Tag: United States
Judge declares man innocent after spending 28 years in prison for...
UNITED STATES- A man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for rape, kidnapping and robbery has been declared innocent and freed, Los Angeles...
New York Judge Finds Donald Trump, Sons Liable For Fraud
UNITED STATES- A New York judge has found Donald Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud and cancelled the Trump Organization's business certification,...
US surgeons carry out world’s second pig-to-human heart transplant
UNITED STATES- Surgeons in the United States have carried out the world's second transplant of a genetically modified pig's heart to a human being.
According...
Mohbad appears on Times Square’s billboard in New York (Video)
NEW YORK- Late Nigerian singer and rapper, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba, aka Mohbad, has been featured in The Times Square's billboard displayed on Broadway Times...
FBI Declares Six Nigerians Wanted, Issues Warning
UNITED STATES- The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declared six Nigerian nationals wanted, describing these men as international flight risks.
The suspects...
Man who threatened President Biden shot dead in FBI raid, report...
NEW YORK- During a raid on Wednesday morning, FBI agents fatally shot a man in Utah who was under investigation for threats against U.S....
Tinubu’s Chicago credentials: US playing politics with Nigeria – Timi Frank
ABUJA- A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, on Wednesday accused the United States...
Beyond the classroom: My father and his Napoleon story, By Osmund...
Dreams from My Father is a poignant memoir by Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. In this compelling narrative, Obama reflects...
Robert Kennedy Jr: The candidate that shakes America, By Isidoros...
Robert Kennedy Jr., son of the assassinated in 1968 Robert Francis Kennedy, US Attorney-General, New York Senator and 1968 Democratic presidential candidate, and nephew...
President Museveni and Africa’s political culture wars, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In the 37th year of his interminable rule, President Yoweri Museveni signed into law Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, passed by Parliament earlier in the...
Beyond destination: Finding meaning in the journey, By Osmund Agbo
Last year marked a personal milestone: the 20th anniversary of what I like to call my odyssey in the United States. Truth be told,...
Earliest, most complete Hebrew Bible sold for $38.1m at auction
NEW YORK- A book believed to be the earliest and most complete copy of the Hebrew Bible was sold for 38.1 million dollars on...
Montana becomes first U.S. state to ban TikTok
NEW YORK- Montana has become the first U.S. state to ban the Chinese-developed social media app TikTok, as its Republican governor Greg Gianforte signed...
U.S. moves to impose visa restrictions on people allegedly undermining Nigeria’s...
WASHINGTON- The United States has moved to impose visa restrictions on several individuals for allegedly undermining the democratic process in Nigeria, U.S. Secretary of...
U.S. President Biden to run for 2nd term
WASHINGTON- U.S. President Joe Biden, plans to run for another term in office, he announced on Twitter on Tuesday.
“Every generation has a moment where...
Osinbajo to deliver Climate Change lecture at U.S. varsity
ABUJA- Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday depart Abuja for the U.S. to deliver a Special Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)...
U.S. kills Islamic State leader in northern Syria raid
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT- A U.S. helicopter raid in northern Syria killed a senior Islamic State leader who was in charge of planning attacks in the Middle...
G7 urges Sudan’s warring parties to lay down arms, resume dialogue
KARUIZAWA (JAPAN)- Foreign ministers of the G7 countries have called on Sudan’s warring parties to immediately lay down their arms and engage in dialogue.
The...
Britain, U.S. call for an immediate end to Sudan violence
LONDON- Britain and the U.S. have called for an immediate end to the fighting in Sudan and a return to talks on civilian rule.
British...
Nigerian-born academic, Nwauwa, receives Professor of Service Excellence award in U.S.
NEW YORK- Apollos Nwauwa, a U.S.-based Nigerian historian and professor of Africana Studies, has received Professor of Service Excellence award for his outstanding achievement and...