United States of America

U.S. state bars under-15 children from having social media accounts

Florida State Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill prohibiting children younger than 14 years from joining social media. According to reports, those...

U.S. bridge collapses after cargo ship collision, casualties feared

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US city of Baltimore collapsed after a ship collided with it, the Maryland Transportation Authority said...

Pres. Tinubu receives U.S. Secretary of State, Blinken, in State House

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday evening received the United States Secretary of State, Mr Antony Blinken, at the State House, Abuja. Blinken, who...

Ex-U.S Pres. Trump hauled up in court again, pleads not guilty to 37 charges

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 37 charges bordering on alleged mishandling of classified documents. Trump’s lawyers asked for a...

Breaking: 2023 polls: U.S. slams visa ban on Nigerians undermining democratic process in Nigeria

The United States of America has announced visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the democratic process in a recent Nigerian...

Former US Senate leader Harry Reid dead at 82

  Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who rose from humble beginnings to lead the upper chamber during the presidencies of George...

U.S. citizen and his Nigerian accomplice, both pilots, convicted of trafficking multi-ton loads of cocaine on board an aircraft

  Two men — Jean-Claude Okongo Landji and Jibril Adamu – have been convicted of conspiring to traffic five kilograms and more of...

COVID-19 claims U.S. ex-Secretary of State, Gen. Powell

  The first African-American Secretary of State, General Colin Luther Powell, has exited the world. Aged 84 years, Powell reportedly died on Monday...

Reflections on 61 years of U.S. – Nigerian Engagement

By: Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria As Nigeria celebrates its national day, we celebrate our enduring bilateral partnership with the...

U.S. alerts of Monkeypox, potentially serious viral illness, ‘imported’ from Nigeria through an airline passenger

The U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has alerted that a rare case of human Monkeypox that was detected in Texas,...

Music Star, Sound Sultan loses battle with Throat Cancer, dies at 44

  Veteran Singer and Rapper Lanre Fasasi, popularly known as ‘Sound Sultan’ is dead. The Fasasi family announced his death, Sunday, July 2021...

Buhari felicitates with U.S. President Biden on 2021 Independence Day celebration

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated U.S. President Joe Biden on the country’s Independence Day celebration. Buhari expressed delight about how the Biden administration...

Guangzhou displaces Atlanta as busiest airport in 2020

  The Airports Council International (ACI) World has published its preliminary world airport traffic rankings – covering passenger traffic, cargo volumes, and aircraft...