Tag: USA
Afghanistan: Obama to speed up US troops pullout
US President Barack Obama said Saturday that the US goal in Afghanistan was “within reach” as he vowed to move…
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Nollywood’s Mercy Johnson gives birth to baby girl
Mercy Johnson, Nigeria’s popular celebrity and actress and the most searched name on Google, has given birth to a baby…
Nigerian Pro Boxers Eye World Titles
In the second quarter of this outgoing year, Nigerian professional boxers around the world intensified their efforts to become world…
Nigeria, EU, US form alliance against web child sex
Nigeria has teamed up with the 27-nation European Union, the United States and a score of other countries to launch…
US, EU crackdown on counterfeit websites
US and European authorities said Monday they seized 132 websites in a transatlantic law enforcement crackdown on online sellers of…
Bolt, Allyson win athletes of the year
(AFP) – Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix were named the International Amateur Athletics Federation’s athletes of the year on Saturday.…
Beckham: LA Galaxy career ends Saturday
.The England star says he is not retiring yet, to announce next move at Xmas Football star David Beckham has…
Fatigued President Obama is just human!
Barack Obama, fresh from his re-election for a second term has embarked on a tour of East Asian nations of…
Wanted: American expat for TV role
Simon Ateba/Lagos Red Varden Studios, a Los Angeles-based television production company, is casting for American citizens currently working in high-risk…
Devastated New York cancels marathon
The famed New York marathon slated for Sunday has been canceled in the face of a rising death toll, crippled…
Tsunami heads to Hawaii
A potentially destructive Pacific tsunami was headed toward the US state of Hawaii early Sunday after a powerful 7.7 magnitude…
Nigeria’s crude oil export to the US slumps
The United States of America bought just about 361,000 barrels of Nigeria’s crude oil in July, as the US leans…
Shot fired at Obama campaign office
A shot was fired Friday at a campaign office for President Barack Obama in the western US state of Colorado,…
US court lifts ban on Samsung-Google phone
A US appeals court Thursday lifted a sales ban on Google-branded Samsung smartphones in a patent fight with Apple, saying…
Boko Haram leader warns over anti-Islam movie
The suspected leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect, has issued a threat in a YouTube video over a US-made anti-Islam…
Untold story of AbdulMutallab, the underwear bomber
7 Actions News investigator, Scott Lewis has revealed new insights about Nigeria’s failed Underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. Lewis…
Egyptian cleric issues Fatwa against maker of anti-Islam film
A Salafist cleric in Egypt is calling for the deaths of all those involved in the making of an anti-Muslim…
Cocaine: Bolivia leader slams America
President Evo Morales of Bolivia lashed out at the United States Saturday, saying it had no right to label his…
US police question maker of anti-Islam film
The alleged maker of a provocative anti-Islamic movie that has sparked violent protests across the Muslim world was briefly taken…
Iran wants America punish makers of anti-Islam movie
Tehran, AFP: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday demanded the United States punish those behind an anti-Islam film…
Kano State sponsors students abroad
Nigeria’s Kano State Government has sponsored 25 indigenes of the state to study Marine Engineering in India and the United States.A…
US Democrats invite Tinubu to Convention
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the Nigeria’s opposition Action Congress of Nigeria will from Monday join the…
USA book semi-final tie against Nigeria
An extra-time winner from Nigerian-American player, Chioma Ubogagu lifted USA to a 2-1 victory over North Korea in Friday’s quarter…
US sets new fuel standards for cars
The Obama administration issued national fuel economy rules Tuesday that require the new cars and trucks in 2025 to average…
Bolt leads Jamaica to another world record
Jamaica won the men’s Olympic 4x100m relay on Saturday in a new world record of 36.84sec. The quartet of Nesta…
Colombia extradites drug baroness to US
Colombian authorities Tuesday extradited a woman accused of links to Mexico’s infamous Sinaloa drug cartel, police announced. Dolly Cifuentes Villa,…
Olympic Basketball: France ends Nigeria campaign
Bamidele Olowosagba With much determination and hype as underdogs in the basketball event of London 2012 Olympics, Nigeria’s D’Tigers fought…
Olympic basketball results
Olympic Games men’s basketball results on Sunday: Men Preliminary round Nigeria 60 Tunisia 56 Brazil 75 Australia 71 United States…
Olympics: Teams GB, US, Japan win soccer openers
Hosts Great Britain enjoyed a winning start to the London Olympics Wednesday. Britain’s women’s footballers beat New Zealand 1-0 at…
14 killed at Batman movie premiere
At least 14 people were killed and some 50 wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a crowded cinema…