Tag: New York
New York museum announces plans to send looted artefacts to Nigeria
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has announced it is sending three artefacts back to Nigeria.
Nigerians in New York meet new Consul-General, Egopija
Amb. Lot Egopija, the new Consul-General of Nigeria in New York has met with Nigerians in the city under the…
New York legalizes recreational marijuana
Governor Andrew Cuomo has on Wednesday signed the legislation that sought to legalize the use and trade of marijuana.
New York Governor Cuomo says not resigning, ignores pressure
Pressure is mounting on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after two new women came forward to accuse him…
30% of New York health workers scared of COVID-19 vaccines
Thirty per cent of medical personnel in the New York public hospitals are scared of taking COVID-19 vaccines, Mayor Bill…
ICU nurse Sandra Lindsay first American to receive COVID-19 vaccine
Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse has become the first New Yorker and American to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19.
Trump or Biden?: New York begins early voting today
Early voting will begin across New York State today, offering voters nine days to cast their ballots prior to Election…
Movie theatres outside New York City to reopen
Movie theatres outside of New York City will be allowed to reopen on Oct. 23 after months-long hiatus spurred by…
Nigerian US female professionals help New York homeless
A group of Nigerian female professionals, under the aegis of Erudite Ladies of New York, has undertaken a humanitarian outreach…
Hungry New Yorkers in long long queue for free food in Trump’s America
The New York Post has revealed what will certainly be an embarrassment to President Donald Trump: a quarter-mile queue of…
New York imposes 14-day quarantine on visitors from 16 U.S. states
Travellers from 16 U.S. states must now observe 14-day quarantine if they are visiting New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced…
Cuomo slams curfew on New York
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday imposed a curfew for New York City as protesters of the death of George Floyd…
Face masks compulsory in New York from Saturday: Cuomo
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York on Wednesday said he would issue an executive order requiring people to wear face…
Coronavirus death toll in New York surpasses 10,000
Coronavirus death toll in New York, has surpassed 10,000, accounting for more than half of the death in the United…
New York coronavirus death toll set to explode with deaths at home counted
The coronavirus death toll in New York City, already close to 5,000, is expected to surge in the coming days…
Coronavirus strikes 151 dead in New York in 24 hours
New York on Sunday announced 3,250 new cases and 161 deaths from the coronavirus disease within 24 hours.
Trump changes mind about blockading New York
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a quarantine of the New York area to curb the spread of the…
U.S. coronavirus crisis worsens, New York reports new 7,681 cases
The United States coronavirus crisis keeps aiming for the stratosphere as it reached new milestone of 112,560 on Saturday.
U.S. coronavirus cases, deaths spike
Close to 65,000 coronavirus cases have been diagnosed in the United States, after about 10,000 cases were confirmed on Wednesday.
Coronavirus: New York Governor Cuomo appeals to Trump for help
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appealed to the U.S. Government to rush aid to the state as the number of…
New York begins testing chloroquine on coronavirus patients
New York with the highest confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States, said it would conduct trials immediately using…
New York City’s first coronavirus testing site opens
At New York City’s first pop-up coronavirus testing site, a drive-thru facility in Staten Island, there is one basic rule…
Coronavirus: Death toll hits 19 in US, New York declares emergency
Two more persons died of coronavirus in the US State of Washington, bringing the nationwide toll to 19 as confirmed…
Trump loses battle to keep tax papers secret
President Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm must hand over eight years of his tax returns to New York prosecutors, a…
Trump relocates to Florida, dumps New York
US President Donald Trump has changed his primary address from New York to Florida, according to documents filed with the…
4 dead in mass shooting in Brooklyn New York
At least 4 persons have died and three injured in a mass shooting in Brooklyn, United States, the latest in…
Photos: At SDG event, Buhari commits to reducing poverty
President Muhammadu Buhari said reducing extreme poverty and hunger is one of the cardinal objectives of his administration. The president…
Photos: Buhari arrives UN Plaza in New York
President Muhammadu Buhari is now in New York for the 74th UN General Assembly.
Buhari leaves for New York today
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja today for New York, United States to participate in the 74th Session of the…
Thunberg reaches land after 15-day yacht journey to U.S.
Teenage climate activist, Greta Thunberg, has reached the coast of New York after undertaking a 15-day, zero-carbon yacht journey across…