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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
Clinton Becomes Presumptive Democratic Nominee, Sanders Remains in Race Hillary Clinton has become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Monday night with 2,383 pledged delegates and declared “super delegates”. This marks the first time in US history a woman has clinched the presidential nomination in a major political party. Hilary […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP Columnists
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
By Prof. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai | NNP | June 3, 2016 – From December,1991 to December,1992, I was a Visiting Research Fellow to the prestigious University of Michigan, Faculty of Law, at Ann Arbor, USA. One day, I went to the Law Library to read about the Jim Crow legislation. It was racist, wicked and […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will visit Britain on June 24 for the official reopening of his Trump Turnberry golf course in Scotland, a resort spokeswoman said Wednesday. “There will be an official ribbon-cutting ceremony with invited guests, and Mr Trump himself,” PR manager Lisa McGhee told AFP, confirming the June 24 date […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Oyetunji Abioye United States carrier, United Airlines, will stop flying to Nigeria next month, ending operations on its only African route because of weakness in the energy sector and difficulties in repatriating money from tickets sold in the country. This came barely six weeks after Spain’s national carrier, Iberia Plc, stopped flights to Nigeria, citing […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
Deji Akinwande, a Nigerian professor in the United States (US), has received America’s highest research award. Earlier in the year, Akinwande was named by President Barack Obama, as one of the recipients of “the highest honour bestowed by the US government for science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.” […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, May 16th, 2016
A woman in the US state of Florida was rushed to a hospital after being bitten by a shark — with the whole animal still clutching on to her right arm, local media reported. The small nurse shark, which was about two feet (61 centimeters) long, was killed by a beachgoer soon after the attack […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, May 15th, 2016
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in the race for the White House, fought Sunday to stem several controversies including his relationship with women and his refusal to release his tax returns. The billionaire real estate mogul and his backers hit back at a New York Times article that detailed Trump’s complex and contradictory history […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
Barack Obama will become the first sitting US president to visit atomic bomb-struck Hiroshima during a trip to Japan later this month, the White House said Tuesday. Obama, accompanied by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will make the deeply symbolic visit on May 27, after attending a G7 summit in southern Japan, said spokesman Josh Earnest. […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, May 6th, 2016
A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft The US administration is seeking to approve a sale of as many as 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for Nigeria to aid its battle against the extremist group Boko Haram, US officials said. The officials said while speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the administration’s plans […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
(CNN)Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee following a decisive victory in the Indiana primary and the decision by Ted Cruz to drop out of the race. Though Trump has not formally secured the 1,237 delegates he needs to win the nomination — and likely won’t until June — there is no serious opposition […]
