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US assistant secretary for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, last Wednesday said about 100,000 Nigerians are currently living outside Nigeria as refugees in neighbouring countries. Thomas-Greenfield, who announced this to journalists from across Africa in a tele-press conference, said...

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Texas Senator Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses, the first vote to choose US presidential candidates. "Tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives," he declared, to great applause, as he railed against Washington, lobbyists and the media. He took 28% of the Republican...

The Federal Government has commended the United States endorsement of its anti-corruption fight, calling it an incentive to continue with the battle that must be won for the Nigeria to achieve sustainable growth. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, told media executives in...

President Barrack Obama of United States, last night delivered his 2016 State of the union address and which is also the last union address as the States will go into another presidential elections soon. The address focused on employment, immigration, economy and central on ISIS issues and...

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, world's most-wanted drug lord who fled through a tunnel from a maximum security prison in a made-for-Hollywood escape that deeply embarrassed the Mexican government and strained the country's ties with the United States six months ago, has been recaptured. Mexican...

The United States on Wednesday transferred two Yemeni men who had been imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for nearly 14 years to Ghana , the Pentagon said. The transfer marked the start of what is expected to be a flurry of 17 departures in early 2016. The Pentagon said Khalid al-Dhuby had...

Emmanuel Ngene is spending his sixth year inside a South Eastern United States penitentiary. At 56, he has 225 years, five months and ten days left to serve for first degree rape of his daughter, a crime he continues to deny, supported by members of his network of friends and family. Few years...

Donald Trump has defended his controversial call to stop foreign Muslims entering America, saying: "They're not coming to this country", reports Nick Allen in Las Vegas. In the final Republican debate of the year Mr Trump, the clear front-runner for the party's presidential nomination, also...

Saudi Arabia has formed a coalition of 34 mainly Muslim countries - including powers such as Egypt and Turkey - to coordinate a fight against "terrorist organisations". The Saudi government said the multi-national coalition includes Turkey, Pakistan, Nigeria, Qatar, Egypt, Morocco, Yemen, and...

Carson, 64, who is a retired neurosurgeon and a popular author, will tour Nigeria, Kenya and Zambia, which will commence on Sunday, December 27 and will last a week. Speaking to popular U.S radio host, Hugh Hewitt, on Monday, December 7, in an interview, Carson said: “I think a lot of our...

The United States’ Government on Wednesday said that more than 5,000 Nigerians had benefited from its exchange programmes since its introduction. The Deputy Chief of Mission, Ms Maria Brewer, said this at an event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Government Exchange Programmes...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a halt to Muslims entering the US, in the wake of the deadly California shootings. In a campaign statement, he said a "total and complete" shutdown should remain until the US authorities "can figure out" Muslim attitudes to the US...

Republicans claim a veto by Barack Obama would mean Obamacare would be repealed if they win the race to the White House in 2016. The Senate has approved legislation aimed at crippling President Barack Obama's health care law after a tight vote on Thursday night. The bill, which is expected to...

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump ramped up his criticism of Democrats at a Wednesday night rally, previewing potential general election attacks as he seeks to broaden his appeal. Trump cited the high unemployment rate among African-American youth, and said pledged to do more for...

The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has warned the United States not to interfere in his country's politics, amid a row over whether he should stay on in power. On his twitter feed President Kagame said it was up to Rwandans to decide their political future. On Tuesday the American...

Today, the former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Azikwe Jonathan, turned 58 and has been receiving loads of birthday greetings on social media especially on Facebook and Twitter. Jonathan who is presently in the United States lost his re-election bid to Muhammadu Buhari after having...