CPPE forecasts slight inflation moderation in 2025 due to Naira rebound and lower volatility. Rising global oil prices under Trump could ease inflation. High energy costs, insecurity, and global factors may keep inflation elevated. The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has predicted that Nigeria’s inflation may ease slightly in 2025. In a … Read more
United States President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, despite his earlier pledge to stay out of judicial proceedings against his son, who pleaded guilty to tax violations and was convicted on firearms-related charges. According to Reuters, Biden granted “a full and unconditional” pardon to Hunter Biden for any offenses committed between January 1, … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the historic federal indictment filed against former President Donald Trump was made public Friday, detailing the charges the former president is facing related to his handling of sensitive government records after leaving the White House. The 44-page indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida alleges that … Read more
Trump Plead with supporters to go home U.S. President Donald Trump told his supporters “to go home now” hours after they stormed the U.S. Capitol. “I know your pain, I know your hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us,” Trump said in a one-minute video posted on social media. “But you have … Read more
Donald Trump, Pardon A United Nations human rights expert, Nils Melzer, has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to pardon Julian Assange, Founder of Whistleblower site, Wikileaks. Assenge, an Australian National, had been in a maximum security prison in London since his arrest in April, 2019, for allegedly leaking classified U.S. military information. Melzer made the … Read more
Trump Sacks Defense Secretary Mark Esper US President, Donald Trump has sacked Defense Secretary Mark Esper following months of tensions between the two men. Esper had been at odds with Trump on a number of issues, most importantly his insistence at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer that there were … Read more
President Donald Trump, David Frum David Frum, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, is issuing a dire warning about the state of American democracy should President Donald Trump win a second term. Writing in The Atlantic, Frum argues bluntly that America “wouldn’t survive” a second Trump term, even as the country is limping … Read more
Hearing, President Donald Trump The U.S. Senate has begun hearing into President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett in what is expected to be a bitter partisan fight. While the process from nomination to Senate confirmation often take over two months, the Republican-controlled Senate is seeking to expedite it at Trump’s behest … Read more
President Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday conducted his first in-person event since testing positive for the coronavirus, proclaiming that he is “feeling great,” as he seeks to reboot his embattled re-election bid. “We got to vote these people into oblivion,” Trump said addressing hundreds of supporters from the White House balcony. Read … Read more
judge in Pennsylvania threw out a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Saturday threw out a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign, dismissing its challenges to the battleground state’s poll-watching law and its efforts to limit how mail-in ballots can be collected and which of them can … Read more
President Donald Trump President Donald Trump last night credited an experimental drug treatment with helping his recovery from Covid-19 and said he wanted other sufferers to get the same treatment for free. Mr Trump suggested his illness and treatment could turn out to be a “blessing in disguise” for the nation’s battle against the pandemic … Read more
Facebook, President Donald Trump Facebook on Tuesday removed a post by US President Donald Trump for downplaying Covid-19 danger by saying the season flu is more deadly, in a rare step against the American leader by the leading social network. A day after checking out of a hospital where he received first-class treatment for Covid-19, … Read more
Republican U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met on the debate stage After more than a year of circling each other, Republican U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met on the debate stage Tuesday night in Ohio. The 74-year-old president and the 77-year-old former vice president are similar in … Read more
President Donald Trump On September 17, in a speech delivered at the National Archives Museum, President Trump announced he was signing an executive order establishing the 1776 Commission, aimed at promoting what he called a “patriotic” and “pro-America” education. The announcement was a direct attack on the 1619 Project, a New York Times initiative that … Read more
Democratic candidate, Mr Joe Biden received a major support Tuesday night as Collin Powell called on Americans to massively vote for him. Biden has been officially nominated to run for the White House on November 3. Powell, a former Secretary of State, is the latest top Republican to openly support Biden. The endorsement confirms his … Read more
White House hopeful Joe Biden on Friday leveled fierce criticism at Donald Trump, with his campaign saying the president has resorted to “abhorrent” lies about Democrat Kamala Harris’s eligibility to be vice president. Biden named Harris, a woman of colour who was born in the United States and is constitutionally eligible to be both vice … Read more
Democrat Joe Biden outraised President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign for the second straight month and for the second quarter of 2020, figures released Wednesday showed, highlighting robust enthusiasm for the White House challenger. Biden, the Democratic National Committee and related fundraisers brought in a staggering $141 million in June, the campaign’s best fundraising month ever … Read more
Almost all U.S. tech firms, from Google to Amazon, Twitter, and Facebook have condemned the latest visa ban announced by President Donald Trump. They said the freeze would make the US less competitive. Trump on Monday banned new H-1B visas, used by major companies to bring over highly-skilled engineers from abroad. Around 18,000 H1-B visas … Read more
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign hit out at protesters and the media on Sunday as it scrambled to reset after a disappointing relaunch at a rally beset by missteps. Trump’s campaign in Tulsa, Oklahoma was marred by empty seats, coronavirus infections within the campaign, and a rambling speech by Trump that was criticized for having … Read more
President Donald Trump turned 74 on Sunday, June 14 five months to the November presidential election. But is he fit to withstand the grueling re-election campaign? Some doubts about his fitness are emerging after some incidents during his appearance at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. Scrutiny of a president’s health is … Read more