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President Donald Trump has cancelled the planned June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, citing the “tremendous anger and open hostility” in a recent statement from North Korea.
 
It came on a day that North Korea dismantled its nuclear bomb testing site, in the presence of some invited journalists
 
Trump said in a letter to Kim released Thursday by the White House that based on the statement, he felt it was “inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting.”
                                           
The president says the North Koreans talk about their nuclear capabilities, “but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never have to be used.”
 
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Dignitaries at the event
 
The Presidency has denied that Nigeria was represented at Monday’s official opening of the United States embassy in Jerusalem, Israel.
 
The controversial move to relocate it from Tel Aviv by the President Donald Trump administration has already drawn the ire of Palestinians who carried out a deadly protest during the ceremony thought to have been attended by Nigeria along with dozens of other nations.
 
But a top Presidency office’s has now distanced Nigeria from the event, saying in Abuja on Tuesday that the country was not represented.
                                         
The official who did not want to be named said in a statement distributed to the media: “Nigeria was not present at an event during which the United States officially relocated its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday contrary to media report.”
 
The source said the Federal Government had written to a foreign medium, Al Jazeera, demanding a retraction of its story that listed Nigeria as one of the countries represented at the event.
 
The Presidency official disclosed that based on the report, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, queried the Nigerian Ambassador to Israel to explain his presence at the event.
 
The Presidency said: “Based on that report, the minister queried the ambassador to explain why he attended the event.

“The ambassador has since replied that he was not at the event.
                                         
“It was on the strength of the ambassador’s response that the Federal Government wrote to Al Jazeera to retract its story.”
 
The embassy opening took place amid road closures and heavy police presence in anticipation of Palestinian protests, as well as deadly demonstrations in Gaza calling for the refugees’ right to return to the homes they were forcibly expelled from 70 years ago.
 
Trump had promised during his campaign that he would recognize Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel and relocate the US embassy to the city.
 
In December 2017, he fulfilled the first part of that campaign promise by declaring Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in line with the wish of Israel.
 
On Monday, Trump said via a video message to the ceremony: “Today we follow through on this recognition and open our embassy in the historic and sacred land of Jerusalem, and we’re opening it many, many years ahead of schedule.”
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President Donald Trump, in a recorded message at a ceremony opening the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, said on Monday he remained committed to peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
 
“Our greatest hope is for peace,” said Mr Trump, whose recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocation of the embassy to the holy city from Tel Aviv, has outraged Palestinians and drawn international concern.
 
“The U.S. remains fully committed to facilitating a lasting peace agreement,” Trump said.
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“The U.S. will always be a great friend of Israel and a partner in the cause of freedom and peace.”
 
On the Gaza border, at least 41 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in the latest in a round of protests dubbed the “Great March of Return”, health officials said.
                                                    
Mr Trump’s recognition of contested Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December outraged Palestinians, who said the U.S. could no longer serve as a honest broker in any peace process with Israel.
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Palestinians seek East Jerusalem as the capital of a state they want to establish in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
 
Israel regards all of the city, including the eastern sector it captured in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed, as its “eternal and indivisible capital” in a move that has not won international recognition.
 

(Reuters/NAN)
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Tired of negative coverage, US President Donald Trump hinted Wednesday that he was ready to take his battles with the news media a step further by revoking journalists’ credentials.
 
“The Fake News is working overtime. Just reported that, despite the tremendous success we are having with the economy & all things else, 91% of the Network News about me is negative (Fake),” Trump tweeted.
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“Why do we work so hard in working with the media when it is corrupt? Take away credentials?”
Journalists are required to obtain and present press credentials in order to enter and report from the White House, government agencies, Congress and the Supreme Court.
Since taking up the presidency, Trump has strongly favored news outlets that provide glowing coverage such as Fox News, the Daily Caller, Newsmax and Sinclair, a group of almost 200 local TV stations.
He routinely attacks the news media as “dishonest”  and brands critical media outlets and reports as “fake news.”
For the second year in a row, he skipped the prestigious White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an event traditionally attended by the American president.
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Donald Trump and President Muhammadu Buhari
 
President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent meeting with President Donald Trump of the United States (U.S.) gave the two leaders the opportunity to discuss significant issues bordering on fight against terrorism and how to grow Nigeria’s economy through partnership.
 
The meeting at the White House was important even as Buhari became the first sub-Saharan African leader to be hosted by Trump for such a fundamental bilateral talks on more issues such as trade, investment and governance.
 
