The National Park Service has scrubbed references to transgender and queer people from the website of a monument to the 1969 Stonewall riots, a foundational moment in the struggle for LGBTQ rights, igniting protests in New York City on Friday. The move comes as President Donald Trump has sought a return to a strict binary…

The Federal Government has approved printers to stop the passport crisis in Atlanta and New York in the United States following a petition from Nigerians in Diaspora. The Minster of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, acknowledged the receipt of a petition bothering on appeal for passport printers in Atlanta and New York Consulates. To address this issue,…

The US aviation giant Boeing sent out its first redundancy notifications on Monday as part of a previously announced plan to cut 10 percent of its global workforce. Boeing intends to cut almost 2,200 jobs in the US state of Washington, which is home to many of its oldest factories, according to a statement made…

A giant bear, a winged rabbit and a rhino were among the 70 animal bronzes and stone works by celebrated sculptor Francois-Xavier Lalanne that fetched $59 million at Christie's in New York this week. The menagerie of wild, domesticated and imaginary beasts was created by Lalanne and his late wife Claude at their workshop south…

The UN has said new estimates from humanitarians in East Africa indicate that nearly 67 million people in the region are now in need of assistance. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric made this known on Wednesday while briefing reporters in New York. “That is more than 20 per cent of the total number of people in…

     Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib on Thursday called for an end to the violence in the Middle East, in an appeal to the UN General Assembly in New York. READ ALSO:Israel warns Lebanese as intense strikes target Hezbollah   “This is a situation that requires international intervention on an urgent basis before…

        Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for the United States to attend the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the behest of President Bola Tinubu. READ ALSO:Shettima celebrates Oluremi Tinubu on 64th birthday   Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media and  Communications…

Popular US rapper, Sean "Diddy" Combs, has been arrested in New York. The 54-year-old was picked up by police at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan, although the exact charges remain unclear. Authorities, however, said his arrest is linked to a sealed indictment. READ ALSO: Rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs facing more sex assault claims Damian Williams,…

R.E.M. performed onstage together for the first time in well over a decade Thursday, reuniting to play their classic "Losing My Religion" as they were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills broke up in 2011, and the last time all four members played onstage together -- Bill…

The jury of seven men and five women that will decide Donald Trump's fate is a cross-section of New Yorkers painstakingly selected by prosecutors and lawyers for the former US president. Their identities are being kept secret for their own protection, but some details about the 12 Manhattan residents were revealed during the three days…

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial begin deliberating Wednesday on whether to return the first criminal conviction of a former president -- a momentous decision that could upend the November presidential election. After weeks of testimony from more than 20 witnesses, the piercing glare of the legal spotlight now shifts firmly to the anonymous…

Donald Trump becomes the first US ex-president to go on criminal trial Monday pushing the nation's legal and electoral systems to the limit less than seven months before Americans decide whether to return the scandal-plagued Republican