US President Joe Biden took a tumble as he was riding his bicycle near his beach home in the state of Delaware Saturday morning, but was unhurt. A video from a White House pool report showed the 79-year-old president immediately getting up after his fall. He then says: “I’m...
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World governing football body, FIFA has announced a list of 16 cities to host the 2026 World Cup. This comes as FIFA also announced on Friday that the competition will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The list of host cities was revealed in a ceremony in...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says there is need for concerted efforts to effectively tackle the spread of terrorism, especially in the Sahel region. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, stated in Abuja on Friday that the vice-president made the assertion when he received the visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. State...
The United States (U.S.) Centres for Disease Control and Prevention raised its monkeypox alert level on Monday and recommended travellers wear masks. Although he cautioned that monkeypox was not on the same level of concern as COVID-19. Monkeypox presented as flu-like symptoms before patients develop a painful rash and...
The suspended DCP Abba Kyari has told a Federal High Court, Abuja that the extradition request by the U.S. Government for his trial in the alleged internet fraud committed by Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, was not done in good faith. Kyari, through his counsel, Nureni Jimoh, SAN, told Justice...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, will on Aug. 29 delivered judgment in the extradition suit filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) against the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, over his alleged link with Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, an alleged internet fraudster held United States. Justice Inyang Ekwo...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, says Nigeria will continue to be eligible for preferential trade access to U.S. market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Leonard said this when she visited the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi...
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged governments to take greater action to ensure schools remain safe for boys and girls. UNICEF’s Executive Director, Ms Catherine Russell, made the call on Wednesday, following the latest deadly school shooting in the United States. No fewer than 19 children and two...
An 18-year-old gunman has killed 14 children and a teacher at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday, according to the state’s governor, in the nation’s deadliest school shooting in years. The attack in Uvalde, Texas — a small community about an hour from the Mexican border — is...
The United States (U.S.) would defend Taiwan militarily if it was attacked, U.S. President Joe Biden said at a news conference in Japan. Biden added that China had no right to seize the island by force. Asked by a journalist whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily in the...
Russia on Saturday stopped providing natural gas to neighbouring Finland, which has angered Moscow by applying for NATO membership after the Nordic country refused to pay supplier Gazprom in rubles. Following Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has asked clients from “unfriendly countries” — including EU member states...
North Korea could carry out new missile tests during U.S. President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Asia, the White House said. “Our intelligence does reflect the genuine possibility that there will be either a further missile tests – including a long-range missile test or a nuclear test or, frankly,...
The United States (US) has accused the Nigerian Department of State Services (DSS), police and army of corruption and violation of human rights with impunity. It also added that there were credible evidence and reports that members of security forces committed numerous rights abuses, extrajudicial killings and stifling of...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused former Senate President Bukola Saraki of rewriting history in a bid to claim credit for the United States of America’s deal with Nigeria on the purchase of the Super Tucano light-attack aircraft for the ongoing war against insurgency. This is in the...
Senator Margery Chuba-Okadigbo, Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd., on Monday commended Nigerian delegation at the 2022 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), in Houston, Texas, United States. Chuba-Okadigbo gave the commendation while declaring open the OTC Nigerian exhibition pavilion at the conference. She expressed...
In 2005, a US National Intelligence Council paper “Mapping Sub-Saharan Africa’s Future” floated the idea there could be a military coup in Nigeria. At the time this was hardly an earth-shattering prediction: 2005 was only six years after the return of civilian democratic rule and just over a decade...
Britain’s Westminster Magistrate’s Court issued a formal order on Wednesday to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face espionage charges. The decision on whether to approve the extradition now rests with British Home Secretary Priti Patel, although Assange’s lawyers may still appeal within 14 days...
Ukraine’s military has received additional aircraft as well parts for repairs to get damaged aircraft flying again, the Pentagon has said. Ukraine has defied expectations of allies and military experts by not only keeping its air force operational nearly two months after the start of Russia’s invasion but actually...
An American family from Minnesota has been confirmed as the tallest in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records, according to Daily Mail UK. The Trapp family, consisting of dad Scott, mom Krissy, and children Savanna, Molly, and Adam, has an average height of 6ft 8in. Adam,...
The United States has approved the sale of military equipment to Nigeria worth $997 million after US lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which announced the sale of the helicopters and related defence systems to the Nigerian military on Thursday, said the weapons...