The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has chided Governor Ayodele Fayose over comment on non-invitation of President Muhammadu Buhari to the weekend inauguration of President Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, describing the governor as a “reckless interloper and shameless busy-body” who trivialises issues and dabbles into matters he has no competence in order to present a larger-than-life image of himself.

A former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Prof. Bola Akinterinwa, in this piece, speaks on the legacy of the immediate past President Barack Obama of the United States and the Trump presidency.

President Donald Trump vowed in his inaugural address Friday that every US decision would be guided by a vision that puts “only America first.”

Donald Trump took the first ceremonial steps before being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday — ushering in a new political era that has been cheered and feared in equal measure.

Billionaire George Soros on Thursday delivered a scathing assessment of Donald Trump, calling the US President-elect a “would-be-dictator” who is “going to fail”.

Hundreds of Filipinos converged on the US embassy Friday to denounce Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration as president of the United States, accusing him of sexism, racism and xenophobia.

The Presidency has dismissed insinuations that President Muhammadu Buhari was snubbed by the President-Elect of the United States, Donald Trump by not inviting him to his inauguration today but invited former President Goodluck Jonathan.

President-elect Donald Trump has asked roughly 50 senior President Barack Obama administration appointees to remain in their posts after his inauguration to ensure continuity in government, his incoming White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said on Thursday.

Dr. SKC Ogbonnia, is Secretary General of the Nigeria Union Diaspora, NUD in the United States, a group that represents the interest of the Nigerian American Community in the United States. Dr. Ogbonnia, who registered as a Republican speaks on the expectations of the Nigerian community from the Trump administration. Excerpts:

Today’s inauguration of Donald John Trump as the 45th President of the United States has great lessons for Nigeria which draws its culture and presidential system of government from the country.