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Trump victory is ‘good’ for the naira

Donald Trump victory is good for the naira, and many other countries around the world, the markets have shown. A Trump victory is seeing a plunge in the US dollar, and a record fall in the Mexican Peso, which has lost over 12 percent in the past 24 hours. The US dollar has fallen by three percent to the Japanese yen, while the Mexican Peso is ploughing fresh record lows against the US dollar and the euro, with fears that a Trump presidency will hurt the Mexican economy hard, the Guardian is reporting. (more…)

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White House on lockdown after nearby shooting

Shooting recorded near the presidential residence in the United States led to a lockdown on Friday. US Park Police tweeted that the shooting occurred after 2 pm on West Executive Drive, near 17th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. President Barack Obama was said to be away at the time of the incident. The White House press pool said the president was golfing at Joint Base Andrews. (more…)

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President Barack Obama “Trump is not succeeding me”

The 44th and current president of the United States of America, Barack Obama made the statement at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser in Santa Monica, California on Thursday evening. He said, “I recognize that there is a deep obsession right now about Mr. Trump. And one of you pulled me aside and squeezed me hard and said, ‘Tell me that Mr. Trump is not succeeding you.’ And I said, ‘Mr. Trump is not succeeding me.'” Here you have it guys the presido have said it and we second that! lol (more…)