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Sunday, January 5th, 2020

Two rockets hit near the US embassy in Iraq’s capital Sunday, witnesses told AFP, shortly after the deadline from a hardline pro-Iran faction for local troops to get away from US forces. The vehemently anti-American group, Kataeb Hezbollah, had warned Iraqi security forces to “get away” from US troops at joint bases across Iraq by […]
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Sunday, January 5th, 2020

Washington (CNN)Three Americans were killed in Sunday’s terror attack in Kenya. The Americans — a US service member and two civilian contractors working for the Defense Department — were killed in the attack carried out by Al-Shabaab, US Africa Command, which is responsible for military relations with nations on the continent, confirmed to CNN. Two […]
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Friday, January 3rd, 2020
The US embassy in Baghdad on Friday urged all American citizens currently in Iraq to depart immediately following the killing of top Iranian commander General Qassem Soleimani. “US citizens should depart via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries via land,” the embassy said in a statement. The development comes after a US […]
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Monday, December 30th, 2019

Nigerian man Emmanuel Mong wanted for fraud has been arrested while trying to catch a flight to Nigeria has been arrested in Washington, Stamford Advocate reported on Wednesday. Mong has been extradited to Stamford where he will be charged for illegally intercepting a $30,000 wire transfer from a privately held pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma. The […]
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Wednesday, December 18th, 2019

By New Nigerian Politics – Washington DC – U.S. President Donald J., Trump was today impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives on two articles of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The charges stem from the allegation that the president withheld military aid worth $391 million from Ukraine that had already been approved […]
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Tuesday, December 17th, 2019

Zambian President Edgar Lungu wants the U.S. ambassador to leave the country after the diplomat criticized the African state for sentencing a gay couple to 15 years behind bars for having a consensual relationship. “We have complained officially to the American government, and we are waiting for their response because we don’t want such people […]
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Friday, December 13th, 2019

By New Nigerian Politics Staff Writer – (Washington DC, USA) The Judiciary Committee in the US House of Representatives today voted on two articles of impeachment accusing President Donald J. Trump of gross abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in relation to the withholding of military aid to Ukraine pending announcement of investigation by that country’s […]
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Thursday, December 5th, 2019
The leaders of Britain, Canada, France and the Netherlands have been caught on camera at a Buckingham Palace reception mocking US President Donald Trump’s lengthy media appearances ahead of Wednesday’s NATO summit. The footage, shot by the British host’s camera pool on Tuesday evening and spotted and subtitled by Canada’s CBC, set the tone for […]
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Thursday, November 28th, 2019
By Lawani Mikairu The National Committee of Yoruba Youth, NCYY, and the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Socio-cultural Association groups, yesterday said it is disturbed by the allegations coming out of the United States regarding the purported indictment of Barrister Allen Onyeama, Air Peace airline chairman. In a statement issued and signed by Comrade Odeyemi […]
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Saturday, November 23rd, 2019
ATLANTA – Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, has been charged with bank fraud and money laundering for moving more than $20 million from Nigeria through United States bank accounts in a scheme involving false documents based on the purchase of airplanes. The international airline’s Chief […]