The United States on Sunday denied claims by Iran that a prisoner swap agreement had been reached.. A NAN correspondent who monitored the news reports that the State Department spokesperson Ned Price told CNN that the claim of a deal is “a cruel lie”. “Statements from Iranian officials that...
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China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has said further straining of relations between Washington and Beijing would have “catastrophic consequences.” Qin made the comment on the sidelines of this year’s session of the National People’s Congress. He said: “If the United States does not hit the brake, but continues to...
Eight days after Nigeria held its presidential poll, the United States, has said that the exercise failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election after polling 8,794,726 votes, almost two million...
The United States on Thursday announced an initial $85 million aid package to help Turkey and Syria recover from the devastating earthquake, while also granting a temporary relief of some Damascus-related sanctions. The 7.8-magnitude quake struck early Monday near the Turkish-Syrian border, and by Friday morning the death toll...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – The leadership of the Ambazonia Interim Government, an independentist group in Southern Cameroon has called on the United States Government to take the led in the negotiation process that will lead to a peace talk with La Republique du Cameroon (LRC). NATIONAL ACCORD reports...
China’s Foreign Ministry sought to blame the United States for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, claiming Washington created the conditions that led to the war. Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told reporters on Monday. The spokesperson also condemned the weapons deliveries for inflaming the conflict as it...
The U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Mary Leonard, has reassured of supporting Nigeria toward ensuring that the 2023 general election is free, fair and credible. Leonard said this at the 20th Daily Trust Dialogue with the theme “Interrogating the 2023 Presidential Agenda” in Abuja. She said that the U.S...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – In furtherance of the role of the private sector as a major driver of Nigeria’s industrialization, the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration convened a business summit (a Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum) on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York,...
Egypt announced on Monday that a significant ancient cover of a coffin known as the “Green Coffin” was returned from the United States. The artifact belongs to a priest named Ankh In Maat, which dates from the Late Period (664-332 BC), Egypt’s Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said in a...
A deadly blizzard paralysed Buffalo, New York, on Christmas Day, trapping motorists in their cars, knocking out electricity to thousands of homes, and raising the death toll from a severe winter storm system that has chilled much of the United States for days. At least 30 people have died...
In the first in-person meeting with the American President Joe Biden, President Buhari established a personal equation with his US counterpart and got an important recognition for his democratic credentials and activism at home in particular, and Africa in general: “your legacy is a model,” says President Biden. There...
President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria’s agricultural revolution had led to the creation of over 13million direct and indirect jobs in the last seven and half-years. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, in a statement on Saturday, said Buhari disclosed this in Washington DC, USA, at an interactive session entitled,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his avowed determination to ensure the conduct of free, fair and transparent national elections, whose outcome would be largely accepted to the contestants. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s media aide ln a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the president made this position known...
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday said the U.S, would commit more than $55 billion dollars to support health and climate adaption in Africa. Sullivan announced this on the sidelines of the U.S.-Africa summit in Washington D.C. According to him, the U.S. is committed to investing...
Fifty-five websites have been seized for illegally live-streaming matches from the World Cup in Qatar, the US Justice Department said Monday. The websites were shut down after a FIFA representative identified sites being used to distribute copyright-infringing content without the authorization of the soccer world governing body, the department...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has said that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate is currently in Abuja not in the United States as being speculated. Mr Bayo Onanuga, APC PCC Director of Media and Publicity, said this in an interview with the...
President Joe Biden responded Wednesday to Donald Trump’s announcement of another run for the White House by saying the Republican “failed” his country while in office. “Donald Trump failed America,” Biden said in a tweet from Bali, where he was attending the last day of the G20 summit. This...
US President Joe Biden said Thursday the world is facing nuclear “Armageddon”, warning that Vladimir Putin may use his atomic arsenal as Russian troops struggle against a Ukrainian counteroffensive. After Russia’s invasion eight months ago, Putin has made thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons if he feels he...
The three leading presidential candidates in the 25th February 2023 Nigerian presidential election, Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, took their campaign ‘fight’ to Nigerians in the United States. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the support groups for Abubakar, Obi...
The City of Washington DC, United States, has proclaimed Oct. 1 as Nigerian American Day in celebration of Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary. The proclamation was made in a statement by the Mayor of Washington DC, Muriel Bowser. Bowser said the District of Columbia had one of the largest...