angela merkel

August 31, 2018

The YNaija Cover – the 31st of August

Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: The Late 5: As German chancellor, Angela Merkel visits Nigeria; Atiku weeps over ‘sorry state’ of the nation | More stories The Big 5: Soyinka says Buhari’s comment on rule of law – advance warning; Tambuwal, Saraki formally joins close Presidential race | More... Read More

Cover Stories, Featured

angela merkel, europa league, Muhamamdu Buhari, Wole Soyinka, YNaija Cover

August 31, 2018

The Late 5: As German chancellor, Angela Merkel visits Nigeria; Atiku weeps over ‘sorry state’ of the nation | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: German Chancellor, Angela Merkel on Friday met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, as part of her three African nations’ tour. Her visit facilitated the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) in agriculture and commerce. The first agreement was signed between the Nigerian Association of Chambers... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

'Not Too Young To Run Movement', angela merkel, atiku abubakar, Balarabe Musa, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian Bar Association, PDP, Peoples Redemption Party, Yusuph Olaniyonu

November 3, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 3rd of November

Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: Germany’s Angela Merkel tops Forbes list of most powerful women EFCC detains former Benue governor, Suswam [The Sexuality Blog] Why is Nicki Minaj staying silent on her brother’s rape case?

angela merkel, EFCC, Gabriel Suswam, Nicki Minaj, YNaija Cover

September 25, 2017

The Late 5: Buhari congratulates Merkel; Peter Okoye says his brother threatened to kill his wife; and other top stories

Good evening Here are the top 5 stories that drove conversations today: President Muhammadu Buhari has joined other world leaders to congratulate German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her victory at the polls granting her a fourth term. Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, stated that President Buhari recalled his interactions with Merkel over the years, especially at the G8... Read More

angela merkel, Buhari, Germany, IDP, maiduguri, PSquare, Yemi Alade

September 25, 2017

Merkel’s slim victory could spell setback for UK’s Brexit hopes

Angela Merkel’s narrow victory is sure to spell disappointment for U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May who had hoped for the German leader’s interference into the deadlock Brexit talks and help unlock negotiations. Merkel winning by a narrow edge saw top members of her Christian Democratic Union work for oppositions and thus got them the poorest... Read More

angela merkel, Brexit, Theresa May

September 25, 2017

President Buhari congratulates Germany’s Merkel for winning fourth term

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her victory at the polls. President Buhari felicitated with the German Chancellor’s party for producing leadership for the country for over 12 Highlights: President Buhari felicitated with the German Chancellor’s party for producing leadership for the country for over 12 years and winning another opportunity... Read More

angela merkel, German Chancellor, President Muhammadu Buhari

September 25, 2017

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel wins fourth term

Angela Merkel has won re-election for a fourth term as chancellor of Germany. Her party CDU/CSU received 33% of the majority votes The social democratic, SPD, won 20% of the votes while right-wing party, AfD, is expected to have the third highest return with 13.5%. Merkel said, “The CDU would have hoped for better result,... Read More

angela merkel, fourth term, German Chancellor, Germany

September 25, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist: How Diezani’s lawyer stopped us from interrogating her in the UK – EFCC | UNILORIN has become a terrorist organisation – ASUU | More stories

From the papers this morning – a tracklist. How Diezani’s lawyer stopped us from interrogating her in the UK – EFCC – YNaija UNILORIN has become a terrorist organisation – ASUU – YNaija How Olamide gave me money to shoot my video | Skales reveals – YNaija Air Force to receive fighter jets from Russia,... Read More

angela merkel, ASUU, Diezani Alsion-Madueke, EFCC, The YNaija Tracklist, UNILORIN

August 14, 2017

Trump takes swipe at Merkel over North Korea response

by Adedotun Michael President Donald Trump has lashed out at the German chancellor, Angela Merkel over the latter’s comments on his war of words with North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un, UK Express reports. The week longed threatening words thrown across borders has heated the polity harder and aroused tension in the global space with concerned players stepping... Read More

angela merkel, donald trump, Kim Jong Un, North Korea

Rebuilding the Berlin Wall: How Europe’s anti-migration agenda threatens stability in Africa

by Mercy Abang On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic built a wall between East and West Berlin. The intention of that action to build a wall was to keep “fascists” from entering East Germany but importantly, it stemmed mass defections from East to West Germany. In 1885, the... Read More

angela merkel, ECOWAS, Europe-Africa relations, Eurpean Union policies, Migration, opinion, The Berlin Wall

