Osinbajo meets Trump at G7 summit, calls for good governance

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday expressed confidence in the ability of African youths to drive the continent’s social and economic development.

He said they were not deterred by the failures of the past on the continent.

He said the energy and talent of the youth remained a source of optimism.

Boko Haram: Trump to sell $600m fighter planes to Nigeria

Director,
Defence Information,
Maj-Gen. John Enenche

The United States  has agreed to sell high-tech aircraft to Nigeria to tackle  the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East.

United States officials told the Associated Press that the Congress was  expected to receive formal notification within weeks, setting in motion the deal with Nigeria.

They added that the arrangement would call for Nigeria purchasing up to 12 Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft with sophisticated targeting gear.

[BREAKING] Trump: I have destroyed my ‘green card’ – Soyinka

Nobel prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said Thursday he has fulfilled his pledge to throw away his US residency green card and leave the country if Donald Trump won the presidential election.

Shortly before the vote, Soyinka had vowed to give up his permanent US residency over a Trump victory to protest against the Republican billionaire’s campaign promises to get tough on immigration.

Wole Soyinka confirms he will tear his green card on day Trump will be sworn in

Professor Wole Soyinka has confirmed that he will keep his word and tear his green card, on the day Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the USA.

Soyinka made the vow last week, while giving a speech to students of Oxford University in England.

BREAKING: Trump elected US president

Donald Trump stunned America and the world Wednesday, riding a wave of populist resentment to defeat Hillary Clinton in the race to become the 45th president of the United States.

US election: Trump poised for shock White House win

Billionaire populist Donald Trump, tapping into an electorate fed up with Washington insiders, was on the verge of a shock victory Wednesday over Hillary Clinton in a historic US presidential election that sent world markets into meltdown.

State-by-state, one-by-one, the 70-year-old maverick Republican tycoon racked up victories in defiance of the forecasts of pundits and pollsters, before arriving within striking distance of the White House.

US election: Republicans hold Senate with Pennsylvania win

Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reacts to early results during election night at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on November 8, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN

Republicans will hold their majority in the US House of Representatives after the party’s latest victory in Pennsylvania.

Reject mean-spirited Trump, Obama begs US voters

President Barack Obama on Monday urged Americans to make history by electing Democrat Hillary Clinton to succeed him in the White House, and reject the “mean-spirited” politics of Donald Trump.

“I ask you to do for Hillary what you did for me,” Obama told a rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan — the first of three he is holding for Clinton on the eve of the vote.