Tag: United States
Paris Meeting Takes Far-Reaching Decisions on Boko Haram
Representatives of the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Presidents of France, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Benin and Niger…
Watergate conspirator Jeb Magruder dies
Jeb Magruder, the Nixon White House aide imprisoned for his role in the Watergate scandal who later claimed he overheard…
US confirms drones deployed to Nigeria
The US military is flying surveillance drones as well as manned aircraft over Nigeria to help the search for more…
U.S. Planes Search For Kidnapped Schoolgirls
The United States said it is flying “manned” missions over Nigeria in search of over 200 abducted schoolgirls, after the…
Need For Regional Cooperation To Defeat Insurgents
In a much publicised move, Nigeria has accepted assistance from the United States, Britain, France, China and Israel in a…
US deploys manned surveillance planes over Nigeria
The United States was Monday flying “manned” missions over Nigeria to track down more than 200 abducted schoolgirls as experts…
Drone raid kills 6 Qaeda suspects in Yemen
A drone strike in eastern Yemen killed six Al-Qaeda suspects on Monday, tribal sources said, in the first of such…
US drones coming to Nigeria
Nigeria has requested for United States surveillance aircraft and intelligence to help track the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko…
Kidnapped Schoolgirls: Northern Governor’s welcomes US offer
The Northern Governors’ Forum on Wednesday welcomed the United States government’s offer of military assistance to Nigeria to help locate…
US sending only a handful of soldiers to Nigeria
Despite the pledge by President Barack Obama to help Nigeria rescue the over 200 abducted schoolchildren, the United States has…
US sends team to locate abducted Nigerian schoolgirls
The United States offered Tuesday to send a team of experts to Nigeria to help find 200 kidnapped schoolgirls amid…
Nigerian pleads guilty to terror charge in US court
A Nigerian has pleaded guilty in New York to charges he took part in a Yemen-based al-Qaida faction’s efforts to…
Okagbare Renews Rivalry With Fraser-Price in Jamaica
African sprint Queen, Nigerian Blessing Okagbare will ignite her hunger to beat the best as she renews her rivalry with…
Drone attack kills 30 ‘Qaeda’ suspects in Yemen
A drone strike in south Yemen killed at least 30 suspected Al-Qaeda militants on Sunday, the latest in an intensified…
US denounces ‘senseless’ Nigeria bombing
The United States on Monday condemned a bomb attack on a packed bus station in Nigeria which killed 71 people,…
US human rights records under UN scrutiny
A United Nations watchdog on Thursday began a review of the United States’ human rights record, quizzing officials on National…
America forges ahead with plan to light up Africa
US lawmakers Thursday broke through a logjam on a plan to bring electricity to 50 million Africans, in what Washington…
Longest serving US congressman resigns
The longest-serving member of the US Congress called it quits after 58 years in office Monday, drawing the curtain on…
Extradition to US: Buruji Kashamu suffers setback
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Attempts by embattled chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun state, Chief Buruji Kashamu, to…
Are the Obamas heading for divorce?
Is the 21-year old marriage of President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, heading for the rocks? Speculations about the…
Accenture takes over Obamacare website
Global consulting firm Accenture has been chosen to take over the running of the US government’s trouble-plagued health insurance website,…
11 die as deadly freeze hits northern US
NEW YORK(AFP) – A fierce winter storm brought chaos to the northern United States on Friday, killing at least 11…
Oil prices down as US cuts bond buying
Oil prices eased in Asian trade Thursday after the US Federal Reserve said it would next month start to scale…
Nigerian Found Dead In US
A Nigerian, Mr. Benjamin Chibuogwu, 57 has been found dead in his apartment in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. The deceased,…
4 killed, 67 injured in New York train accident
NEW YORK, (AFP) – On a day that Americans ended Thanksgiving, a train hurtled off the tracks in a New…
Boko Haram, Nigeria’s terror group to get US upgrade
(Reuters) – The US State Department will formally designate the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram as a “foreign terrorist organization”…
US healthcare most expensive in the world
Secret pricing is making healthcare in the United States more expensive than ever, leading costs to triple in the past…
Obama blames Republicans for slowing down US economy
NEW ORLEANS (AFP) – President Barack Obama Friday accused Republicans of slamming on the brakes every time the US economy…
Gambia accuses US, UK of coup plots
Gambia has accused the United States and Britain of fomenting multiple coup attempts in the tiny West African country and…
US novelist Tom Clancy dead at 66
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US author Tom Clancy, whose spy and military thrillers became worldwide best-sellers and inspired a raft of…