President Trump defends Ivanka for replacing him at G-20 summit

President Trump strongly defended first daughter Ivanka Trump for holding his seat at the G-20 summit this weekend, saying even German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with the decision, Politico reports. In a series of tweets Monday, he wrote; “When I left Conference Room for short meetings with Japan and other countries, I asked Ivanka to... Read More

angela merkel, Chelsea Clinton, G2O Summit, hilary clinton, Ivanka Trump, President Trump

The Thread: “Who voted for her?” “Daughter-in-chief” | Furious Americans lash out at Ivanka for taking Trump’s seat at G-20

A photo of Ivanka Trump taking her daddy’s place at the table of world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg sparked outrage among Americans on Twitter. Popular opinion termed it an “insult” an to other world leaders and one more evidence of Trump’s nepotism. According to a Trump spokesman who spoke to... Read More

American politics, angela merkel, donald trump, G-20 summit, Hamburg, Ivanka Trump, nepotism, The Thread, world leaders

These 15 photos will help you understand how Donald Trump fared at the #G20Summit

It’s President Donald Trump‘s second trip out of the United States and the G20 summit he’s attending alongside other world leaders has just wrapped up. If for nothing else, this has been one remarkable trip for Trump as he got to sit with Russia‘s Vladimir Putin (or his BFF, as we at YNaija like to... Read More

angela merkel, donald trump, G20 summit, Hamburg, Melania Trump, Theresa May, trump

Donald Trump and Putin’s first meeting will be ‘lit’ but not for the reasons #FakeNews told you

The global news cycle is already saturated with stories – mostly speculations – about Donald Trump‘s relationship – or the lack thereof – with Russia’s strong but controversial Vladimir Putin. There’s either something between the two that they are not sharing with the world (Americans, to be honest) or left-leaning anti-Trump Americans are just hell-bent... Read More

Donald Trump, Thinking Through

angela merkel, Condoleezza Rice, Connie, donald trump, G20, George W Bush, Germany, Koni, Kremlin, Nicolas Sarkozy, Putin scares Merkel, Robert mueller, Russia, USA, Vladimir Putin, YNaija Says

President Trump kicks off first half of foreign trip in Poland

President Donald Trump is meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda at The Royal Castle in Warsaw Thursday morning, starting his second foreign trip that will address crucial issues such as energy infrastructure investment trade, climate, and migration at the G20 meeting in Germany, CNN reports. According to White House officials, Trump will round off his... Read More

angela merkel, Energy, foreign trip, G20, Poland, President Duda, President Trump

[The Sexuality Blog] Germany finally legalises same sex marriage

It is kind of ironic to think that Germany, one of the most sexually liberal countries in the world (no country has many open sex fetish clubs and stores) is only just legalising same-sex marriage, a whole eleven years after South Africa legalised same-sex marriage. Thousands of LGBT Germans took to the streets to celebrate... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

angela merkel, Germany, same sex marriage, The Sexuality Blog

Germany’s Merkel votes against same-sex marriage

The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, has voted against same-sex marriage in Germany because she believes that “marriage is between a man and woman”. Despite her opposition, the Bundestag voted to legalise equal marriage by 393 votes to 226, and the Chancellor said she hoped the move would improve social cohension, The Independent reports. While... Read More

angela merkel, Germany, LGBTQI, same sex marriage, same-sex couple

German audience laugh as Trump’s Commerce secretary video is cut off mid-speech

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was cut off mid-speech for going over his time limit in a video feed according to Bloomberg. The video feed was to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s political party’s business conference in Berlin, guests laughed and clapped at the move after Ross went over the 10-minute limit he was given. Merkel then... Read More

angela merkel, Berlin, Germany, Video feed, Wilbur Ross

The Thread: “Irresponsible” “Dark legacy” | World leaders clash with Donald Trump over Paris climate agreement

President Trump has declared America’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, which sought to bring all nations of the world together, in a concerted effort to fight and reduce carbon emissions in their respective countries, and make the earth a cleaner place. My job as President is to do everything within my power to give... Read More

America, angela merkel, Carbon emissions, climate change, donald trump, Green energy, Justin Trudeau, Paris climate accord, paris climate agreement\, The Thread

