United States
4 Dec
US and Japanese rescuers found five bodies on Monday following the crash of an Osprey military aircraft last week off Japan with eight crew members on board, the US military said. "Today (Monday), the combined Japanese and United States teams... had a breakthrough when their surface ships and dive teams were able to locate remains…
3 Dec
The United States has applauded Nigeria for the efforts it is making to bolster its economy towards ensuring sustainable growth and development.
29 Nov
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday he would work to prolong a pause in the fighting in Gaza on an upcoming visit to Israel. "Looking at the next couple of days, we'll be focused on doing what we can to extend the pause so that we continue to get more hostages out and…
20 Nov
Passport services have resumed at all three Nigerian missions in the United States following the resolution of an internet outage that disrupted operations last week.
2 Nov
While the stakes could hardly be higher for American democracy, voters are increasingly turned off by the apparently inevitable rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
28 Oct 2023
The United States and China agreed Friday to work towards setting up a meeting between the two countries' leaders next month, after President Joe Biden met Beijing's top diplomat at the White House. Biden has invited Xi Jinping to San Francisco in November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at a time of tense…
24 Oct 2023
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has refused to order top law enforcement agencies in the US to release confidential information on President Bola Tinubu.
6 Oct 2023
A US man who groped a sleeping passenger on a plane was jailed Thursday for nearly two years.
4 Oct 2023
More than 75,000 employees at Kaiser Permanente began one of the largest healthcare
worker strikes in recent US history on Wednesday after failing to resolve a dispute over staffing levels.
4 Oct 2023
US President Joe Biden will announce new steps Wednesday to help people affected by the Supreme Court's canceling of his student loan forgiveness program, the White House said.
4 Oct 2023
At least five people were injured in a shooting on a university campus in the eastern US city of Baltimore late Tuesday, police said.
27 Sep 2023
Donald Trump and his sons Eric and Don Jr committed fraud by inflating the value of the real estate and financial assets of the Trump Organisation for years, a New York judge ruled on Tuesday.
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21 mins ago
Despite the exodus of university teachers and attendant shortage of manpower in public universities nationwide, the non-retention policy of the Federal Government has caused over 5,032 first-class graduates to languish in the job market and far away from the tertiary institutions that erstwhile retained them.
23 mins ago
As the whereabouts of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, remain unknown a week after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and placed on a watch-list by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)
29 mins ago
Data sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) suggest the economy may be relapsing to cash hoarding again a year after the chronic currency scarcity even as the proportion of currency in circulation that is held outside the banking system has returned to the pre-naira redesign level.
35 mins ago
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2024 World Malaria Day, the progress in national malaria control is being threatened by the continued rising cost of anti-malaria drugs, which have gone beyond the reach of many Nigerians.
38 mins ago
African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said that Africa's immense economic potential is being undermined by non-transparent resource-backed loans that complicate debt resolution and compromise countries' future growth.
38 mins ago
Ahead of May Day next week, workers are demanding a country that works for all and not just for some privileged few.
38 mins ago
The NPFL has fined Kwara United N6 million for allegedly thwarting the live broadcast of their week 31 game against Akwa United.
39 mins ago
To achieve the global malaria targets 2030, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Malaria Programme has launched a new operational strategy that will change the trajectory of malaria trends.
39 mins ago
President Bola Tinubu and President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, have promised to give fresh direction to the justice sector in the country through a holistic overhaul.
40 mins ago
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged the Army to establish military formations in Sambisa Forest and the Mandara Hills, bordering Cameroon and Chad in the North East, to counter terrorism in the areas.