The meeting attracted the attention of Nigerians and global players in terms of expectations and opportunities, which discerning observers describe as significant as strategic.
 
After the bilateral meetings and subsequent meetings with investors, some analysts however observe that the visit has brought some gains and opportunities for Nigeria.
 
For instance, Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama said that the meeting discussed how to increase the level of trade between Nigeria and the U.S.

“On security, the U.S. has been helping Nigeria, supplying military equipment in the fight against terrorism and there is agreement to continue the cooperation between the two countries.

“In the area of governance, the meeting discussed the return to Nigeria of the money that has been siphoned out of Nigeria and lodged in various banks around the world.
                                  
“There is cooperation with U.S. helping to repatriate these funds to Nigeria, so they are good wins on the security side, continued cooperation and, of course, repatriations of these funds and increase in trade,’’ Onyeama said.
 
Similarly, Minister for Justice Abubakar Malami said that the U.S. government was committed to repatriating more than 500 million dollars to Nigeria.
 
“There have been clear directives for both attorneys-general to meet and have a road map for the repatriation of the assets and we have succeeded in having a very positive progress.

“The truth is that we are looking at the shortest practicable time for the repatriation but the fact is that there is political commitment by the two presidents.

“This is a clear demonstration of the fact that the possibility of having the money repatriated within the shortest possible time cannot be ruled out,’’ Malami said.
 
Sharing similar sentiments, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Okechukwu Enelamah said that Trump acknowledged the importance of the Nigerian economy in Africa and the role Nigeria could play in its relations with U.S.
 
“There is an acknowledgment that the U.S. is clearly the number one economy in the world and there is a lot of room for cooperation which both presidents view as a priority.

“There are a lot of cooperation such as the commercial and investment dialogue which we have signed with the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.

“It is really focused on how to deepen the commercial relationship in support of businesses from the two countries as well as the growing trade in a win-win partnership,’’ Enelamah said.
 
Enelamah said that the U.S. businesses operating in Nigeria were looking for a way to increase their investments to improve production and create employment.

“There is the big one — the 2 billion-dollar investment — to revamp our existing rail and making sure it is used for cargo and transport.

“That is the narrow gauge and the exiting rails we have in addition to all the new ones we have and that is just one investment from one company.

“Some of the companies which authorities Buhari had met with included John Deere for assembling and supplying tractors in Nigeria.
 
He said that the company would train, employ people and help the agriculture value chain in terms of mechanisation and automation, among others.
 
The minister said that other multi-million dollar companies such as Cotava and Continental Grains, among others, were committed to making serious investments in Nigeria that would run into billions of dollars.
 
“Boeing is very interested in supporting the aviation sector; it plans to roll out something that will increase the availability of flights from Nigeria while Procter & Gamble is looking to expand its investment in Nigeria.

“So, in terms of investment and commitment, there is every reason to be positive, it is certainly in billions of dollars, we need to sharpen our pencils and take it on.

“I was encouraged by the level of engagement, commitment and frankly, the way people perceive and assess the opportunities; I think it’s good we had the blessings and the endorsement of the two presidents.

“We have had meetings that backed that up; going forward, we are looking to see good things come out of this visit,’’ Enelamah said.
 
Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun also described the meeting as “very fruitful, insightful and successful’’.
                                          
Amosun said that the Trump administration showed commitment and the general impression that it would support what the Nigerian government was doing.
 
“We are gaining a lot; in the area of security, they’ve actually said they’re not only selling those Tucano helicopters to us, they’re going to follow it up with training and other assistance.

“In fact, as we speak, they are already in Nigeria assisting and they promised to do more,’’ he said.
 
Amosun said that he was impressed by Trump’s commitment that the U.S. would now focus on the agriculture sector in its assistance to Nigeria.
 
In the same vein, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau said Buhari’s meeting with Trump “is not only fantastic but successful for the progress of Nigeria.

“If you look at the totality of why we are here, I think we have even achieved more than what we bargained for.

“So, in all the areas, they promised to help us, particularly in fighting terrorism in Nigeria and the security challenges that we have.’’
                                      
Also, retired Justice Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the U.S., expressed joy that Buhari’s visit was successful.
 
Irrespective of the success and expectations from the meeting, concerned Nigerians caution the Federal Government against being carried away by the euphoria of the visit.
 
They advise that the authorities should rather make concerted efforts to leverage on the goodwill of the U.S. government and ensure that Nigerians reap the benefits of the visit.
 
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