President Trump at NATO Summit: Unpaid dues unfair to U.S taxpayers

President Trump’s speech at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, delivered a clear message that put pressure once again on NATO members to pay their dues, which should be more than the current 2 percent-of-GDP threshold. After observing a one-minute silence for the horrid bomb attack at the Manchester Arena in UK on Monday, Trump said... Read More

28 leaders, angela merkel, Brussels, Dues, Emmanuel Macron, NATO Summit, President Trump, Theresa May

“I thought it would be easier” | President Trump’s 100 days in photos

President Donald Trump hits 100 days in the White House and there are hundreds of images that paint the visual picture of the few victories, many failures and flurry of activities that make up his administration. Some of these photos have been subjects of controversy, others are a pointer to the absence of the First... Read More

Thinking Through

100 days, angela merkel, Justin Trudeau, photos, President Donald Trump, Theresa May, white house, Xi Jinping

The Thread: “Ivanka was a horrible idea” | Twitter joins Germany to chew out Ivanka Trump

Daddy’s girl, Ivanka Trump, attended the W20 summit in Berlin on Tuesday. German Chanellor Merkel,Christina Lagarde and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands were all part of the panel. Top of the agenda was how working women can better balance family and work. Ivanka found herself defending her father. When she described her father as a... Read More

angela merkel, donald trump, Ivanka Trump, Queen Maxima, The Thread, W20

W20 Summit: Ivanka Trump to make first foreign trip

by Itunuoluwa Adebo First daughter Ivanka Trump is set to make her first appearance on the world stage Tuesday with her trip to attend the W20 Summit in Germany, where she will be received not only as first daughter, but as one of the closest, most trusted advisers to the president of the United States.... Read More

angela merkel, europe, Germany, ivanka, trump, W20 summit

“I really liked her, she said the same thing to me” | Trump discusses meeting with Angela Merkel and his infamous tweets

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump, in an interview with Financial Times published Sunday, addressed his very world famous Twitter account, saying he doesn’t regret any of his messages, including his recent explosive claim that he was wire-tapped by former President Barack Obama. In the interview, Trump doubled down on his unsubstantiated tweet last month stating... Read More

angela merkel, Financial Times, Germany, trump, twitter.

‘Daddy’s girl’ Ivanka Trump invited to Germany on White House visit

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Angela Merkel ,German Chancellor has reportedly invited Ivanka Trump to visit the European country on an official White House visit, according to Der Spiegel on Saturday. According to the German report, Merkel extended the invitation to President Donald Trump’s daughter and unofficial administration advisor last week during Merkel’s trip to Washington. The... Read More

angela merkel, Germany, ivanka, official visit

Trump insists Obama ordered a wiretap against him

US President Donald Trump has insisted that former President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones during the Presidential elections campaign. He said this in a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He referred to the US National Security Agency’s reported tapping of Merkel’s phone several years ago. “As far as wiretapping, I guess, by... Read More

angela merkel, barack obama, donald trump, wiretap

The Thread: Donald Trump curves Angela Merkel and Twitter commiserates with her

President Trump met with Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at the White House today. It was a meeting meant to shape the working relationship between the two world powers. But there were awkward moments- like when Trump said both he and Merkel had been wire tapped and when Merkel asked for a handshake. Do see below:... Read More

angela merkel, Diplomatic relations, donald trump, Presidential Immaturity, The Thread

Trump, Merkel hold talks in White House

US President Donald Trump on Friday held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House The White House disclosed the meeting between the two leaders. The two leaders are expected to discuss their differences over NATO, Russia, global trade and a host of other issues. The Oval Office meeting had been scheduled for... Read More

.US, angela merkel, donald trump, Germany, talks

October 25, 2016

Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa: Gender distractions- let’s get over ourselves and get busy [NEW VOICES]

by Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfewa That we live in interesting times is no news. On one end, a woman has a fighting chance at being the most powerful individual in the world – a world of both men and women. In the exact same season, an African leader is ‘joking’ with gender issues on an international podium,... Read More

angela merkel, Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfewa, feminism, Gender Roles, Germany, Hillary Clinton, Misoginy, New Voices, nigeria, patriarchy

1 2 3 OLDER POSTS

15 49.0138 8.38624 arrow 0 arrow 0 4000 1 0 horizontal https://ynaija.com 300 0 1