₦airaland Forum

Gotocourt:
Lt Yerima's presence at the scene while serving a retired naval chief was legitimate and within military regulations.

You're extremely wrong. The former CNS abused his power

biggz82:
This Falana don dey sick small small but people never know.


Too much cho cho cho don make the man words no dey get relevance again.

He's making sense. I totally agree

I totally agree with what Falana is saying. They should recoup their money from the FG

Why una dey spread this kind of fake news?

No sane Governor will join the ADC

Their people on nairaland dont care about the killings in Enugu, they only care and cry when it happens in Kwara state

vanitybutiwanti:
How far? Did you see Fubara at the Convention?

I later read it on punch he won't be attending. I'm shock he didn't attend though, this is his opportunity to fully be in control of Rivers PDP

Pictures of our new planes in Italy

Trump scraps tariffs on beef, coffee and other goods as grocery store prices rise
Americas

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order exempting imports including bananas, coffee, beef and other agricultural products from his sweeping tariffs. The decision follows a string of wins by Democratic politicians who campaigned relentlessly on the country's rising cost of living.


President Donald Trump signed an order Friday to lower US tariffs on agricultural imports such as beef, bananas, coffee and tomatoes, as his government comes under pressure from voters grappling with the rising cost of living.



These products are now exempted from his "reciprocal" tariffs, imposed this year to address behaviour deemed unfair, after the administration considered issues such as the US capacity – or lack thereof – to produce certain goods.

The "Liberation Day" tariffs originally announced by Trump in April were roughly calculated based on the bilateral trade deficit between the US and specific countries rather than reflecting foreign tariffs on US goods.

The new tariff exemptions are backdated, so they technically took effect on Thursday, according to the order published by the White House.


The Trump administration has been stepping up efforts to convince Americans of the economy's strength as affordability concerns emerged as a key issue in this month's elections for New York City mayor, and the governors of New Jersey and Virginia.

Democrats swept all three of those races with an intense focus on cost of living issues.

The list of tariff exemptions published Friday also covers other produce such as avocados, coconuts and pineapples.

Among the products targeted are commodities that the United States imports in order to meet domestic demand.

The majority of America's coffee comes from abroad, and coffee prices have jumped by around 20 percent in August and September, respectively.

Part of the reason involved climate shocks, but costs have also been disrupted by tariffs.

National Coffee Association president Bill Murray said the White House move will help "ease cost-of-living pressures for the two-thirds of American adults who rely on coffee each day" and secure supplies for US companies.

Beef prices have been rising this year as well, in part due to a tighter supply of cattle.

Ground beef, as of the latest available data for September, was nearly 13 percent more expensive, according to Consumer Price Index data, and steaks cost almost 17 percent more than a year ago.

Increases for both were the largest in more than three years, dating back to when inflation was nearing its peak under Trump's predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, following the global Covid pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Although the US is a major beef producer, a persistent shortage of cattle in recent years has kept beef prices high.

Banana prices were about 7 percent higher, while tomatoes were 1 percent higher. Overall costs for food consumed at home were up 2.7 percent in September.

On Friday, the White House said that "certain qualifying agricultural products will no longer be subject to those tariffs, such as certain food not grown in the United States".

'We're going to fix it'
Bananas are another product that will now be exempt from certain US tariffs. © Joe Raedke, Getty Images North America via AFP
Washington's latest announcement comes a day after it unveiled trade agreements with Argentina, Guatemala, Ecuador and El Salvador.

Under the deals, Washington committed to removing "reciprocal" tariffs as well on certain goods that the United States cannot grow, mine or produce in sufficient quantities.

Since returning to the presidency in January, Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on US trading partners, sparking warnings from economists that these could fuel inflation and weigh on growth.

While there has not been a sharp uptick in overall consumer inflation, policymakers have noted that tariffs pushed up prices of certain goods.

They expect the effect of higher levies to continue filtering through the world's biggest economy.

The Trump administration has acknowledged affordability worries that Americans are facing, with Trump's top economic advisor nodding to a loss of purchasing power in recent years.

"That's something that we're going to fix, and we're going to fix it right away," Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, said this week.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP and Reuters)




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WizardOfNG:
God bless you. Nigerians are so nauseatingly sentimental and childish to the extent it is near impossible to find one dispassionately objective Nigerian out of 10,000 randomly selected Nigerians.

How can a sane person rate Wike 0 ouf of 10 whereas he is one of our best Ministers in terms of output performance those unded his jurisdiction can see and feel?

It is why I am yet to say pim about the Wike and Yerima saga. To see so many Nigerians cheering that glorified security guard, because of nothing but hatred for Wike, simply depressed me as it shows how difficult it will be for Nigeria to be a great nation parading so many who are clearly deficient and unobjective thinkers.

