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Property tycoon Donald Trump, one of America’s most flamboyant and outspoken billionaires, declared Tuesday he was running for the White House, promising to make America great again. “I am officially running for president of the United States and we are going to make our country great again,” he said in a speech delivered from Trump Tower on New York’s Fifth Avenue. The 69-year-old is considered a wildcard candidate in an increasingly crowded pool of contenders seeking the presidency in 2016. Denouncing US foreign and economic policy, Trump ridiculed America’s current crop of politicians and vowed to reverse what he called US decline. “Our country is in serious trouble. We don’t have victories anymore,” he said. “When was the last time anyone saw us beating, let’s say, China in a trade deal. They kill us. I beat China all the time.” “When did we beat Japan at anything? They send their cars over by the millions and what do we do?” The businessman, whom Forbes va...

The Peoples Democratic Party has said the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and their supporters are welcome in the PDP should they decide to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress. The opposition party said its doors are open to defectors in the National Assembly. The APC had chosen Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila to run for Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively. Bukola Saraki and Dogara, however, moved against the party’s decision. With the backing of members of the PDP and other opposition parties, the duo emerged winners in the National Assembly leadership election held on Tuesday. Consequently, there have been fears that the APC might punish the rebel lawmakers. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary, PDP, Abdullahi Jalo, said the party was ready to accept Saraki, Dogara and their supporters in the National Assembly back to its fo...