On November 2, 2016, a week before the US Presidential elections of Nov. 8, 2016, Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature told a group of students at Oxford University’s Eretgun House that if Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, he would leave the United States and cut his green card into pieces.…
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US President Donald Trump left Washington on Wednesday just three hours ahead of the inauguration of his successor Joe Biden, saying it had been an “incredible four years” and promising to be “back in some form.” “I just want to say goodbye but hopefully it’s not a long-term goodbye,” Trump said in remarks to reporters…
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Joe Biden has been confirmed as the next US president as the Electoral College formalized his victory over Donald Trump, all but closing the door on the incumbent’s efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. California, the most populous state in the US, delivered its 55 electoral votes to Biden on Monday afternoon, officially…
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The US government has finally approved the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. The Food and Drug Administration is “rapidly” working toward clearing Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use after a key panel overwhelmingly endorsed the shots Thursday evening, December 10, Commissioner Stephen Hahn said in a statement Friday. Stephen Hahn, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs said…
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Twitter has revealed the top trends of the year 2020 and leading the list is the announcement of the death of “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman. According to the social media platform, it is the most shared and most liked tweet ever. The Auguest 28 post by Boseman’s family saying the actor had died of colon cancer…
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The outgoing administration of President Donald Trump has issued a new temporary policy that could require tourist and business travelers from two dozen countries, mostly in Africa, to pay up to $15,000 in refundable bonds to visit the United States. According to the U.S. State Department who made this known in a statement on Monday, the temporary…
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The US government has decided to hold off its ban on Chinese-owned social media sensation TikTok to comply with a federal court ruling issued in the national security case. According to a Thursday reports from Wall Street Journal, the US Commerce Department has decided against enforcing a Trump administration order to ban the video-sharing app owned by Chinese-based ByteDance.…
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US President-elect Joe Biden has said that the incumbent President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede victory in last week’s White House election is “an embarrassment”. Biden made his thoughts known after he asked by a reporter on Tuesday what he thought of President Trump’s refusal to acknowledge defeat. “I just think it’s an embarrassment, quite frankly,”…
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Twitter has announced that incumbent American President Donald Trump will be subjected to the same rules as any other user when President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January. 20. Twitter places “public interest” notices on some rule-breaking tweets from “world leaders” that would otherwise be removed. Such tweets from political candidates and elected or government officials are…
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Joe Biden has been projected winner of the 2020 United States presidential election, defeating President Donald Trump by promising to restore civility and stability to American politics and vowing more aggressively to combat the surging COVID-19 pandemic. According to New York Times, Biden on January 20 2021 will become the 46th president and the oldest man ever…
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