A Nigerian Engineer, based in Canada, Jude Igwemezie, has won a $500 million contract to build a monorail network in Iraq. Mr. Igwemezie, who was also trained in Canada, heads TransGlobim International, the engineering company that won the bid. The contract is to construct what is described as “a viable rail
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US sanctions Chinese military for buying Russian jets, missiles
•Blacklits 33 Russian intel, military officials The United States (US) hit a Chinese military organization with punishing financial sanctions for buying Russian fighter jets and missiles as it stepped up pressure on Moscow over its “malign activities.” It was the first time the Trump administration targeted a third country with its CAATSA
Inter-Korean Summit: Meeting with Trump stabilized region, sees more progress-Kim
Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Tuesday his “historic” summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore stabilized regional security, and that he expected further progress at an inter-Korean summit aimed at reviving stalled nuclear diplomacy. Kim thanked South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in for bringing
$200bn vs $60bn: US-China trade war enters new phase
Taken with the $50 billion in tariffs already in place, this means roughly half of everything Americans buy from China -- their largest source for imports -- is now subject to punitive import duties. President Donald Trump on Monday effectively broadsided one of the world's largest trade relationships, announcing plans to
Sen. McCain loses battle with cancer, dies at 81
Jude Johnson A long serving member of the United States (US) Congress, Sen. John McCain is dead. A terse statement from his office said that McCain, the ex-Presidential candidate and staunch Republican, died on Saturday surrounded by his family. McCain, who died at the age of 81, according to CNN, was a naval
Republican congressman accuses Canada of ‘economic terrorism’
Wiconsin Rep. Sean Duffy (Republican) said Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. are “economic terrorism. Europe, China, Canada and Mexico “want to shock us into submission by going after our (agriculture) instead of saying you know what, let’s reduce barriers,” he said on Fox News on July 25, 2018. A
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Breaking: US Secretary of States Rex Tillerson fired after his visit to Nigeria
U.S Secretary of States to visit Nigeria on Monday
The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Rex Tillerson, will arrive in Abuja on Monday for his first official visit to Nigeria. A Press Advisory from the U.S. Embassy said Tillerson would hold talks with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. “When he arrives, Tillerson will become the highest ranking official in the Trump
U.S Secretary of state begin his Africa tour
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has departed for Africa on a weeklong four-country official visit to Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, which is scheduled to end on March 13 Tillerson, during the visit, would engage with President Muhammadu Buhari and other top government functionaries, and the leaders of the three other