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Sunday, November 13th, 2016
US Congressman Darrel Isah Fidelis Soriwei Strong indications have emerged that the United States has again blocked the Federal Government from acquiring fighter ground attack aircraft considered crucial in the ongoing campaign against Boko Haram in the North-East. Investigations showed that the US has prevented the military from acquiring the A-29 Super Tucano light […]
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Sunday, November 13th, 2016
US President-elect Donald Trump made the first top appointments of his new administration Sunday, naming Reince Priebus his White House chief and Steve Bannon as his chief strategist and senior counselor. “I am thrilled to have my very successful team continue with me in leading our country,” Trump said in a statement. “Steve and Reince […]
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
US commits $30m to family planning in Nigeria — 8th November 2016 (By Basil Obasi – ABUJA) The United States Agency for International Development has said that it had spent N9.12 billion (about $30 million), to promote family planning and other health interventions in Nigeria annually. The Director of Health, Population and Nutrition, USAID Nigeria, Dr Nancy Lawanthal, […]
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Friday, November 4th, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | Nov. 4., 2016 – The current presidential campaigns in the US has exposed the underbelly of American democracy which should force us to re-think some of the assumptions we have about ‘mature democracies’ and ‘democratising states’. The classic assumption is that in mature democracies elections truly reflect the […]
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Friday, November 4th, 2016
Nigeria has congratulated a United States- based Nigerian Surgeon, Dr Oluyinka Olutoye on his recent feat in carrying out a successful operation on an unborn baby with tumour in her mother’s womb. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, stated this in a statement to felicitate with […]
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Friday, November 4th, 2016
Empty Treasury: I felt like absconding when I took over from Jonathan -Buhari News By: Ikenna Friday, November 4, 2016 advertisement By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari said, yesterday, that he almost left the country when he discovered that the nation’s treasury was empty as he assumed office. The President, who spoke […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump / AFP PHOTO / MOLLY RILEY Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump batted away a legion of polls pointing to impending electoral doom Thursday, insisting he will win the White House in 12 days’ time. Trump told die-hard supporters in the swing state of Ohio “we are going to win back […]
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Thursday, October 27th, 2016
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 60-year-old man, Highsent Nwogu, for allegedly producing dollars worth N3m and defrauding residents of the Ogba area. Nwogu, a father of five children and grandfather of three, told PUNCH Metro that he ventured into the “washing” of fake dollars to make ends meet. Our correspondent learnt that Nwogu, who […]
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Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Africans are laughing at the US elections on Twitter. Allegations of sexual assault, high-level corruption and vote rigging are normally found in less stable countries, but this year’s presidential race is testing the resilience of America’s electoral system. Nigerians in particular have found the irony of the world’s foremost democracy slipping into embarrassing feuds and […]
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Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Between 800 and 900 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed since Iraqi forces launched an offensive to retake Mosul last week, a top US general says. US Central Command chief Joseph Votel told AFP news agency it was hard to be precise as militants moved around the city and blended in with residents. Up […]
