Tag: Trump

Trump, EU Chief Strike Trade Deal In Transatlantic Standoff

Abibat Babalola

US President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen Sunday announced they had reached a deal to end a transatlantic tariffs standoff and avert a full-blown trade war. The agreement came as the clock ticked down on an August 1 deadline for the European Union to strike a deal with Washington—or face an across-the-board US levy of 30 percent. “We have reached a deal. It’s a good deal for everybody,” Trump told reporters following a high-stakes meeting with von der Leyen at his golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland.…

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Non-Immigrants To Pay More As US Imposes $250 Visa Integrity Fee

Ganiyu Amodu

The United States has rolled out a new policy introducing a mandatory $250 visa integrity fee for all non-immigrant travellers. This charge, which allows no exemptions or waivers, is part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed during the Trump administration. According to Jorge Loweree, Managing Director of Programs and Strategy at the American Immigration Council, “Attaching an additional $250 fee has the very real potential to significantly reduce the number of people that can afford to do that. “There are hundreds of thousands of people who receive visas…

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Trump, Zelensky Engage In Tense Engagement In Oval Office

ADEOLA YUSUF

United States President Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky openly argued in the White House on Friday, February 28, as they clashed on the need for compromising with what the Ukrainian president called Russia’s “killer” leader. Trump berated Zelensky as they sat in the Oval Office, telling him to be more “thankful” and saying, “You’re in no position to dictate what we’re going to feel.” And he told the Ukrainian president that he either “make a deal” with Russia “or we’re out.” US Vice President JD Vance, sitting nearby, also attacked…

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How USAID Funded Boko Haram, Sponsored Chibok Girls’ Kidnap – US Congressman

ADEOLA YUSUF

    “USAID’s annual budget of $697 million including cash shipments to madrasas (Islamic schools), has inadvertently funded terrorist training camps and extremist groups,” Scott Perry gives World- shaking dirty details     A United States congressman, Scott Perry, has accused the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) of financing terror groups like Islamic State and al-Qaeda including their local affiliates such as Boko Haram. Mr Perry made these remarks on Thursday during the inaugural session of the Congress’ Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE), an advisory body…

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‘50% Or Nothing,’ Trump Wants US To Co-Own TikTok

ADEOLA YUSUF

Donald Trump said he will issue an executive order delaying a ban on TikTok when he becomes president on Monday, and proposed the United States take 50 percent ownership in the Chinese-owned app’s American subsidiary. “I would like the United States to have a 50% ownership position in a joint venture,” the Republican posted on his Truth Social platform, adding that his executive order would extend the time before a law banning the video-sharing app ultimately takes effect “so that we can make a deal.” Meet Russ Cook, Man Who…

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‘Tragedy For Democracy,’ World Leaders Speak On Shooting At Trump Rally

ADEOLA YUSUF

▪️French President Macron, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau; UK PM Keir Starmer; German Chancellor Olaf Scholz; Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum and others; roll call of leaders and what they said.   Leaders around the world have condemned the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump on Saturday and expressed concern for him. The Republican presidential candidate was at a rally in Pennsylvania when shots were fired and he was injured in the right ear. The FBI has named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the man suspected of carrying out the…

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Trump Breaks Silence, Says Bullet Pierced Upper Part Of Right Ear During Rally

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead”.   Donald Trump has confirmed he was shot by a yet-to-be-identified gunman at a presidential rally in Pennsylvania Trump in a statement, via his social media handle, after the shooting at his rally in Pennsylvania, noted he was “shot” in the “upper part of my right ear”, and “much bleeding took place”. In the post on Truth Social, he extended his thanks to the Secret Service and law enforcement for their “rapid response”. “Most importantly, I want…

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