Former US President, Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, a statement from his office said on Sunday.Biden, who left office in January, was diagnosed on Friday after he saw a doctor last week for urinary symptoms.The cancer is a more aggressive form of the disease, characterised…
PENSIONER’S FM ON TODAY’S VIEWPOINT. WRITES ON TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY: A NEW GLOBAL CROSSROAD On Monday, January 20, 2025, Americans entered into another uncharted path in the annal of governance. It is the start of Donald Trump presidency, as he took the baton from Joe Biden. Prior to his swearing in as the 47th president of the…
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States (POTUS). The 78-year-old made a rare comeback four years after he lost to Joe Biden. Trump promised a blitz of immediate orders on immigration and the US culture wars as he caps his extraordinary comeback. Republican Trump, 78, was a political…
A former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has described President Joe Biden as one of the most consequential presidents in American history. Pelosi made the statement during her farewell speech to Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday. She said the United States was fortunate to have Biden as…
President Joe Biden has issued a sweeping executive order aimed at curbing record migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border that have left him politically vulnerable in an election year. Under the order, which took effect at midnight, officials can quickly remove migrants entering the US illegally without processing their asylum requests. That will happen once…
Rishi Sunak has pledged to stand with Israel, as he arrived in the country ahead of meetings with Israeli leaders. Upon landing in Tel Aviv, the UK prime minister said Israelis had suffered a “horrific act of terrorism” at the hands of Hamas earlier this month. Mr Sunak will meet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and…
US President, Joe Biden is under fire from both sides of the political spectrum after his administration announced new border wall construction in Texas. Mr Biden has said he is unable to stop the work because the funding was signed off while Donald Trump was president. Members of his Democratic Party said walls did not…
The appointees – Osagie Imasogie and Chinenye Ogwumike – are part of the 12 members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States Congratulating the duo on the appointment, the Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said their recognition and appointment into the 12-member advisory council…
By: Babatunde Tiamiyu The Joe Biden administration is dispatching the United States Deputy Treasury Secretary, Wally Adeyemo, to Nigeria next week as it seeks to deepen economic ties with Africa and counter China’s influence on the continent. According to the New York Times, the visit comes as President Bola Tinubu, embarks on reforms to…