No fewer than 160 Nigerians who were stranded in the United States following the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown have landed in Abuja, Channels Television is reporting. A plane carrying the returnees arrived on Sunday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Boeing 787 Ethiopian Airlines plane touched down at the airport in the Federal Capital Territory Read More
The first batch of Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is on their way back home. 160 Nigerians, including eight infants, made the first batch of evacuees. They are returning aboard an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft under the special flight arrangements by the Federal Government for nationals stranded abroad. In line with the Read More
The U.S. unemployment rate has hit 14.7 percent and 20.5 million jobs were lost in April, New York times reports. The Labor Department said Friday that the economy shed more than 20.5 million jobs in April, sending the unemployment rate to 14.7 percent — devastation unseen since the Great Depression. The report underscores the speed and depth of the labor Read More
The federal government has confirmed receipt of $311.7 million, a repatriation from the United States on the account of late Gen. Sani Abacha’s loot. Details loading…
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the United States topped one million on Tuesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 57,000 people in the US, which leads the world in the number of confirmed infections with 1,002,498 by the Baltimore-based school’s latest count. Earlier, US President Donald Trump Read More
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed Joe Biden for president on Monday, calling the former vice president “a leader who is the personification of hope and courage. “Today, I am proud to endorse Joe Biden for President of the United States because he will be an extraordinary President. He knows how to get the job done,” she said in a video. Citing his work Read More
U.S. billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates, said a vaccine for the rampaging COVID-19 disease may come between 18-24 months. He said on NBC Today Show on Friday that there is evidence that this timeline may come to pass. According to the Microsoft co-founder, usually a vaccine takes over five years. There are steps including first testing in animals, then with humans on small, medium and large scales. But Read More
U.S. coronavirus deaths topped 47,000 on Wednesday after rising by a near-record single-day number the previous day, according to a Reuters tally, according to Reuters. A University of Washington model here often cited by the White House, projected a total of nearly 66,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths by Aug. 4, an upward revision from its most recent previous estimate of 60,000 deaths. At Read More
The United States recorded nearly 2,000 novel coronavirus deaths for a second day in a row, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University Wednesday night. The record-breaking figure of 1,973 deaths (slightly higher than the previous day’s toll of 1,939) brings the total number of US fatalities to 14,695. The US death toll now exceeds that of Spain, which Read More
UN chief Antonio Guterres renewed his call for a global ceasefire, urging all parties to conflict to lay down arms and allow war-torn countries to combat the coronavirus pandemic. “The worst is yet to come,” Guterres said on Friday, referring to countries such as Syria, Libya and Yemen. “The COVID-19 storm is now coming to all these theatres of conflict.” Read More
An American whose identity was not disclosed has tested positive for coronavirus in Lagos state. State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this on Wednesday via his twitter handle however, said he has been evacuated to the United States. Details loading…
United States President, Donald Trump, has approved the use of Chloroquine for the treatment of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. US approved its use on Thursday. “We’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately, and that’s where the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been so great,” Trump told reporters. “They’ve gone through the approval process — Read More
The United States and Consulate in Nigeria has announced massive recruitment story for interested candidates. The recruitment exercise was contained on their website. Here is the link to access their application portal; https://erajobs.state.gov/dos-era/vacancysearch/searchVacancies.hms?_ref=dvzrd1bbpt0
Bernhard Schulte Ship Management (Singapore) PTE Ltd, a vessel operating company, pleaded guilty in the US federal court to maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of bilge waste from the tank vessel Topaz Express. Chief Engineer Skenda Reddy and vessel Second Engineer Padmanaban Samirajan previously pled guilty to their involvement in the offense. Under the terms of Read More
The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has stopped issuing visas to Nigerians as part of measures to curtail spread of ravaging coronavirus. Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, disclosed this on Monday. United States last week announced ban on issuance of visa to Nigeriansand others from five other countries. Though the reason for US visa action was unconnected to the new Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has set up a committee to look into the recent visa ban order on Nigeria and five other countries An official press statement from the special adviser to the President on media and publicity Femi Adesina reads, “On January 31, 2020, the United States Department of Homeland Security announced temporary travel restrictions on six countries, including Nigeria. Read More
The United State Embassy in Nigeria has described as false report that it denied Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun state and Living Faith Church Worldwide visa. Some sections of media (except Blueprint) had reported that the US Embassy denied Oyedepo Visa and that the preacher blew hot over the denial of visa. But the US Read More
Iran state TV says 35 people have been killed, 48 injured in a stampede that erupted at the funeral procession for Qassem Soleimani. Iran is “ready to come back to full compliance” with its nuclear deal with world powers, deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said, according to a tweet from the Foreign Ministry, though the post did not provide any Read More
American rapper and songwriter, Cardi B, has expressed dissatisfaction with the killing of a top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, by the United States government. The songwriter made this known in a tweet, where she criticised the US government. She also revealed her plans to apply for Nigerian citizenship. It will be recalled that Soleimani was on Friday morning killed in Read More
Germany and France have joined other world leaders in reaction to the killing of Iranian top military leader, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani by the US government. Maj.-Gen. Soleimani, Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, was killed in a US airstrike on his convoy at Baghdad airport on Friday rising the tension of another World War. Read More
After Iran threatened to revenge following the killing of Qasem Soleimani, top Military commander, United States President Donald Trump tweeted, “Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!”
A US strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, dramatically heightening regional tensions and prompting arch-enemy Tehran to vow “revenge”. The Pentagon said US President Donald Trump had ordered Soleimani’s “killing” after a pro-Iran mob this week laid siege to the US embassy in the Iraqi capital. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei swiftly vowed Read More
Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq. The 62-year old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. He was killed at Baghdad airport, alongside local Iran-backed militias, early on Friday in a strike ordered by US President Donald Trump. Gen Soleimani’s Read More
Four months after the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) charged 77 Nigerians with conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to launder money, and aggravated identity theft, at least another four were among 15 defendants charged on Tuesday for an alleged $18 million cyber and bank fraud at the Manhattan Federal Court, New York. A statement by the DoJ on announcing Read More
Following the death of its erstwhile leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has named Abdullah Qardash (a.k.a. Hajji Abdullah al-Afari) as its new leader. Al-Baghdadi died as a result of a US Special Forces operation in Syria’s Idlib province on Sunday. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is also known as the Islamic Read More
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