Meaning many Nigerians are practically worthless to our nation in search of so many innovative solutions her human resources is charged with providing

I have lived in the UK for over 2 decades since my early teens. I cant remember seeing members of the Army more than twice talk less of the Navy etal. Nairalanders in the UK can confirm my claim.

You're unlikely to see members of the British armed forces in public because they are not parading around, beyond their barracks, in uniform disgracing the Army, Navy, Airforces etal carrying out ignoble roles their professional responsibility and duty forbids.

It is the likes of UK etal that shows how far Nigeria has to go per hosting a professional armed forces. Nigeria, disgracefully, remains a big joke where a retired former CDS can effectively commandeer men of our armed forces for use as glorified security gaurd for private property with instruction to beat or shoot anyone seeking access.

Evwn worse that unprofessional n1tw1t officers too go along with been used in a manner that clearly betrays their role which is mainly related to protecting the territorial integrity of Nigeria and not impeding the appointee of our President, who is Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian armed forces, from doing his job.

One silly girl here even said she wanted to marry that Yerima character while many praised his "professionalism" whereas a member of the Ghanaians forces, talk less of those from developed nations, will tell you his action is anything but professional.

Sometimes one is virtually moved to tears to note the immaturity and lack of critical thinking of so many so-called adult Nigerians, i.e poor human resources, because of the realisation such does not bode well for Nigeria's potentials to develop rapidly.

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WYZAD:
Another Litigation loading.
After d convention, one person will approach d court to determine the state high court and federal High Court which one be senior. Later dem go say na federal High Court senior state High Court. Dem go say because of that PDP no go present any candidate for national election. Besides, INEC no go observe this purported convention and the while thing will boil down to d favour of wike and his loyalist and finally APC. Wike will be rewarded with more power that he will equally share among his loyalists. It will now be between a very very strong APC and a very weak ADC.
Politics for Nigeria is d sweetest.

There's no senior between a state high court and a federal high court

vanitybutiwanti:
no wahala. That's how you guys go about talking about things you know nothing about when you're never part of the process. I will very here to quote this post.

Are you part of the process?

vanitybutiwanti:
Fubara cannot go for the Convention tomorrow, you know nothing about Rivers politics. Tinubu has handed Rivers to wike, anybody not aligned with wike in Rivers is wasting their time and fubara understands that's exactly why he won't do anything contrary to wikes directive.

I don't agree with this your comment, we shall see who's right by sunday night. I don't see why Fubara will make this chance pass over him

press9jatv:
you will see it fully tomorrow

Do you want to bet your money on it? let me ask you, if you're in Fubara's position, why won't you go for the convention?

It's at that convention Rivers PDP structure will be handed over to Fubara.

Shawarmagirl:
No he did not win. And you know it.

So can you show us the result of who win the election?

huptin:
Price drop also means that they may not be able to recoop their investments which may lead to losses and even the business's collapse.

For instance you buy a bag of rice at N100, the next day the prevailing market price drops to N80, that means that for every bag you sell,you lose N20, if you took a loan from the bank to buy the bags of rice, you will struggle to repay.

They made insane profit since 2023 when the price has been increasing, they are suppose to prepare for a day like this

press9jatv:
Another PDP governor will never attend tomorrow kangaroo PDP national convention.

Who b journalist KC? I doubt Fubara won't be attending, the party control of the PDP in Rivers state will be handed over to him at the convention

Shawarmagirl:
Tinubu is waiting for court to sentence NK, the he will now use his constitution power to set him free and take glory for 2027 election.

His plan will not work. South East will still not vote for him.

South East didn't vote him in 2023, but he still won

SisterAnn:
Is there no commissioner of police in that state or is he a collaborator?

This is all shades of wrong and that commandant must be held accountable for his actions.

Commissioner of police can't do anything to an AIG. The commissioner of police in Plateau state is his junior

If Nigerians can support Gambo illegality in Abuja, they will also support this illegality too

Peterobiisathie:
India police does not know law

Lwkm

anonimi:
Tinubu’s failure is despite saving $84 billion from subsidy removal

Do you think you're talking to a kid?

Where did you get this your own figure from?

SpearofGod:
When you use the military to rig election, intimidate your opponents and even kill your critics , don't you know you are creating freikensten monsters. This is what they did to the people of Okuama and you cheered them on. The snake you breed to attack your "enemy will turn round to devour you when it runs out prey.

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mikeapollo:
What was the exchange rate on May 29, 2023 when Tinubu became president and the rate today?
Do you celebrate failure because you scored 15% last year and now scored 30% this year?

Buhari spent 8 years in power, how much is it when Jonathan hand over to him in 2015?
How much is the dollar when Jonathan take over as the GCFR and when he hand over to Buhari?

OLAADEGBU:
Moore decried the alleged ongoing genocide against Christians in Nigeria, saying it has been met with global indifference.

Can you list out the countries providing billions of dollars in military assistance to Nigeria?