Tag: US

Babatope Joseph Aderinoye, a Nigerian living in the US, has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars from several people. Aderinoye, 30, also scammed…

Nigeria has been ranked 16th among the countries most affected by internet crime in the world in 2020. In its latest internet crime report, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)…

Pope Francis said Wednesday he still expected to make his historic visit to Iraq in two days’ time, after a rocket attack on a military base hosting US-led coalition troops.…

internet remained down in Uganda for a third day as vote counting for the presidential election continued, with provisional results from 24 percent of polling stations giving President Yoweri Museveni…

Twitter has removed a tweet by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei suggesting coronavirus vaccines made in the United States and Britain are “untrustworthy”, saying the post violated its rules.…

Following Wednesday’s Capitol riots in Washington, President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has said the United States has no moral right to sanction any nation for undemocratic actions. Mnangagwa, who stated…

Iran tested its locally developed Coviran Barekat Coronavirus vaccine for the first time on Tuesday. According to the state broadcaster, three test subjects were given the vaccine in the presence…

By Precious Fawemi The Nigerian government has denied the allegation that it engages in religious freedom violations. On Monday, the United States blacklisted Nigeria  for “engaging in systematic, ongoing, egregious religious…

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday said he rejected international “interference” in Ethiopia’s affairs, hours before a deadline for Tigray’s rebellious leaders to surrender or face an assault on their…

By Stephen Godonu- A controversial French professor, who touts the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment without evidence,  will appear before a disciplinary panel charged with ethics breaches, an…