Xi Jinping to Trump: US, China Should be Partners, Not Rivals Says Washington, Beijing both stand to lose from confrontation Agree that Strait of Hormuz must be open
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
China’s President Xi Jinping and
his US counterpart Donald Trump yesterday agreed on a “new vision” of building a “constructive China-US
relationship of strategic stability,” according to an official statement. The Chinese Foreign Ministry
statement said Xi stressed Washington and Beijing should be “partners, not rivals,” as the two
leaders met in the Chinese capital for the Beijing summit. China and the US “both stand to
gain from cooperation and lose from Continued on page 8
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L-R: Managing Director, IFC, Mr. Makhtar Diop; President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; President of the Gabonese Republic, Brice Oligui Nguema; and President of Africa CEO Forum, Amir Ben Yahmed, during the Presidential Parley of the Africa CEO Forum 2026 at the Kigali Conference Centre, Rwanda, yesterday
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is scheduled to begin its primary elections today to elect candidates ahead of the 2027 general election. Before the Continued on page 8
Makinde Takes 2027 Election Battle to Tinubu in S’West, Declares for Presidency
Calls for national unity against one-party rule at PDP/APM rally Says claims that opposition can’t unite is miscalculation Declares opposition is the everyday Nigerian for whom the nation does not work
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L-R: Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; National Chairman, Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM), Alhaji Yusuf Mamman Dantalle; Former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and PDP PHOTO: Oyo Gov’s Media Unit. National Vice Chairman (South East), Chief Alli Odefa, during the Unity Mega Rally Grand Alliance of PDP and APM, held at Mapo, Ibadan.