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President Donald Trump imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on imports into the United States after the Supreme Court struck down many of his sweeping and often arbitrary duties, delivering a stinging rebuke to his signature economic policy. Members of the media raise their hands to ask questions to US …

The factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Simon Ekpa has written to the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) to impose a visa ban on Enugu State governor Peter Mbah. Ekpa who is based in Finland has called for the visa ban on Mbah over …

Members of Coalition of Civil Society Organisations and Political Parties for Good Governance (CCSOPPGG) have besieged the European Union office in protest against its report on the 2023 presidential election. The coalition which mobilised some other Nigerians in their hundreds warned the European Union against instigating another war in Nigeria …

The Presidency yesterday rejected a report by the European Union Electoral Observer Mission on the 2023 general elections, describing it as a product of a poorly-done desk job that relied heavily on few persons. The president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said he had many reasons to believe the “jaundiced report”, based …

China issued a sharply worded warning to the European Union on Monday against sanctioning Chinese companies that do business with Russia. “We urge the EU not to go on this wrong path. Otherwise, China will take firm actions to safeguard our legitimate and lawful rights and interests,” said Chinese Foreign …

RUSSIA has warned the European Union, EU, of consequences over the suspension of visas for its citizens. The European Union (EU) had on Wednesday announced plans to suspend visas for Russian citizens in order to limit border crossings from Russia to the EU as the war in Ukraine continues. According …

The US, EU and UK have ordered personal sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the invasion of Ukraine. The men’s assets in their territories will be frozen and, in the case of the US, a travel ban will also be imposed. The announcement …

The month-long suspension of the British parliament ordered by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in an apparent bid to stop MPs blocking his Brexit strategy will begin late Monday, his spokesman said. “Parliament will be prorogued at the close of business today,” the spokesman said, using the parliamentary term for the …

Around a dozen British Conservative MPs will formally throw their hats into the ring on Monday in the fight to replace Theresa May as party leader and Prime Minister, with her former foreign secretary Boris Johnson seen as the runaway favourite. Nominations to succeed May — who resigned on Friday …

Gitanas Nauseda, a centre-right independent and political novice, won Lithuania’s presidential election on Sunday in a race marked by low populist sentiment and concerns over inequality in the Baltic eurozone state. Although Lithuanian presidents do not directly craft economic policy, bread and butter issues have dominated the race. Experts also …