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“I hope I have made you proud” – Emotional Michelle Obama delivers final speech as FLOTUS

A visibly emotional Michelle choked back tears as she signed off, thanking Americans for the privilege she has had to serve as first lady.

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Donald Trump faults Hillary Clinton’s concession speech over votes recount

United States President-elect, Donald Trump has faulted Hillary Clinton’s concession speech, following her support of calls for votes recount being engineered by Green Party nominee, Jill Stein.

“Please be a good president, be kind to all people” – kids write compassionate letters to Donald Trump

If the compassionate letters written by thousands of kids across America ever find their way to United States President-elect, Donald Trump, it should touch even the hardest part of his heart.

United States’ Vice President-elect’s “Unified” tweet raises Eyebrows

It wasn’t long after a selfie of United States Vice President-elect, Mike Pence with other members of the GOP was shared before several observers began to point out that there was something off about the photo.

“The war has just begun” – Boko Haram issues strong threats to Donald Trump

Donald Trump has very many things to worry about when he fully takes the reign as the President of world’s most powerful country, and dealing with Boko Haram is part of them.

Donald Trump will earn just around N400 as United States President

Going by today’s exchange rate between the dollar and the Naira, newly-elected United States President, Donald Trump will earn just around N400 a year when he takes the reign on January 20, 2017.

Donald Trump maintains plan to deport three million immigrants

Trump, in an excerpt released ahead of broadcast by CBS’s 60 Minutes program, said he intends to deport as many as two to three million immigrants who have criminal records.

Spiritual understanding: T.B Joshua maintains stance on failed Hillary Clinton prophecy

Nigerians need to cut Pastor T.B Joshua some slack because they are not on the “same level (of spiritual understanding)” as the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN).

“Go back to school, your problem is ignorance” – Wole Soyinka refuses to be pressured into tearing green card

Wole Soyinka has described online commentators who want to pressure him into tearing his green card as “noisome creatures” whose ignorance resonates largely on whatever they comment on.

Heartbreaking moment mother sends young son packing for voting Donald Trump

An almost heartbreaking clip that has since gone viral showed an angry mother sending her young son out of her house for ‘voting’ newly elected United States President, Donald Trump in a mock election at school.

Chimamanda Adichie squares off against American analyst over Donald Trump’s racist tendencies

Chimamanda recently appeared as a guest on BBC’s Newsnight to discuss Trump’s racist tendencies and she almost left editor-in-chief of the American Spectator, R Emmett Tyrrell embarrassed.

Inside Barack Obama and Donald Trump’s “very friendly” 90-minutes meeting

None of them (Barack Obama and Donald Trump) – well, except for the Republican candidate, probably – would have thought they would later meet to share “visions” as White House leaders

Barely 48hours after election, Donald Trump takes down planned Muslims’ ban from website

If the content on Trump’s website is anything to go by, the new President-elect must have realised how unrealistic his intention to “ban all Muslims from America” could be by taking down the statement.

Goodluck Jonathan hails Hillary Clinton, says it takes “great self sacrifice” to concede defeat

The former Nigerian president hailed vanquished United States presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton for accepting her defeat in good fate as it “takes great self sacrifice.”

Amid protests, Donald Trump to make first White House visit to Barack Obama as President-elect

Barack Obama and Donald Trump’s meeting today will come with some degree of awkwardness, as the newly elected president taunted POTUS with countless barbs during his campaign.

Wole Soyinka insists he’ll “tear Green Card” following Donald Trump’s emergence as United States President

Wole Soyinka is not backing down from his decision to shred his Green Card to pieces, following Donald Trump’s emergence as the next president of the United States.

Unrest in United States as thousands take to streets to protest Donald Trump’s win

Hundreds of people defied the light rain and darkness as they assembled with banners reading “Not our president” and “If he builds a wall we will tear it down”.