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Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
UNITED States (U.S.) President Barack Obama’s first term was marked by complaints from his liberal base that he had been too conciliatory toward Republicans. And now, with a few days before his second inauguration, analysts are asserting that Obama is acting as if he believes he has a big mandate for his next term and […]
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Friday, December 28th, 2012
The United States, Canadian and Taiwanese governments have warned their nationals against non-essential travel to Nigeria, following increased terrorist attacks in the North-East. On Thursday, Security was beefed up around foreign missions in Abuja. A few days ago, the United States Embassy and its Canadian counterpart–in their travel advisories updates–urged their citizens to avoid all […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, December 28th, 2012
(CNN) — Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who led allied forces to a routing of Iraq in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and became one of the nation’s most celebrated military heroes of the era, died Thursday, a U.S. defense official said. He was 78. The death of the retired four-star Army general was confirmed by […]
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Friday, December 28th, 2012
The United States said on Thursday it was suspending operations at its embassy in the Central African Republic as rebels appeared poised to move on the capital of the impoverished but resource-rich nation. U.S. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said the U.S. embassy had temporarily suspended operations and that the U.S. ambassador and other embassy […]
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Thursday, December 27th, 2012
By Godwin Nzeakah Fresh facts seem to have emerged concerning the CIA’s gloomy prediction about Nigeria and 2015. In an interview with Vanguard (29/11/2012) Chief Abu King Shuluwa, one of the founding fathers of the PDP revealed that there is a liberal clause in the 1914 document, proclaiming Nigeria’s amalgamation. The clause, according to him […]
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
By New Nigerian Politics The Nigerian organization, “Nigerians for Safe Travel” has issued a travel advisory against U.S.travel following the massacre of 26 innocent children and adults at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. The organization in a statement forwarded to New Nigerian Politics and other media outlets warned Nigerians to avoid the United States […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, December 24th, 2012
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British Cable News Network host Piers Morgan to be deported from the United States over his gun control views, the Associated Press reports. Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter US gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting. Last […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, December 24th, 2012
THE United States has said beginning from 2013, its army brigade will dispatch small army teams to 35 African nations, as part of its plan to check the rising terror threats from al-Qaeda-linked groups in Africa, particularly with the rise of the extremist Islamist sect, Boko Haram, in Nigeria. According to a report the CBS […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, December 24th, 2012
The United States government has warned its citizens against travelling to Nigeria, particularly during the holiday season, saying they could be kidnapped, robbed or attacked by gunmen. The US Department of State, in a message to Americans, warned them not to embark on any trip to Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Plateau, Gombe, Yobe, Kaduna, Bauchi, Borno, […]
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
UNITED States of America (USA) lost about $50.4 million to various forms of scam including the popularly called “419” (Advanced Free Fraud) from Nigeria in 2011. US Consulate in Nigeria, Michael Bonner, who disclosed this in Lagos at a workshop on “the dynamics of cashless economy and emerging methods in financial crime for investigators and […]