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United States President Barack Obama has scheduled meetings with President Muhammadu Buhari and the leaders of Iraq and Colombia and plans to promote trade between the U.S. and Africa as he continues his efforts to defeat the Islamic State group, the white house said Friday. Obama on Tuesday...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has described President Muhammadu Buhari has someone with no historical record and memory over plagiarism. Fani-Kayode on his social media account said: “He has no memory, knows no history, plagiarises other President's speeches and reads only the...

After years of saying that US President, Barack Obama was not born in the United States, Republican Candidate, Donald Trump has finally backtracked. DAILY BEAST reports that speaking Friday morning at his new Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump finally admitted that...

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday stepped into the campaign trail to defend his party's candidate, Hilary Clinton against media reports targeted at her health. abc News reports that speaking at an outdoor rally in a Democratic stronghold, Obama praised Clinton as the most qualified...

US President Barack Obama today delivered remarks outside the Pentagon today to memorialize the 15th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. See full speech below: Good morning. Scripture tells us, “Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you…write them on the tablet of...

US President, Barack Obama has condemned North Korea’s nuclear test. According to Chicago Tribune, Obama condemned the nuclear test "in the strongest possible terms as a grave threat to regional security." "The United States does not, and never will, accept North Korea as a nuclear state...

US Republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump on Wednesday night said that Russian President, Vladimir Putin has been a better leader than President Barack Obama of the United States of America. Speaking during a televised Forum in New York, Trump said, the Russian president "has been...

US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with controversial Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, who earlier called him a “son of a whore”. Obama would meet South Korea’s president instead. Meanwhile, Duterte has apologized for the remark. "While the immediate cause was my...

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called US President Barack Obama a “son of a bitch” . Duterte made the remark shortly before heading to Laos for the ASEAN Summit on Monday where he was expected to answer to Obama for his vicious war on drugs. According to BBC, referring to Obama...

Malia Obama, President Barack Obama's 18-year old daughter has finally reacted to reports that she was smoking weed during the Lollapalooza music festival. Videos of the teenager allegedly smoking were posted online weeks ago. In a move considered a response to the smoking video, Malia was...

Award wining Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie is claiming that US President, Barack Obama would have lost the election 8 years ago ''If Michelle Obama had worn her hair in it’s natural state''. Speaking with Channel 4 News, Adichie said, ''If Michelle Obama had worn her hair in it’s...

US President, Barack Obama in an article written for Glamour Magazine declares himself a feminist. Read full article below: There are a lot of tough aspects to being President. But there are some perks too. Meeting extraordinary people across the country. Holding an office where you get to...

The outgoing US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Enwistle, has likened the difficulties faced by President Muhammadu Buhari to the problems faced by President Barack Obama of the USA when he first came to power. According to The Nation, Enwistle said this while speaking in Abuja on Friday. The US...

President of the United States of America, Barack Obama has released a statement on the 37-year old Black American man Alton Sterling was shot to death by Baton Rogue cops. According to reports from USA Today, an autopsy shows Alton Sterling died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and...

US President Barack Obama’s eldest daughter Malia will attend Harvard University in 2017 after taking a year off from her studies, the White House said Sunday. The 17-year-old will be following in the footsteps of her parents, both of whom went to Harvard Law School. The news came in a...

United States President, Barack Obama, has sent a 42-member high-power delegation to Nigeria in support of the three priority areas of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Leader of the delegation, Ms Samantha Power, said the three areas – security, economy and governance remain the...

Why is president Barrack Obama always sitting next to president Muhammadu Buhari? See photos:

President Barack Obama is in Cuba for a historic three-day visit to the island and talks with its communist leader. He is the first sitting US president to visit since the 1959 revolution, which heralded decades of hostility between the two countries. Mr Obama said change would happen in Cuba...

Virginia McLaurin, 106-year old woman says she has been waiting all her life to see an African-American in the White House. So, when she finally got a chance to meet President Obama, she was so excited she couldn’t contain herself – rolling back the years to bust out some dance moves. McLaurin...

Nigerian Professor, Deji Akinwande has been selected to receive 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the United States government’s highest honor for scientists and engineers in the early stages of research. Prof. Akinwande is an associate professor in...