Opinion: Between Achebe and Ted Cruz

  “I have just received a letter from the headmaster of a school in England,” he (the headmaster) said and held up a blue letter for all to see. “The content of this letter has filled me with shame.” He…spoke… about Ezekiel’s crime. “Think of the bad name you have given this school,” he said, […]

U.S. senator seeks peace meeting with Nigerians over comments

US Senator, Ted Cruz, is asking for a peace meeting with Nigerian-Americans who have demanded that he retracts his controversial joke last week which many of them considered insulting, Empowered Newswire reports. According to a letter from the senator released over the weekend to leaders of the Nigerian community in Houston, Texas, where the controversial […]

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz apologizes for insulting Nigerians after protest from Nigerian ambassador

The office of Ted Cruz has issued a statement from the Senator apologizing saying no offense was intended by the remark.   The full statement reads:  It’s unfortunate that we’re living in a time where just about every joke can be misconstrued to cause offense to someone. To the good people of Nigeria — a […]

Nigerian-Americans demand apology from U.S. Senator over distasteful remarks

New York – Members of the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans (CANAN) have called on Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to make a formal correction by retracting his disparaging remarks made about Nigerians. According to local American media, Cruz, while taking a political swipe at the computer problems of the Affordable Care Act in the U.S, […]

US senator’s bad joke angers Nigerians

Nigerians have expressed their dissatisfaction with the United States lawmaker representing the State of Texas in the American Senate, Ted Cruz, for blaming the glitches plaguing the Obamacare website on Nigerians. Many Americans had been experiencing error messages and long waits in trying to sign on to healthcare.gov, the online insurance portal under the Patient […]

A Swipe at the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize – By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | October 21, 2013 – Until recently when the Nobel Committee swiftly presented the 2009 award to President Barack Obama who had just occupied the Oval Office, promising to effect a change in the hawkish, hegemonic and aggressive nature of American foreign policy which the George Bush years exemplified, […]

The “privileged” club in Dallas-By Acho Orabuchi

Most Nigerians in the United States have lived here for an average of 25 years and are at an average age of 56. Those individuals who have been here for 25 years or more are now eager to go back to Nigeria to spend their final years. But the dream of going back to live […]

Libya summons US envoy over raid to capture Al Libi

Libya summoned the US ambassador to the country for questioning on Monday over the weekend capture of a suspected al-Qaeda leader on Libyan territory. Anas al-Liby, wanted over 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, was seized in Tripoli on Saturday. Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said ties between his country and the […]

U.S. reassures on partnership with Nigeria, sends Independence greetings

By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 01/10/2013   The United States of America has reassured on its partnership with Nigeria, saying it can only get stronger in the years ahead for the mutual benefit of the people of both countries.   A statement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry congratulating Nigeria on the attainment of […]

U.S. govt shut down over budget row -0 more than 800,000 workers sent home

CLOSE to 800,000 federal workers in the United States (U.S.), the world’s largest economy, were sent home Tuesday.   This was because the country’s lawmakers were unable to reach an agreement on a national common denominator: the budget. Implication? The workers are being put on unpaid leave.   The disagreement in the U.S. Congress over […]

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