– From left: U.S. Defence Attaché to Nigeria Col. Patrick Doyle, Chief of Training and Operations, Defence Headquarters Major-Gen. Barry Ndiomu during the hand-over ceremony of the vehicles in Lagos…yesterday, Nation report. The United States yesterday said it handed over 24 Mine- Resistant Armour-Protected Vehicles (MRAP) to the Army to boost the war against Boko […]
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WASHINGTON: US internet connection speeds have tripled over 3-1/2 years to keep up with consumer demands for streaming video and downloading content but the United States still lags many other countries. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a report that average download connection speeds had increased to nearly 31 megabits per second (Mbps) in […]
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Minister of State for Petroleum Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachukwu has raised Nigerians’ hope about the dwindling oil revenue, with the news that the United States will now buy some crude from Nigeria. “Post the President’s visit, there has been an overture from them to say they want to buy limited quantity of Nigerian oil to […]
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The United States ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, has described Nigeria as a country conducive for direct foreign investments, pledging that the US will continue to encourage American companies to invest in Nigeria. Entwistle said contrary to the impression being created in some quarters, Nigeria was a pleasant place to do business, as long […]
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Nigeria’s crude oil, which has been struggling to sell in recent months, may suffer further setbacks in the global market following the lifting of the ban on the United States oil exports. The US Congress had on Friday approved the lifting of the ban as part of a $1.1tn spending bill, which included a provision […]
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United States President, Barack Obama has named a Nigerian-American journalist and Anti-human Trafficking advocate, Bukola Love Oriola as a member of the US Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. In a statement by the office of the Press Secretary, White House on December 16, Obama said he was honoured that Oriola and 10 others appointed to […]
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Emmanuel Ngene will be spending his sixth year inside a South Eastern United States penitentiary this holiday season. 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. […]
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