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By TAIYE AGBAJE ABUJA- Sen. Rochas Okorocha has sought for an order of a Federal High Court, Abuja, granting him leave to travel to the...

By UMMUL IDRIS BERLIN- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the introduction of a bill aimed at tightening gun laws.The announcement is coming less than...

By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBANEW YORK- A Nigerian community leader, Mr Francis James, has commended the Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York for good customer service,...

By PHILOMINA ATTAH Abuja- A United States-Nigerian Technology Company, WRKR Technology Inc., has promised to train 50,000 Nigerians on its skills that would make them...

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield is seeking suspension of the Russian Federation from the Human Rights Council over Ukraine’s accusation that invading...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Ryabkov, has warned the United States (US) about the potential consequences of transferring weapons to Ukraine. Ryabkov said that convoys...

The United States Embassy in Nigeria on Tuesday said it’s expanding its services to assist qualified nonimmigrant visa applicants. It stated that it commenced a...

US President Joe Biden is set to nominate the first black woman to the Supreme Court. This is to honour his electoral promise to make...

A former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.) said the late business mogul and winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief...

OSCAR López Rivera, 74, was a 14-year-old Puerto Rican boy when he was brought to Chicago in 1957. He grew up there and joined...

January 12, 2022 In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a...

US President, Joe Biden, will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, saying it’s time...

BY OMONIYI IBIETAN Maya Angelou, iconic poet, memoirist and civil rights activist, who, in 2010 received Presidential Medal of Freedom - the US highest...

Group of U.S. experts advocating for a hardline in relations with Russia, called on National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to add weapons to Kiev...

The United States (US) unemployment rate fell in December to a healthy 3.9% — a pandemic low — even as employers added a modest...

Dr. Uchechi Iweala, son of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, was part of the medical team that created...

The U.S. government is scheduled to ask Britain’s High Court on Wednesday to overturn a judge’s decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not...

The US Mission in Nigeria has warned Nigerians not to fall for a scam which promises to facilitate admission into Ivy League colleges. A statement...

An 18-year-old lady identified as Deja Haugabook who married her 61-year-old Godfather, Michael Haugabook has released a video asking people calling her husband a...

The childhood home of Kanye West in Chicago has reportedly been ‘vandalised’ by Drake fans. As the rivalry between the two artists rolls on, photos...