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Blinken asks Sudanese counterpart what US can do to back civilian govt

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:21:37 +0000

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a telephone call with his Sudanese counterpart asked what action the United States can take to support the transition to a civilian-led government following the military takeover by Sudanese armed forces, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a press release. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke [...]

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January 6 Panel Plans Contempt Vote As Trump Sues Over Probe

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:46:08 +0000

A House committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is moving swiftly Tuesday to hold at least one of Donald Trump’s allies in contempt as the former president is pushing back on the probe in a new lawsuit. Trump is aggressively trying to block the committee’s work by directing former White House aide [...]

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U.S Government moves to sue for millions of USDT purportedly carted away

Temitope Nlewemchi — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 23:13:13 +0000

The United States Attorney’s office of recent filed a civil complaint accusing four digital wallets containing more than 9.8 million Tether (USDT) of being in on a wire fraud, computer fraud, and money laundering. The complaint was led by U.S. Attorney, Tracy Wilkinson. In April 2021, a California resident was swindled out of over 200 [...]

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Administration Implores Iran To Return To Nuke Talks Without Delay

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 21:00:16 +0000

Biden administration is imploring Iran to quickly return to talks on its nuclear programme after a three-month hiatus caused by its government transition, warning that the window for negotiations may soon close. A senior administration official said Thursday that U.S. patience is wearing thin and that further delays while Iran continues to expand its atomic [...]

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Joe Biden Picks Former West Virginia Health Official Rahul Gupta As Drug Czar

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:00:02 +0000

US President Joe Biden has selected West Virginia’s former health commissioner Indian-American Dr Rahul Gupta as the country’s top drug policy official, according to a media report on Tuesday. Dr Gupta, the top health official at maternal-and-child advocacy group March of Dimes, will be nominated as the next director of the Office of National Drug [...]

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Zuckerberg says US government threat to Internet

Ade Adewale — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:27:04 +0000

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday he had called President Barack Obama to complain that the US government is undermining confidence in the Internet with vast, secret surveillance programs. In a post on his own Facebook page, the founder of…

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Cigarettes more dangerous than ever, US report warns

Ade Adewale — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:24:22 +0000

Smoking cigarettes can cause even more health problems than previously known, including liver and colon cancer, blindness, diabetes and erectile dysfunction, said a major US government report on Friday. Top health officials gathered at the White House…

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Finally Chief Olusegun Obasanjo Abandons PDP

Ade Adewale — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:51:56 +0000

This is a shocking news from the desk of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria and Grand Patron of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a withdrawal letter from PDP activities to the party National Chairman on 7th January, 2014. His withdrawal was motivated by the installation of Buriji Kashamu as the party [...]

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The Indian tech worker H-1B visa scam

Ade Adewale — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 23:41:01 +0000

Enlarge Indian tech workers stroll through the Infosys compound in Bangalore. Indian outsourcing firms are the biggest recipients of the US government's H1-B visas, initially intended for highly skilled workers, but increasingly used to hire lower-cost…

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Americans say US Congress is worst ever: poll

Adewale A. — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 13:43:29 +0000

Two thirds of Americans say the current Congress is the worst ever, while three quarters slammed the "do-nothing" legislature, a CNN/ORC International poll found Thursday. The negative attitudes were expressed toward leading lawmakers on both sides…

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Researchers Claim Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Has Security Flaw

Adewale A. — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:07:15 +0000

The Galaxy S4 is Samsung’s flagship smartphone, and it seems that the company’s been making inroads to get the device adopted by the US government as an alternative to the Blackberry. But according to a report in the Wall Street Journal from yesterday…

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Indian government launches reprisals against US over diplomat arrest

Adewale A. — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:29:49 +0000

India on Tuesday launched a series of reprisals against the US over a diplomat's arrest in New York, including pulling identity cards for American consular officials in the country, foreign ministry sources said. "We have ordered the withdrawal of all…

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US calls on China to scrap air zone procedures

Adewale A. — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 22:24:13 +0000

The United States Monday urged Beijing to scrap new aviation arrangements set up by its new air defense zone which Washington has denounced as confusing and likely to increase the risk of accidents. "Our general position as a US government is that we…

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