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Fact Check: Trump falsely claims that tariffs are paid for by foreign countries in inaugural speech President Donald Trump falsely claimed in his inaugural address that the tariffs he imposed during his first presidency will be paid for by foreign countries, in turn “enriching” Americans. Study after study, including one from the federal government’s bipartisan US International Trade Commission, found that Americans bore almost the entire …

Trump acknowledges his political comeback and says “the American people have spoken”. “I stand before you as proof that you should never believe something is impossible to do. In America, doing the impossible is what we do best,” Trump says. He concludes by saying that America will not be conquered or intimidated “We will not fail. From this day on, …

Getty Images TikTok briefly went darkin the US over the weekend, after the Supreme Court denied a bid by Chinese owner ByteDance to overturn a law banning it. But it was back after a day with a message thanking incoming president Donald Trump for his “efforts” in restoring the app. Why is TikTok back? On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld a …

Every new president begins a fresh chapter in American history. And when Donald Trump is inaugurated in a freezing Washington DC on Monday, he will be hoping to usher in a new era for this country. The ceremony in the rotunda of the US Capitol, moved indoors for the first time in decades due to the bitter cold, will also …

He noted that he actively opposed numerous unlawful court injunctions against the EFCC and filed several lawsuits on behalf of the HEDA Resource Centre at the Federal High Court in Abuja.  Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has explained why he ceased defending the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), representing the agency in court, and attending its events. In a …

An Indian court awarded a life sentence on Monday to a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital where she worked in the eastern city of Kolkata, rejecting demands for the death penalty and saying it was not a rare crime. The woman’s body was found in a classroom at the state-run R G …

•Decision splits leaders, groups  •CUPP, Afenifere, Ali Ndume, Okorie, northern coalition speak Major stakeholders, at the weekend, disagreed on the decision of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) to tinker with the provisions on derivation and Valued Added Tax, in the tax reforms bill initiated by President Bola Tinubu that is currently before the National Assembly. While some stakeholders described the …

CNN — Donald Trump will flex one of the most intense and sweeping demonstrations of presidential power on the first day of any administration, seeking to fundamentally change America’s course by sundown on Monday. On a frigid day that forced inside his swearing-in as the 47th president, Trump plans a blizzard of hardline executive actions on immigration, energy production, transgender athletes and the pardoning of January 6 rioters. …

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday departed Abuja to represent Nigeria at the 2025 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) scheduled for Davos, Switzerland. According to his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha the Vice President will join world leaders, top business executives and representatives of development partners at the meeting to discuss the state of the world economy with the …

The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has finally taken effect after nearly three hours delay. This brings to a halt a 15-month war that has led to the death of more than 46,707 people in Gaza, the majority women and children. The war started after Hamas militants on 7 October 2023, attacked Israel and caused …