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Obama authorizes secret support for Syrian rebels

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources familiar with the matter said. Obama’s order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence “finding,” broadly permits the CIA and other U.S. agencies to provide […]

Cheney regrets picking Sarah Palin as VP

Posted by admin American Politics Monday, July 30th, 2012

WITH the race for the White House now gathering momentum, Dick Cheney has some advice for Mitt Romney on choosing a running mate: Don’t pick another Sarah Palin. Romney made an unannounced visit to the Western Wall in Israel’s Old City of Jerusalem yesterday, one of the most sacred sites in Judaism. The visit came […]

Boko Haram: Jonathan Under Fresh US Pressure

Posted by admin American Politics, Boko Haram, General Politics, Top Stories Monday, July 30th, 2012

• Sect Warns Nigerian High Commission • Hillary Clinton To Meet President PRESIDENT Jonathan is coming under intense international pressure to firm up his administration’s handling of the Boko Haram violence, which is now beginning to threaten his chances of staying in power beyond 2015. This comes as indications emerged that the religious sect had […]

Colorado Massacre: Group warns Nigerians against U.S. travel

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines, NNP News Saturday, July 21st, 2012

By New Nigerian Politics Staff Reporter The raging and sustained gun violence plaguing the United States of America as evidenced in the recent shooting deaths of twelve innocent Americans in a Colorado movie theatre has prompted a Nigerian group, “Nigerians for Travel Safe Organization” to issue an unusual warning to Nigerians travelling abroad to avoid […]

Man’s large & protruding penis mistaken for a weapon at U.S. airport

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Thursday, July 19th, 2012

A 41-year-old world-renowned large-penis-haver has been subjected to a rigorous frisking by airport security staff in US amid fears he was trying to smuggle a weapon on board a flight. Jonah Falcon aroused suspicion when eagle-eyed guards from the Transport Security Administration at San Francisco International Airport spotted his bulging package. The well endowed New […]

US approves first-ever pill for HIV prevention

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Monday, July 16th, 2012

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The first-ever daily pill to help prevent against HIV was approved Monday by US regulators for use in uninfected adults who are at risk for getting the virus that causes AIDS. Truvada, made by Gilead Sciences in California, has been on the market since 2004 and was approved by the Food and […]

America is No God and Obama is No Savior – By Ikechukwu Enyiagu

Posted by admin American Politics, Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP Columnists Friday, July 13th, 2012

By Ikechukwu Enyiagu | NNP | July 13, 2012 – Death is the beginning of an eternal life; a life which will no longer be taken away. Therefore those who kill or threaten the flesh, through all inhumane ways, are the most ignorant, no matter how excellently their crimes appear to have been covered. How much […]

A Place in History for (U.S.) Chief Justice John Roberts – By Anthony A. Kila

Posted by admin American Politics, Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Saturday, July 7th, 2012

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | July 7, 2012 – There is no other way to put it Chief Justice John Roberts of the supreme court of the USA has earned himself an important place in the history of law and politics. Regardless of whether they are within or beyond the borders of […]

Insecurity Nigeria deserves effective security forces – US

Posted by admin American Politics, Latest Politics Thursday, July 5th, 2012

THE United States government has said Nigeria deserves effective and accountable security forces to counter violent extremism in the country, as well as a coordinated campaign to deliver economic development. This is even as it observed that violent insecurity being experienced in the country was a barrier to its economic growth. US ambassador to Nigeria, […]

‘Why Nigerian businessmen can’t access funds in US’

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Sunday, July 1st, 2012

The Director, Center for Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development, in Indiana University, United States, Professor Bessie House-Soremekun, has given reasons for the inability of Nigerian and African businessmen to access the massive funds lying idle in the business sector in America. House-Soremekun said the dearth of partners that could be trusted by American businessmen had […]