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Nigeria Tolerates Religious Violence, US Govt Insists

US Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel Brownback
The United States has shed more light on why it added Nigeria to the religious freedom blacklist, attributing it to the Federal Government’s alleged violations of religious freedom. The US,Read More

FG to Engage US To Remove Nigeria From Blacklist

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ferdinand Nwonye
Says no state policy on religious persecution The Federal Government yesterday expressed its readiness to open talks with the United States for the delisting of Nigeria from the religious freedomRead More

US Election: What Trump, Biden Said In Final Campaign

Joe Biden vs President Donald Trump
Tuesday is formally Election Day in the United States but in reality it marks the culmination of a drawn-out election month. With a huge expansion in mail-in voting to safeguardRead More

Mali President Announces Resignation Amid Reported Arrest In Suspected Coup

Mutinous Mali soldiers
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his immediate resignation on state television late Tuesday, hours after he and the Prime Minister were reportedly arrested by mutinous soldiers in a suspectedRead More

Twitter, TikTok Mulling Over Merger – Wall Street Journal

Twitter and TikTok merger
Twitter is in preliminary discussions for a possible combination with TikTok, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, August 8th, 2020, after US President Donald Trump said he would ban theRead More

United States Continues To Lead Global Response To COVID-19

COVID-19
New foreign assistance funding commitments continue to bolster the unparalleled global leadership of the United States in response to COVID-19. The US Government has allocated $20.5 billion to benefit theRead More

US Slams Disney, Google, Microsoft, Apple For Doing Business With China

The U.S. vs China
The United States’ Trump administration has continued it’s criticism of China, blasting companies like Disney, Google, Microsoft and Apple, for doing business with China while accusing Hollywood of censoring it’sRead More

US Ends Arms Exports, China Restricts Visas In Hong Kong Row

Surrounded by members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, US President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference on COVID-19, known as the coronavirus, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.
The United States on Monday ended sensitive defense exports to Hong Kong, further ramping up pressure in a row over the financial capital’s autonomy from China. The US announced theRead More

US Arraigns 11 Nigerians Over Fresh $6m Fraud

Law court
Barely two weeks after the United States indicted six Nigerians for their alleged involvement in over $6m internet fraud, 11 more Nigerians have been arraigned over another $6m bank fraud.Read More

Critics Slam Pakistan PM For Saying Bin Laden Was “Martyred”

Osama bin Laden
Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan faced a growing backlash Thursday after he said former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been “martyred”. Khan made the comment in parliament as heRead More