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No fewer than 40 students have been killed in an Iranian city of Minab in US and Israel attack on Iran on Saturday.

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Captured Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has landed in New York in a Government plane owed by the Ministry of Justice.

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Mary Beth Leonard The people of Nigeria demonstrated their dedication to democracy on February 25, but there are many angry and frustrated Nigerians as well as many who are celebrating victories they believe were hard-fought and well-earned. In the coming days, it will be important for the future of this country that Nigerians not let their differences divide them, and …

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Tayo Olanipekun Petroleum is Nigeria’s main export to the US and it does not create jobs nor make the country derive benefits from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which facilitates trade with the world’s largest economy, the U.S Department of State has said. Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Tibor Nagy and the Assistant Trade Representative for Africa, …

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Tayo Olanipekun The United States will start to impose visa restrictions on Nigerians found to be responsible for activities capable of undermining democracy in Nigeria. This is in furtherance to a joint statement it issued with the United Kingdom on January 24, 2019 before the general elections in Nigeria, as reported by National Wire. A statement from the Office of …

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Carnivals, fireworks picnics and concerts are common in the US, in addition to various other public events celebrating the history and traditions of the country.

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–Firm Sues For Peace With FG Over Contract Dispute  Tayo Olanipekun Nigeria may lose nearly $9 billion worth of its foreign assets following an enforcement application to US and UK courts by Process and Industrial Development (P &ID), a British firm in a legal dispute with the Federal Government. The court case arose out of the failure of a contract …

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Tayo Olanipekun Agencies of the Nigerian government assisted the United States of America in the arrest and successful extradition of a Pakistani national charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, U.S Mission to Nigeria has said. The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice with the prosecutors from the Central Authority Unit (CAU) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) made …

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Nigeria ranked the top with the highest of students from Africa studying in the US, Rachel Canty, Deputy Director, Student and Exchange Visitor Programme, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has said.

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The embassy of the United States of America, both in Abuja and Lagos, would be closed on Friday, February 22, 2019. This was contained in a statement published by the embassy on its website, on Thursday. The closure is in compliance with the public holiday given by the Nigerian government to enable eligible voters to participate in the forthcoming elections in …

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