THE government of Niger has officially terminated its military cooperation agreement with the United States, effective immediately. This abrupt decision was announced on national television on Saturday evening, just one day after a senior US delegation concluded a three-day visit aimed at engaging with Niger’s military junta, which has shown …
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IT is no longer news that Nigerians, mostly the youth are desperately in search of greener pastures, as this has led to great increase in the number of Nigerian youth migrating to the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, among others, in what is commonly known as ‘Japa’ back here at …
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Two people were killed and another two injured in a mid-air collision Saturday involving a helicopter and a gyrocopter near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in the United States. According to officials, two other people were killed in a separate incident in which a small plane crashed into a nearby lake. A spokesperson …
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A man allegedly killed five of his neighbours including an 8-year-old boy after an argument ensued about him practice-shooting with a semi-automatic weapon nearby in Texas, the United States. The shooting happened on Friday night in the small town of Cleveland, San Jacinto County, north of Houston, and the Texas …
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Three Nigerian Nationals Facing Federal Charges Related to a Fraud Scheme With Losses of More Than $6 Million First Defendant Extradited to the United States Arrived on April 12, 2023 Greenbelt, Maryland – The first of three defendants, Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, age 29, has been extradited from Canada to the United …
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JUST as individuals or companies may make purchases on credit or take out a loan to boost their finances, national governments often borrow money to further their country’s growth or well-being. When this happens, the money borrowed becomes part of that country’s national debt. Stated simply, national debt is the …
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THE United States responded Friday to a Russian warning against arming Ukraine by offering a further $400 million in security assistance, as President Joe Biden hosted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a show of unity against Moscow.olaf scolz The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group meanwhile said its forces had …
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In its continued bid to further open up the country’s economy to international capital and attract foreign investment, the Nigerian government, in collaboration with the Africa Business Roundtable, is organising the second edition of the Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum (NIEPF), a global economic investment platform, this time in New …
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The forthcoming general election in Nigeria formed the centre stage at yesterday’s bilateral meeting in Washington D.C between the United States and Nigeria with the US pledging its support towards ensuring that Nigeria holds a free and fair poll in February 2023. At the meeting between the US Vice President, …
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Nigerian man, Oluwaseyi Akinyemi, a/k/a “Paddy Linkin”, a/k/a “Joseph Kadin”, has been jailed for defrauding elderly people and Covid-19 Unemployment fraud scheme in the United States. 35-year-old Akinyemi, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, to eight years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised …
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