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American Politics, Headlines, Women Politics
Friday, June 9th, 2017
By Vera Samuel Anyagafu and Prisca Sam-Duru IN her commitment to building the capacity of Nigerian women who in various fields have remarkably contributed to the Nigerian communities, the US government recently honoured five Nigerian women making waves in the science and technology world. Making reference to some African-American women who also have contributed to […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
Tapjets, the Hail-A-Jet service company has revealed how modern mobile technology helped to detect and trace the fraud that led to the arrest of Nigerian singer, Dammy Krane and his accomplice, Chukwuebuka. The duo were arrested on June 2, 2017, in Miami, Florida. Tapjets said the fraud was detected with a small token of authenticity. […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
A man trying to drown his three-month-old twins was on Friday shot dead by his neighbour. Leland Michael Foster a resident of Ada, Oklahoma, was shot twice by his neighbour, Cash Freeman after Foster tried to submerge his baby twins in a bathtub, while holding their mother at bay with a knife. Foster’s 12-year-old […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017
Georgia: Nigerian male nurse allegedly breaks 98-year-old patient’s leg, killing her A Nigerian nursing assistant is reported to have intentionally broken his 98-year-old patient’s leg, and she had died while undergoing a surgery to fix it, police say. Daily Mail Online has reported that forty-three-year-old Hakim Ogunkunle is facing aggravated battery charges for allegedly injuring […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, May 28th, 2017
By Theodore Opara Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Evander Holyfield was the first to ride in GAC Motor flagship SUV in Nigeria, when the official vehicle sponsors of Rumble in Lagos picked up the champion from the airport on arrival from the United States of America for the programme on Tuesday. Though the new SUV […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, May 26th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian-born church pastor was shot to death in Indianapolis and police are continuing to search for his killer. The murder took place over the weekend at an apartment complex near 10th Street and I-465 on the city’s west side. Friends and neighbors say the 66-year-old victim, Oluwadayomi Epenusi, had […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
After earning more than $300m over his legendary career, the former heavyweight champion filed for bankruptcy in 2003, and later went to jail for cocaine problems. It would take more than a decade, and a trip through rehab, before Iron Mike (Tyson) would escape bankruptcy. “I didn’t think I’d make it through my thirties,” […]
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American Politics, Canadian Politics, Oil Politics
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
‘Femi Asu with agency report India, Nigeria’s biggest crude oil buyer, is set to make its first purchase of the United States oil, as it seeks to diversify its crude buying amid favourable price differentials. The US removed the 40-year-old restrictions on its crude exports in December 2015 following the rapid growth of its oil […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
A Nigerian woman resident in Louisville, Kentucky, United States has admitted that she unlawfully obtained citizenship by entering into a sham marriage with a Houston man, the Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez has announced. The 41-year-old Euphemia Chinyeaka Okeke, admitted to marrying a Houston resident and U.S. citizen while in Nigeria. She then applied for […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, May 17th, 2017
Trump admits sharing information with Russia — 17th May 2017 United States President Donald Trump acknowledged, on Tuesday, that he shared information with top Russian envoys at an Oval Office meeting last week, but argued that it was his “absolute right” to do so, despite an outcry about potentially leaking sensitive data. His early morning […]