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Plane crashes into four homes in Florida, U.S., several people killed

Several people have been killed after a single-engine plane crashed into a waterfront mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, United States, damaging four...

Tech CEO Pava LaPere, 26, found dead in Baltimore apartment building; homicide investigation underway

Pava LaPere, 26-year-old CEO of software startup EcoMap Technologies wasn’t from Baltimore, but she moved there for college and quickly fell in love...

Six-storey building collapses in U.S, 5 persons missing, no fatalities yet

A six-storey building has collapsed in Davenport in Eastern Lowa of the United States of America with at least two people missing and...

43 Nigerian nurses indicted for certificate forgery in US

The Texas Board of Nursing in the United States has filed “formal charges” against 75 persons for fraudulently obtaining educational credentials. The board...

IPOB leader, Kanu’s incarceration: U.S. Congressman urges Biden govt’s intervention

U.S. Congressman, Rep Jarvis Johnson, has urged the United States Government to intervene in the continued detention of the Leader of the Indigenous...

After days of logrolling, Kevin McCarthy elected US House Speaker

Amid heated exchanges and logrolling which almost saw fellow Republicans come to blows, Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker of the U.S. House...

Vacationing U.S. First Lady down with Covid-19 just as hubby recovers from virus

U.S. First Lady, Jill Biden, tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms just as President Joe Biden has continued to test...

Nigerian man and U.S. marshal, Iwuagwu faces trial for alleged money laundering, $1.9m online romance scams

A Nigerian and U.S. Justice Department contractor, who is resident in Maryland, U.S., 35-year-old Isodore Iwuagwu, is facing trial in court over alleged...

North Korea is ready to use nuclear weapons – Kim Jong-un

Speaking to war veterans on the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, Mr Kim emphasised the country's "thorough readiness"...

U.S. signs $280m with Access Bank for boosting SMEs in Nigeria

A commitment letter for $280 million in financing for Access Bank Plc in Nigeria has been signed by Access Bank and the U.S....

U.S. Pres. Biden appoints first black White House press secretary

U.S. President Joe Biden has named Karine Jean-Pierre as the White House press secretary, the first black person to hold the high-profile post....

$148,000 romance scam: FG extradicts Adedunmola Gbadegesin to U.S.

For allegedly defrauding an American woman of over $148,000 in a “romance scam”, a Nigerian, Adedunmola Gbadegesin, has been extradited to the United...

U.S.-based Nigerian, 27-year-old Obumseli, stabbed fatally by girlfriend in Miami, Florida

A Nigerian, 27-year-old Christian Obumseli, has been fatally stabbed at a Miami high-rise, Florida, U.S. by his girlfriend, a model identified as Courtney...

Nigerian nurse in U.S. jailed three years for sexually abusing patients 

    A Nigerian health worker, Godbless Uwadiegwu, who pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving memory care patients in the United States, has...

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Another Nigerian has been appointed by the U S. President, Joe Biden, into his cabinet

  US President Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born, Enoh Titilayo Ebong, to the post of Director, United States Trade and Development Agency. Her...

2004 Philosophy graduate of Lagos State University bags professorship in U.S. Varsity

  A 2004 Philosophy graduate of the Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo, Prof. Olanrewaju Shitta-Bey, has been appointed a Professor of Philosophy and...