Huawei and ZTE could find themselves banned from the US after reports claimed that Donald Trump plans to hit them with an executive order. The two companies have faced much scrutiny over their links to the Chinese government, with speculation…
Election 2019 in Nigeria and the meaningless campaign slogans – Magnus Onyibe
Sloganeering and symbolism are very effective and critical tools used by marketing experts to attract and retain the attention of their targeted audience. They are conceived with a view to ingraining messages into the memories of targeted audience through its…
Girl in Trump call still believes in Santa (BBC)
The seven-year-old girl whose phone call with President Donald Trump on Christmas Eve went viral has said she still believes in Santa Claus. Mr Trump threw doubt on the existence of Santa when he asked Collman Lloyd if she still…
Shutdown deadline looms as Trump, Democrats fight over wall money (Guardian)
The prospect of an embarrassing Christmastime shutdown of the US government loomed Friday as President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats remained far apart on a stopgap funding bill held up by discord over money for a border wall. An air…
US defence secretary Jim Mattis quits over decision to pull troops from Syria (Metro)
US defence secretary Jim Mattis has resigned after clashing with President Donald Trump over the abrupt withdrawal of US troops from Syria and two years of deep disagreements over America’s role in the world. Mr Mattis, perhaps the most respected…
Isis ‘still a threat’ despite Donald Trump claiming victory in Syria (Metro)
Donald Trump’s claim that Islamic State has been defeated has been rejected by the UK and his own political allies. Yesterday the US leader suddenly declared victory over the extremist group and vowed to pull all 2,000 US troops out…
Trump accuses Twitter of making it hard for people to follow him (Metro)
Donald Trump and Twitter are inextricably linked in the minds of most people. But it seems the Donald isn’t happy with the way he’s being treated by his favorite platform. The US president renewed his claim that the likes of…
*Lagos 2019: If you want freedom, learn vulcanising, Tinubu mocks Agbaje (Vanguard) * Former Nigeria’s defence chief Alex Badeh shot dead (Guardian)
Lagos 2019: If you want freedom, learn vulcanising, Tinubu mocks Agbaje (Vanguard) National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has lampooned the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Jimi Agbaje who is advocating…
Only one country out of 186 backs US in United Nations vote against agreement to support refugees (The Independent)
Only Hungary’s far-right government vote with United States as Donald Trump’s administration finds itself increasingly isolated over concerns about promotion of abortion and plan to address global refugee crisis Donald Trump addresses the 72nd Annual UN General Assembly in New…
Comey slams ‘shameful’ Republicans over Trump (CNN)
Former FBI Director James Comey slammed Republicans on Monday for not speaking out against President Donald Trump’s attacks on the FBI and strongly defended the agency’s conduct, following his second round of questioning at a closed-door congressional interview. “Somebody has…
