Category: Politics

“Xi has invited me to china, meeting in “not too distant” future,” President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed  a trip to China, raising prospects that the leaders of the world’s two largest economies may meet soon to help reset relations after moving to climb down from a trade war. The report follows a senior-level meeting...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied reports he plans to announce his resignation over a historic defeat of his ruling party in a weekend election, saying instead he wanted to make sure a new tariff agreement with the United States is appropriately implemented. Ishiba has been under growing pressure to step down as his ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior...

House Republicans have advanced a proposal to rename the Kennedy Center’s Opera House, one of the center’s major theaters, the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.” An amendment changing the name of the 2,364-seat theater, the second largest in the arts complex, was approved along party lines by the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, and...

“I want William Ruto to know that his removal from office is a national priority agenda. This is the worst possible government we would have envisaged. His government is totally opposed to what the Constitution stands for.

President Donald Trump secured and announced major trade deals with the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan. Trump declared the trade deal with Japan, describing it as potentially the ‘largest deal in history.’ Under the agreement, Japan commits to a $550 billion investment in the U.S., while both nations will impose a 15% ‘reciprocal’ tariff on certain...

Yes “No farmers, no Nation” is a popular adage that aptly captures the strategic importance of agriculture in our national development. As the tempo of political activities towards the 2027 elections heightened across the country, politicians and indeed the different regions of the country are busy scheming and strategizing on how to drive maximum benefits...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said he is appalled and sickened by the plight of civilians in Gaza, after the Israeli government rejected an international statement which warned suffering has “reached new depths”. On Tuesday, Lammy told the BBC that Israel’s response was “hugely disappointing” and described the situation in Gaza as “grotesque”. It comes...

By Idowu Ephraim Faleye Over the years, Nigeria has had chances to be great. We have had opportunities to turn around the fortune of our country. But each time, we missed it. Not because we lacked the right leaders, but because we allowed selfish interests, and dark forces to stop those leaders from taking us...