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Video: U.S. First Lady, Melania Trump, refuses to hold hand with Trump

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Monday, August 17th, 2020

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President Trump loses younger brother

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines, NNP News Sunday, August 16th, 2020

(NNP) President Donald J. Trump announced on Twitter the passing of his brother, Robert Trump at the age of 71. The younger Trump was in intensive care in New York in June for an undisclosed illness. The president’s tweet stated, “It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, peacefully passed away tonight. […]

U.S. Department of Justice says Yale discriminates against whites and Asians

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Friday, August 14th, 2020

The US government says Yale University is illegally discriminating against white and Asian-American applicants. The results of a two-year investigation by the Department of Justice found the Ivy League university had breached civil rights law in its undergraduate admissions process. The department threatened to file a lawsuit against the university if it failed to take […]

How Americans react to choice of black woman as VP hopeful

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Thursday, August 13th, 2020

JOE BIDEN and KAMALA HARRIS. PHOTO: Brian Cahn/ZUMA Wire Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden on Tuesday named Kamala Harris, a high-profile senator from California, as his vice presidential pick. Here is how US politicians and celebrities have reacted to her nomination: – Barack Obama – Former president Barack Obama said that Biden had “nailed […]

Obama says Joe Biden nailed it with his decision to pick Harris for as VP candidate

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Thursday, August 13th, 2020

Ex-President Barack Obama has hailed Joe Biden’s choice of Senator Kamala Harris as a running mate in this year’s United States Presidential Election, saying “Joe Biden nailed this decision.” Biden named Harris, a high-profile black senator from California, as his vice-presidential choice on Tuesday. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris […]

Walter Carrington, ex United States envoy to Nigeria, dies at 90

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines, NNP News Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

(NNP) A former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Clarington has died. He was 90. A statement from his wife, Dr. Arise Carrington, a Nigerian medical doctor stated, “It is with a heavy and broken heart but with gratitude to God for his life of selfless humanity that I announce the passing of my beloved […]

Nigeria Receives 200 Ventilators Promised by Trump (Always at the receiving end)

Posted by admin American Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

By Adedayo Akinwale and Udora Orizu The federal government on Tuesday finally received the 200 ventilators donated to it by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, for Covid-19 response. On April 28, Trump had, in a phone call conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari, promised that his administration would send ventilators to Nigeria. Speaking […]

FG Approves More Evacuation Flights for Stranded Nigerians in US

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

By Adedayo Akinwale The federal government has approved the eighth and ninth evacuation flights for stranded Nigerians in the United States. The Nigerian Consulate in the US, in a statement dated August 10, but issued on Tuesday, said the ninth flight is the final evacuation flight for stranded Nigerians from the US. The Consulate said […]

Buhari, Army silent as US warns ISIS, al-Qaeda planning to penetrate Southern Nigeria

Posted by admin American Politics, Armed Forces, Army, National Politics, Top Stories Friday, August 7th, 2020

By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, and the Nigerian Army Headquarters have been silent since the media reported that ISIS and al-Qaeda groups are planning to infiltrate Southern Nigeria and expand across West Africa. Likewise, there was a sudden loss of voice of the Presidential Aides who are reputed for their quick reactions […]

Fani-Kayode reacts to US’ claim that Al Qaeda, ISIS planning to infiltrate South

Posted by admin American Politics, Armed Forces, Army Friday, August 7th, 2020

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode says the claim by the United States that Al Qaeda and ISIS are planning to infiltrate the south is alarming. He said if it was true, the south would soon experience the barbarity and savagery that the north had been subjected to by these two terrorist organisations […]