Precious Nwonu, Enugu The White House has barred CNN from travelling aboard Air Force One with United States President Donald Trump for his Saturday trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, despite the network being scheduled to serve as the television press pool reporter. The latest restriction comes days after Trump’s administration banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico … [Read more…]
Precious Nwonu, Enugu The White House has restored access to CNN, Politico and MS NOW after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to lift its ban on the three news organisations. The outlets regained access on Thursday, hours after US District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled that their exclusion from the White House press facilities … [Read more…]
Canada imposes tariffs of up to 50% on US goods after trade talks collapse, escalating tensions between the two allies. Canada has imposed new retaliatory tariffs on a broad range of US goods after trade negotiations with Washington collapsed, further straining relations between the two long-standing allies. The new duties, which took effect on Tuesday, … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud Two weeks ago, Joseph Boakai, the Octogenarian President of Liberia, stepped into the White House, the symbolic heart of American power, to meet Donald Trump who had literally summoned five African presidents from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal to a landmark summit on trade, investment and security. It was supposed to … [Read more…]
Donald Trump will be allowed back onto Facebook and Instagram, after Meta announced it would be ending its two-year suspension of his accounts. The suspension will end “in the coming weeks”, the social media giant said. In a statement, Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said the public “should be able to hear what … [Read more…]
Ex-president Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States, has just congratulated Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for banning the microblogging site, Twitter. In a statement, titled, ‘Statement by Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States,’ he said, “Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned … [Read more…]