U.S-CHINA TRADE TALKS BEGIN IN PARIS, SETTING STAGE FOR TRUMP-XI SUMMIT. (PHOTO).
US-China trade talks begin in Paris, setting stage for Trump-Xi summit U.S. and Chinese officials began high-level trade talks in Paris on Sunday, setting the stage for President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in about two weeks. The delegations are led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. While the White House has announced Trump’s visit for March 31 to April 2, Beijing has not yet confirmed the dates. Bessent emphasized that the U.S. team aims to secure outcomes that prioritize American farmers, workers, and businesses. Over the two-day talks, the delegations will focus on trade and economic issues of mutual concern. Trump’s visit will be his first to China since his first term in 2017 and follows a one-year truce in the U.S.-China trade war agreed upon last year in Busan, South Korea. Despite the truce, tensions remain, including over a new U.S. trade investigation into 16 trading partners...
Justice O. Efreti Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba,Delta State has ordered that Mrs Fidelis Omoile,a serving Independent National Electoral Commission's {INEC} official in Isoko-South Local Government Area of Delta State,be remanded in prison custody following her arraignment on monday,on a two-count amemded charge,bordering on conspiracy and money laundering,by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC.omoile was docked for allegedly collecting the sum of N112,480,000.00 {One Hundred and Twelve Million,Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira},as a bribe during the countdown to the 2015 Presidential election.She was among the over 100 INEC Officials that allegedly collected part of the $115million {N23bn} disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources,Diezani Alison-Madueke,during the countdown to the 2015 presidential election.Omoile was arrested on 11 April,2016 following an intelligence received by the EFCC on the activities of some INEC Staff,who allegedly connived with some Non Governmental Organisations {NGOs},in defrauding the Federal Governmebt huge sums of money,running into millions of Naira.She allegedly received N112.4million as bribe during the 2015 general election.The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to her.In view of her plea,prosecution counsel,Sadiq Hussani,asked for a trial date and sued that the defendant be remanded in prison custody.However,counsel to the defendant,K.O Obamogie,made an oral application for bail of his client and urged the court to grant his prayers,Hussani opposed his prayers.In his ruling,Justice Abang turned down the defendant's application for bail,directing that the application be filed formally.He also adjourned the matter to 6 June,2017 for hearing and ordered the defendant to be remanded in prison custody pending the determination of her bail.More photos below.
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