Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January 2025, combined with a Republican-led US Senate, was widely feared among international allies and will be cheered by some of America’s foes. While the former put on a brave face, the latter are finding it hard to hide their glee. On the war in Ukraine, Trump ...

Bhaso Ndzendze, University of Johannesburg Some three decades since the end of the Cold War, the world order is undergoing a structural transformation. At the heart of it is the challenge posed to the hegemony of the US. This is primarily being led by Russia and China which are discontented with Washington’s excesses across the global stage. The most recent ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has departed Nigeria for the United States of America where he is scheduled to deliver a Special Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania, UPenn in Philadelphia. UPenn which is one of the eight private universities known as the Ivy League in the United States was initially established in 1740 as a charity school. It was ...

…to meet U.S. counterpart, Kamala Harris, World Bank Group, other partners Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja for the United States of America early Wednesday seeking global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition Plan. Prof. Osinbajo is leading Nigeria’s Energy Transition Implementation Working Group (ETWG) on the US mission with meetings starting from tomorrow – the 1st ...

Chukwudi Nze Former Nigerian envoy to the Kingdom of Spain and Wife of late Igbo leader, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, has called on the Igbo people to come under a common front to pursue their political interests and emancipate themselves from years of marginalization and discrimination. She said only a united front would enable the Igbo people to make an emphatic ...

China fired multiple missiles near Taiwan on Thursday in its biggest ever military drills in the Taiwan Strait, a day after U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the self-ruled island. The exercises began at midday and included live-firing waters to the north, south and east of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own. They brought volatility in the ...

The United States Government says the Federal Government is expected to deploy the Super Tucano aircraft only in the northern part of the country where Boko Haram terrorists have engaged the Nigerian state in a decade-long insurgency killing thousands and displacing millions. This, therefore, precludes the possibility of the Federal Government deploying the security equipment in the South-East despite the ...

Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Friday suspended former U.S. President Donald Trump until at least January 2023 and announced changes to how it will treat world leaders who break the rules on its site. Facebook had suspended Trump’s account the day after the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot, determining he had incited violence. That suspension will last at least two years from ...

Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path Two weeks after the storming of the US Capitol by the followers of his predecessor, in the middle of an out-of-control pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans, Joe Biden — the 46th president of the US — tried to contain ...

America stands still today for Joe Biden as he is sworn in as the country’s 46th president. His inauguration today is a defining moment for a man who has spent all his life in the corridors of power. Born on November 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he served as vice president during the Obama administration from 2009 to 2017. He ...