Tag: USA
Nigeria’s slow kidnap response worries US officials
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US officials slammed Nigeria’s “slow” response to the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Islamic militants…
Nigerian Girl Wins U.S. Scholarship
Nigeria’s Oloruntobi Dare, a senior pupil at the Hubert Flowers High School, United States of America, USA, is among the…
Plane smashes into private home
A small plane smashed into a Colorado, United States home Monday, but the pilot was able to walk away and…
Bipartisan pressure on Obama to save Nigerian schoolgirls
Calls mounted Monday for US government action to help find and free more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped last month…
Drug Trial: 2 Aides of ex-Guinea Bissau Navy chief plead guilty
(Reuters) – In one of the most high-profile international drug cases in the United States, two aides to Guinea Bissau’s…
US city ditches water reservoir after man urinates in it
The US city of Portland, Oregon, is ditching 38 million gallons of drinking water from a reservoir after a teenager…
US army denies clemency to WikiLeaks source
A US Army general has denied clemency to the soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning for leaking hundreds of thousands…
US woman charged with serial killing of her newborn babies
A US woman accused of killing six of her own newborn babies appeared in a court Monday and was held…
Obama toasts seven million health care sign ups
US President Barack Obama Tuesday cheered seven million people who signed up for insurance under his health care law, and…
US to play Nigeria, Turkey in friendlies
The United States will face Nigeria, Azerbaijan and Turkey in tune-up matches before going to Brazil for the World Cup,…
World Cup: Super Eagles to tackle USA, Greece in June
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will play friendly internationals against Greece and the United States in June as part of their warm-up…
California declares drought emergency
California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Friday due to what could be the western US state’s worst…
New York set to join US states legalizing Marijuana
New York state is set to join a growing list of states in the USA, loosening restrictions on marijuana. The…
Marijuana stocks hit highs after US state legalizes usage
Stocks of companies involved in the marijuana industry — medical or otherwise — hit fresh highs Thursday after Colorado launched…
Marijuana retail shops open in USA
Almost 38 years after Jamaica’s reggae star, Peter Tosh, popularised the legalisation of marijuana in his hit track, ‘legalize it,…