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Oil prices rally as Trump orders Venezuelan tankers blockade

Crude oil prices climbed after United States President Donald Trump issued a directive for a blockade against sanctioned tankers from Venezuela. Meanwhile, equities saw general gains on Wednesday, though United States employment figures did not significantly increase the likelihood of another interest rate reduction in the coming month. Trading sentiment has remained quiet recently because […]

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Trump is more than happy with our refinery — Dangote

President of Dangote Refinery, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has dismissed claims that United States President Donald Trump is unhappy with the establishment of the $20 billion Dangote Refinery, describing such reports as unfounded. Dangote spoke amid social media claims linking Trump’s recent comments about possible military action against terrorists targeting Christians in Nigeria to the operations […]

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Trump flags antitrust concerns over Netflix’s Warner Bros deal

President Donald Trump has raised concerns that Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery could face intense antitrust review, casting new uncertainty over a deal that could reshape the global entertainment industry. Arriving at the Kennedy Center in Washington for a cultural event, Trump told reporters that the merger, which would bring one of Hollywood’s […]

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Trump threatens US air controllers amid govt shutdown

An additional 2,300 United States flights were cancelled on Monday as President Donald Trump publicly threatened to dock the pay of air traffic controllers who called in sick during the ongoing government shutdown. Following Trump’s criticism of absent aviation workers as unpatriotic, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association labor union countered, hailing members who were […]

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Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit over speech edit

United States President Donald Trump has threatened the BBC with legal action and welcomed the resignations of two of its most senior figures, following a campaign that escalated after criticism that the broadcaster’s flagship current affairs program, Panorama, used a misleading edit of a Trump speech in 2024. Lawyers for the US President reportedly told […]

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US revokes over 80,000 visas, including Nigerians

The United States Department of State has revoked the visas of more than 80,000 individuals, including Nigerians and other foreign nationals, as part of a sweeping immigration enforcement initiative under President Donald Trump’s administration. In a statement released on Thursday, the department said the action was in line with Trump’s commitment to protecting U.S. national […]

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I predicted mass visa revocations by Trump — Soyinka

The Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has revealed that he predicted the mass revocation of visas and green cards by the United States Government. In an interview published by BBC News Pidgin on Facebook on Wednesday, the acclaimed writer, whose visa was recently revoked by the US, said he knew that once Donald Trump got […]

India seeks to keep US trade talks on track despite tariff hike
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US Supreme Court grills Trump administration on tariff authority

The justices of the United States Supreme Court, including its conservative members, repeatedly posed critical questions to the administration of President Donald Trump on Wednesday as they heard arguments concerning the president’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs. The central issue before the court is whether the president can take such unilateral trade actions under a […]

Politics

Meet 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim mayor-elect in Trump’s birthplace

Just as United States President Donald Trump was making headlines in Nigeria for his harsh critique of the government over alleged Christian genocide and threats of military intervention, a different kind of political contradiction emerged from his own birthplace. New York City, the city where Trump was born, has elected Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Muslim, […]

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No Christian genocide in Nigeria, Keyamo replies Trump

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Wednesday publicly addressed United States President Donald Trump concerning his recent remarks on the alleged “mass killings” of Christians in Nigeria, asserting that claims of targeted persecution “is simply not true.” Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a recognized human rights activist, penned an […]

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Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

United States President, Donald Trump, has granted a pardon to Binance founder, Changpeng Zhao, who earlier pleaded guilty to facilitating money laundering during his tenure at the cryptocurrency exchange. This was disclosed in a statement by the White House on Thursday. The pardon follows a Wall Street Journal report two months ago revealing that the […]