, with Xi congratulating Trump on his re-election as U.S. President. In an official statement by the Foreign Affairs Ministry of China, the conversation was in response to a phone call from Trump. Xi expressed...
United States President-elect, Donald Trump is considering using an executive order to prevent the TikTok app from being blocked in the (U.S.). The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The order would suspend enforcement of the law, which required TikTok to be either blocked...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday said it was suing tech billionaire Elon Musk, alleging he failed to disclose in a timely manner his ownership of more than 5 per cent of Twitter stakes ahead of taking over the company in 2022. The SEC alleges that...
Director, Centre for American Studies at University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Jonah Onuoha, has said the United States President-elect Donald Trump’s second tenure will impact significantly on advancing global peace. Onuoha said this in an interview with newsmen in Nsukka on Tuesday when he discussed Trump’s forthcoming inauguration...
More than 10, 000 homes, including many businesses are said to have been destroyed in the Los Angeles fire. So far, at least 11 lives have been reported lost in the incident. For some, it was a first look at the staggering reality of what was lost as the...
United States President-elect, Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for his criminal conviction, stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. This case earlier overshadowed his bid to retake the White House. The U.S. Supreme Court paved the way on Thursday for the 9:30 a.m....
Donald Trump capped a historic political comeback on Monday as Congress certified his election victory, in a remarkable turn from four years ago, when a mob he had summoned to Washington ransacked the US Capitol. The president-elect spent much of his campaign facing prosecution over the 2021 insurrection, when...
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has warned on Sunday that tariffs proposed by President-elect Donald Trump could significantly reduce Americans’ ability to purchase technology products. It said that this would potentially cut consumer purchasing power by up to 143 billion dollars. According to a report released by CTA, laptop...
Renowned Nigerian gospel singer and pastor, Nathaniel Bassey, has been invited to minister at the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on January 20 in Washington, D.C. The Akwa ibom-born cleric disclosed this on his Instagram page, sharing a poster of the event . He wrote:...
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday awarded Republican Trump critic Liz Cheney one of the highest civilian honours in the United States – the Presidential Citizens Medal. Cheney, 58, a former Republican lawmaker for Wyoming in the House of Representatives, led, together with Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson, the Jan....