Tag: President Obama
Still not convinced about President Donald Trump? See photos of his first 50 days in office
Can you believe it’s been only 5o days? It feels like President Donald J.Trump has been at the Oval for ...
The Thread: A tribute to President Obama from Blackish teen actress, Yara Shahidi
In a few hours, President Obama, the first black president of America, will be handing over to Donald Trump. Here’s ...
Pius Adesanmi: Twisted values
by Pius Adesanmi Yesterday, President Obama gave one of the most significant speeches of his life – his farewell speech. ...
Opinion: Reactions to Trump’s Presidency – focus on Nigeria
by Ebuka Emebinah The election of Donald J. Trump on 9th November 2016 sent shock waves around the world. I like ...
Farooq Kperogi: Transformation of ‘change’ from God term to Devil term
Scholars of language and rhetoric have for long identified certain words and expressions that instinctively evoke warm fuzzy feelings in ...
Pius Adesanmi: Sanction, don’t shuffle them
1) President Buhari has promised to sanction folks who plagiarized President Obama in his “change begins with me” speech. That ...
President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative face to face event 2016
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) was founded by President Barack Obama with the goal of encouraging the growth and ...
Buhari did not discuss gay marriage with Obama – Presidency
Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, has stated that Buhari did not discuss the issue of same ...
Buhari’s delegation met with Obama’s team during yesterday’s meeting (PHOTOS)
On Monday, July 20, President Muhammadu Buhari and a few members of his entourage met with President Obama and his ...
What Buhari and Obama said to each other yesterday
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and the United States President, Barack Obama, had a meeting on Monday, July 20, at ...
“Buhari is a man of integrity” and 5 other things Obama said today
United State President, Barack Obama has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for being a man of integrity and for coming into office with ...
Photos from Buhari’s meeting with Obama
President Muhammadu Buhari is in an ongoing meeting with US President, Barack Obama at the White House, Washington DC. The pair ...
How Buhari will spend his 4-day trip to the US
The itinerary of President Muhammadu Buhari for his forthcoming trip to the United States, has been released. In a statement released through ...
This is why Buhari sacked the service chiefs
President Buhari’s sacking of the country’s service chiefs is believed to be related with his forthcoming trip to the United ...
President Obama, Ellen Degeneres, Kerry Washington tweet support for Bruce ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner
President Barack Obama has praised Caitlyn Jenner’s “courage”. The US leader has lent his support to the former Olympian – ...
Pres. Obama says, basically, fast internet is now a human right (WATCH)
by Chinwe Okafor Imagine how frustrating it is to use internet in Nigeria, you’d be more frustrated to learn it ...
Opinion: Goodluck Jonathan is a destroyer-in-chief
Toyin Dawodu Nigeria has been in a continual state of decline for the last 50 years. We could beat around ...
D’banj goes to Washington! Singer to meet Obama officials, members of congress, others [DETAILS]
by Kolapo Olapoju D’banj, Femi Kuti and Yaya Toure will lead some of Africa’s biggest stars to Washington D.C. 4-7 ...
Money rules: Meet the top 5 richest members of Pres. Obama’s cabinet
by Kolapo Olapoju Now we know its not only in Nigeria where we have billionaires in positions of power! America’s ...
Obama honours Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, others with Presidential Medal of Freedom (PHOTOS)
President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former U.S. President Bill Clinton in the East Room at the ...
Opinion: What Jonathan can learn from Obama’s problems
by Adeola Ademoyo And as a true leader he accepts and takes the responsibility. First, he has not passed the ...
How embarrassing: President Obama’s best friend from high school charged with rape
President Obama’s high school best friend, who at one time was ‘like a brother’ to him, has been accused ...
Revealed: Touching videos showing evidence of use of Chemical weapons by Syrian gov’t made public
Men sprawled on a tile floor, shirtless and convulsing. Children, too, seemingly unable to control their shaking and flailing. Panic ...
Opinion: Wanted – A Martin Luther King moment in Nigeria
by Ekerete Udoh Reflecting on the speech, I couldn’t help but wonder when our Martin Luther King moment would occur; ...
SNAPSHOT: President Obama and wife bump into regular folks while trekking
by Chi Ibe Come on, admit it – like us, sometimes you suspect the president of the most powerful nation ...
Fox News chief says President Obama is “lazy” (and Obama, kinda, agrees)
Roger Ailes, the boss over at Fox News, likely has some sour grapes toward President Barack Obama. After all, his ...
Outrage: Jamie Foxx angers Christians by calling President Obama “our lord and saviour”
On Sunday night when Jamie Foxx came on the stage at the Soul Train Music Awards, the audience knew they ...
SNAPSHOT: Just gotta love this couple -The Obamas’ victory hug
by Rachel Ogbu A picture of President Obama and his wife, Michelle as a young couple was posted to Facebook by the ...
Good health and God’s blessings: President Jonathan congratulates Obama on his re-election
by Rachel Ogbu President Goodluck Jonathan has sent congratulatory messages to President Barrack Obama on his success in winning re-election ...
Washington Post: Obama 2012: The strategy that paved a winning path #AmericaDecides
by Scott Wilson and Philip Rucker In early spring, President Obama’s veteran campaign staff in Chicago confronted the question that ...
The Other Friends Podcast
- The Other Friends Podcast: Meet TJ BensonTJ Benson is a speculative fiction writer living in Abuja. His debut short story collection, 'We Won't Fade Into Darkness' was published by Paressia Books and he is publishing his sophomore novel, the Mad House under Masobe Books. He is a teacher of fiction and a runner up for the 2017 Short Story Day Africa […]