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The United States government has reassured the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government that it would return at least $350m of stolen money from Nigeria. US Secretary of State, John Kerry, made this pledge during the Anti-corruption Summit Plenary at Lancaster House London, United...

US Actor, George Clooney said on Thursday that the country’s Republican candidate in the coming elections, Mr. Donald Trump will never be elected as the President of the United States. George Clooney made this statement when he arrived Cannes, southern France to attend a photocall for the film...

American business magnate and Republican Presidential front liner, Mr. Donald Trump, has said on Wednesday that his December press release “calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” “hasn’t been called for yet” and it was “only a suggestion.” It’s the...

Last weekend, the United States Government announced the selection of 100 Nigerians to participate in this year's Mandela Fellowship. The U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria said in a statement that the beneficiaries were selected from among other 10,000 Nigerian applicants and tens of thousands...

Spanish, Lebanese and Colombian National, Nidal Waked, and his father Abdul are accused of running an organisation that laundered money through a luxury mall, a bank and duty-free shops. Nidal Waked was arrested at an airport in Bogota, Colombia on Wednesday night. The family's holding company...

US President Barack Obama’s eldest daughter Malia will attend Harvard University in 2017 after taking a year off from her studies, the White House said Sunday. The 17-year-old will be following in the footsteps of her parents, both of whom went to Harvard Law School. The news came in a...

The United States government through its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Samantha Jane Power, yesterday, said that it provided Nigeria every information and intelligence needed to rescue the over 200 missing girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State...

Apple latest transparency report showed consistently more compliant with US requests for access to users' information than with the rest of the world on average, it has emerged. Its own figures showed that, in 2015, Apple released data on users' devices to US authorities 80% of the time...

Hillary Clinton has crossed the line ahead of Bernie Sanders in New York primary election on Tuesday, crushing hopes among his supporters that a recent winning streak could change the direction of the Democratic presidential race. With over 98.4% of the votes tallied, Clinton led 57.9% to 42.1%...

Republican Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders snatched victories in the crucial Wisconsin presidential primary Tuesday, sending a message to frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton that their march to the nominations are not foregone conclusions. US networks including Fox...

A helicopter crash that killed all five people on board touched off a massive wildfire in the Great Smoky Mountains in eastern Tenneessee Monday. Nathan Waters, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Forestry Division, told WBIR-TV that the blaze burned two to three acres. Waters said the fire had...

The United States government has reassured Nigerians that efforts are ongoing to locate and rescue the Chibok girls. The US said that it was providing a range of security assistance to Nigeria, and that it had stepped up information-sharing efforts. “One component of our strategy is providing...

US government is warning its citizens to avoid visiting southeastern Tunisia near the Libyan border as well as the country’s mountainous western areas due to “the threat of terrorism In a travel warning out Friday, the State Department warns that Islamic State group jihadists have targeted...

International Drivers License/Permit Most cities in the US do not have a good public transportation system, hence you need to borrow, rent or buy a car to move from one place to another. An international drivers license/permit would allow you move around for sometime before you get a proper...

The United States has condemned the terrorist bombing at a mosque near Maiduguri in which many people were killed and injured. In a press statement released by US Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria, the country expressed its ‘deepest condolences to the families of the latest victims of Boko Haram’s...

United States launched an air strike in Somalia that killed more than 150 fighters with the al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab following U.S. intelligence on preparations for a large-scale militant attack, the Pentagon said on Monday. According to Reuters, the Saturday strike, using both...

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle, on Friday said no fewer than 40, 000 maternal deaths were recorded in Nigeria annually. Mr. Entwistle said in Lagos that many pregnant women in Nigeria often delay in seeking health care until potentially life-threatening conditions...

The Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in the United States (U.S.) has hailed former President Goodluck Jonathan as the leader that provided the best moments for democracy in Africa in 2015. In its “The Year in Review” report for 2015, the Centre highlighted Nigeria’s 2015...

A Nigerian couple, Sandra Petgrave, who won the MBGN title in 1992 and her husband, Chiedu Chukwuka have been sentenced in connection with a mortgage fraud ring that spanned 5 years. Chukwuka, along with his co-defendants and other co-conspirators, engaged in a massive property-flipping scheme...

Virginia McLaurin, 106-year old woman says she has been waiting all her life to see an African-American in the White House. So, when she finally got a chance to meet President Obama, she was so excited she couldn’t contain herself – rolling back the years to bust out some dance moves. McLaurin...