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US President Donald Trump delivering his inauguration speech. Donald Trump has taken power as the 45th president of the United States and pledged to pursue "America First" policies in an inaugural address that has been a populist, anti-Washington rallying cry. Trump sworn in Sketching a bleak vision of a country he said was ravaged by rusted-out factories, crime, gangs and drugs, Trump indirectly blamed his predecessors in the White House for policies that helped the establishment at the expense of struggling families. "From this moment on, it's going to be America First," the Republican told hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the grounds of the National Mall after taking the oath of office on the West Front of the US Capitol on Friday. Four past US presidents, three Democrats and a Republican, sat nearby. Scattered street protests erupted against Trump elsewhere in Washington. "Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affa...

By DONNA OWENS Michael Steele poses with guest Lauren Peranio at a gala in D.C. at the Watergate Hotel on Jan. 18, 2017. Days before Donald Trump is to be sworn in as America's 45th president, several hundred African American Republicans—plus some Democrats and Independents—celebrated at an "unofficial" inaugural ball in the nation's capital. The "Black Tie & Chic Gala," was hosted by INSIGHT America, a non-profit launched in 2013 by prominent African American Republicans. Backers include former Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts; Elroy Sailor, a veteran GOP staffer who recently worked as a senior advisor to Republican National Committee Chairman, Reince Priebus and who just joined the Trump transition team; and Michael Steele, the former Lt. Governor of Maryland and onetime RNC chair. The upscale, ticketed affair on Wednesday night at the newly renovated Watergate Hotel, was billed as a salute to black Republican leaders who have been tapped to serve i...

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the non- invitation of President Muhammadu Buhari to Donald Trump’s inauguration as the President of the United States of America on Friday (today) as a clear signal that the President has lost international relevance. The governor said the development was a very clear signal that Buhari’s government would not enjoy tangible support from the new US government. Fayose, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communication and New Media, Mr. Lere Olayinka, on Thursday said there was no doubt that Buhari was not in the good books of the incoming US government. But the Presidency said there was no truth in the claim that Buhari was shut out of Trump’s inauguration as it was not in the character of the US to invite Heads of State or Presidents to the inauguration of its Presidents. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a message posted on his Facebook pag...

Adama Barrow has been in Senegal since the weekend. Adama Barrow, the man who won The Gambia's disputed election, has been sworn in as president. He took the oath at the country's embassy in Senegal, ordering Gambian soldiers to remain in their barracks. He has been recognised internationally. But Gambian strongman Yahya Jammeh has refused to step down and his term in office has been extended by parliament. West African leaders have so far failed to persuade Mr Jammeh to quit. They have threatened to remove him by force. Mr Jammeh lost the 1 December poll, according to the Gambian electoral commission. But he wants the results annulled, citing errors in the electoral process. Mr Barrow took oath at the Gambian embassy in Dakar on Thursday. "I, Adama Barrow, do swear that I'll well and truly prosecute the functions of office the president of the Republic of The Gambia. That I will preserve and defend the constitution," he said. In his inauguration speech, he ordere...

By Slik Austin 1. "I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria. God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country.” - Buhari (News24, August 27, 2001) 2. "If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon will all be soaked in blood." - Buhari (Vanguard May 15, 2012) 3. “The last general election was anything but free and fair. The only political parties that could complain of election rigging are those parties that lacked the resources to rig.” - Buhari (First Speech after Military Coup, 31 December, 1983) 4. "No no no, Abacha did not steal Nigeria's money." - Buhari (10th Anniversary of Abacha's death) 5. "The declaration of state of emergency in three Northern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe is a grave injustice against the North." - Buhari (Liberty Radio, J...

By Olalekan Adetayo, Okechukwu Nnodim, Olaleye Aluko and Kayode Idowu Tragedy struck in the fight against terror group, Boko Haram, on Tuesday, when a fighter jet involved in the counter-insurgency operation in the North-East fired at aid workers, soldiers and displaced persons in error, killing no fewer than 100 persons on the ground. Aid workers confirmed to have been killed in the bombing included the officials of Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres), International Committee of the Red Cross and some refugees. But the Nigerian Air Force said in a statement on Tuesday evening that it had begun an investigation into the accidental air strike. The NAF Director of Information and Public Relations, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, said, “We are saddened by today’s accidental air strike by our fighter jet at Rann, in which innocent lives were lost. While available information is still sketchy, the loss occasioned by this unfortunate incident is deeply regretted. “We com...

The eight-year-old son of Gambian President-elect, Adama Barrow has died after being bitten by a dog. Reports said the boy died on the way to the hospital on Sunday in Manjai near the Gambian capital, Banjul. However, Barrow who is currently on what looks like exile, having gone to neighbouring Senegal to stay until his inauguration on Thursday missed his son’s funeral as he was advised to remain in Senegal for his safety by ECOWAS body. Mr Barrow has two wives and four other children, according to reports. Gambia Opposition candidate, Adama Barrow according to a journalist with the UK Guardian newspaper, President- Elect of The Gambia Adama Barrow, who is in Senegal, is about to hold a press conference. Barrow is in Dakar so could not attend the funeral of his 8yo son today, who died after dog attack. Hard to imagine how he must be feeling watch all our movies, music, comedies and TV Soap Operas on Genesis Nollywood TV at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPkwjjYMVZX3PDk_SD5sV_A/...