US Democrats have seized on freshly leaked emails in which a White House budget official told the Pentagon last August that it would keep its freeze in U.S. assistance to Ukraine at the clear direction of President Trump. This was despite repeated warnings by the Defense Department that the move could violate the law, ABC […]
President Muhammadu Buhar’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina has said that Nigeria as a sovereign nation, is not bothered about the reports from the United States, United Kingdom and European Union as regards abuse of human rights issues. Adesina spoke on a Channels Television programme, on Wednesday. Speaking on reports by the international community that Nigerian […]
The US military has published the first footage of the raid in northern Syria that resulted in the death of the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group. Grainy video showed troops firing at militants on the ground as they flew towards the compound where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hiding before they moved in on […]
Oil prices fell on Thursday on concerns of lower fuel demand as talks this week between the United States and China, are not expected to help end the trade war between them. U.S and China, the world’s two largest oil users, are creating anxieties about the global economy. China, the world’s biggest oil importer, has […]
President Donald Trump on Friday said he has been speaking with the National Rifle Association to ensure that the gun lobby’s “very strong views” are considered as congressional leaders weigh possible gun legislation after two weekend mass shootings. Trump also said serious discussions between the leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate were taking […]
Goodmus Learning Centre has entered into a partnership with iBuumerang to enable travelers have access to affordable travel services worldwide. iBuumerang is an MLM company that offers travel discounts and the ability to earn money by becoming an affiliate member and selling the product and by recruiting people that join the opportunity. Chief Executive Officer […]
Motolani Oseni President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji (Dr.) Aminu Gwadabe has said the trade wars between the United States of America (US) and China have led to higher crude oil (Brent) prices, which is good for the naira and the Nigerian economy. Speaking yesterday to financial journalists in Lagos, […]
Godwin Anyebe A media agency network Zenith Media has predicted that advertising expenditure by automotive brands will grow by 0.8 per cent in 2019, down from 1.5 per cent in 2018. The report was contained in Zenith’s inaugural Automotive Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published recently. Auto brands are expecting a tough year in 2019 as they […]
Michelle Obama, has covered the January 2019 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine. The 54-year-old former First Lady was interviewed by friend Oprah Winfrey. Read excerpts of her interview below; On one of the most fun days she had at the White House: “It’s impossible to single out one day, because there were so many good ones, but something […]
American Pastor Andrew Craig Brunson (C), who was charged with committing crimes, including spying for the PKK terror group and the Fetullah Terrorist Organization, arrives at the address, which he was put under house arrest due to his health problems, in Izmir, Turkey on July 25, 2018. The United States is warning more economic pressures […]
US President Donald Trump goes to this week’s Quebec G7 touting an America First agenda that hits US allies with trade tariffs and threatens multilateral free trade deals. His stance is expected to receive such a hostile reception from the other leaders of the world’s richest democracies that some observers have suggested renaming the G7 […]
European Union says it will start applying additional import duties on selected United States imports from July 1. The order is in response to U.S. tariffs imposed on EU steel and aluminium, the European Commission said on Wednesday. EU members have given broad support to a European Commission plan to set duties on 2.8 billion […]
A US-based evangelical radio host, Linda Harvey, has claimed that God makes children gay as a “punishment” for all the abortions committed in the world. Harvey, who is known for preaching against same sex relationships and telling religious parents to reject their gay children and try and cure them, made the assumption on abortion and […]
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari led the administration to treat Nigerians as equals irrespective of their ethnic background so as to ensure peace and unity of the nation. The Ambassador stated this in Benin City when he was hosted by Governor Godwin Obaseki at a dinner. […]
Nigeria is among countries that will benefit from the United States’ $550 million humanitarian assistance to countries ravaged by food insecurity. This was disclosed in New York by the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mark Green. Mark announced “more than $550 million in additional humanitarian assistance from the United States […]
A former United States State Department specialist, Mr Mathew Page, has said that a civil forfeiture case to seize assets worth $144 million from two cronies of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, may just be the beginning of her legal troubles with the US. The US Justice Department last week filed an […]
Scientists in the United States have developed a vital tool in the battle against superbugs by re-engineering a decades-old antibiotic. A new version of vancomycin is much more effective at fighting Enterococci bacteria, which is found in hospitals and can cause dangerous wound and blood infections. Some infections had become resistant to the drug, which […]
Ariana Grande has suspended her European tour, following the terror attack during her show at the Manchester Arena on Monday. The American pop singer was scheduled to perform two concerts at the O2 Arena in London on Thursday and Friday. “Due to the tragic events in Manchester, the Dangerous Woman tour with Ariana Grande has […]
Milo Yiannopoulos has provoked outrage by slamming singer Ariana Grande for being “pro-Islam” just hours after 22 people were killed at her Manchester Arena concert. The ultra-conservative firebrand posted a series of remarks on Facebook claiming the hugely popular entertainer was “too stupid to wide up and warn her European fans about the real threats […]
People Magazine has reported the return of Ariana Grande to the United States hours after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at the pop singer’s concert in Manchester, England. Her return to United States, raises the questions on whether she would continue her European tour. Grande, 23, was photographed landing at an airport in her […]