Tag: U.S.
U.S. Asks Pakistan To Fight Terrorist Groups Equally
The U.S. has called on Pakistan to fight all terrorist groups equally and avoid using some of them as proxies…
9 Civilians Die In U.S. Attack On Syria
Nine civilians including four children were killed in the U.S. missile attack on a Syrian airbase near the city of…
James Ibori arrives Nigeria
Former Governor James Ibori of Delta State arrived the country on Saturday. An official of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,…
Honda raises profit forecast
Honda Motor revised up its net profit outlook for the current financial year by 31.3 per cent on Friday thanks…
Kenya extradites 4 men to U.S.
Four men charged with directing a major heroin trafficking ring have been extradited to the United States from Kenya, a…
Former U.S. president Bush discharged from hospital
Former President George H.W. Bush was discharged on Monday from a Houston hospital after waging a more than two-week battle…
Canada to offer temporary residency to stranded U.S travellers
Canada will offer temporary residency to travellers stranded by U.S. President Donald Trump’s orders temporarily barring people from seven Muslim-majority…
U.S. companies voice concern over Trump travel ban
A group of U.S. companies, including Starbucks, Tesla and Uber, on Monday voiced concern over Donald Trump’s recent executive order…
German town rejects Trump honorary citizenship proposal
U.S. President Donald Trump will not be made an honorary citizen of the small German town from which his grandparents…
U.S. donates military grade tents to Nigeria Police
The U.S. on Friday donated eight military grade multi-purpose tents to the Nigeria Police for a quick return of civil…
U.S., UK are Nigerians most travelled destinations – VFS
Mr Jiten Vyas, the Chief Operating Officer of VFS Global in Africa, a visa processing company, says U.S. and UK…
Mosul battle: U.S. expects Islamic State to wield chemical weapons
The United States expects Islamic State to use crude chemical weapons as it tries to repel an Iraqi-led offensive on…
U.S. gives Nigeria $92.7m lifeline to tackle poverty
The United States Government has announced the sum of $92.73m in developmental assistance to support the five-year $2.3bn agreement signed…
U.S., Israel sign $38 billion military aid package
The United States will give Israel $38 billion in military aid over a decade, the largest such aid package in…
Half of gay black men in U.S. likely to have HIV, CDC says
Reuters/Thomson Reuters Foundation: Half of all black gay and bisexual men in the United States are projected to be diagnosed…
Boko Haram: US begins training of 750 soldiers
Femi Adi/Kaduna In fulfillment of its promise to assist Nigeria combat Boko Haram insurgency, the United States of America on…
Senate investigates fresh plot to extradite Kashamu
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition has begun investigation into fresh allegations of moves by the National…
U.S. confirms death of top Islamic State leader in Libya
The U.S. has confirmed the death of the Islamic State’s senior leader in Libya, known as Abu Nabil, who was…
U.S. Organizes a Global Boycott of Nigerian Crude
David O. Kuranga, Ph.D. Following Nigeria’s refusal to devalue its currency (the naira), in-line with IMF recommendations, crude oil traders…
U.S., Soyinka, Obasa, Bakare decry gender-based violence
Kazeem Ugbodaga The acting United States Consul General, Dehab Ghebreab, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Speaker, Lagos State House of…
U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump in trouble for allegedly conning dozens of students
Kathleen Meese, an upstate New York schoolteacher, plunked down $25,000 five years ago for “Gold Elite” courses at Trump University…
US Seeks Nigeria’s Help To Fish Out Jessica Tata
The U.S. Marshals Service, which is on an aggressive pursuit of Jessica Tata, a Nigerian lady charged in a deadly…