An aeroplane with 64 passengers on board collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Thursday close to Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC. āFatalitiesā have been recorded, and rescuers have yet to rescue a survivor, CNN reported. The media outlet reported that the aircraft collided with the army helicopter as it approached…
Former United States senator from New Jersey Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for what prosecutors described as one of the most brazen corruption schemes in U.S. history. The 71-year-old politician, who served nearly 18 years in the Senate, was convicted last year of taking nearly $1 million in bribes, including…
Parts of Chicago are seeing major changes under Donald Trumpās immigration policies, with communities retreating into the shadows amid intensified ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids. In Little Village, a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood on the cityās south side, streets that were once lively now appear deserted. Residents say fewer people are venturing outside due to…
About 3,690 Nigerians in the United States are faced with deportation as Donald Trump begins a crackdown on illegal immigrants in the country. In a document compiled by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations and sighted by our correspondent on Tuesday, the agency revealed the data is broken down by nationality…
The US government has halted the support for HIV treatment in Nigeria and other developing countries following an order by President Donald Trump. The action originates from President Trumpās executive order on foreign aid, which he signed on his first day in office. The US State Department stopped the disbursement of funds from the Presidentās…
US President Donald Trump once again hinted at the idea of serving a third term, saying he was ānot 100 percent sureā he was barred from doing so under the Constitution, which forbids it. Trump has repeatedly alluded to the possibility that he might go beyond the current two-term limit for US presidents ā but…
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order ridding the military of what he called ātransgender ideology,ā in a potentially major setback for LGBTQ rights. In a series of orders related to the military that Trump told reporters he had signed on Air Force One, he also called for the building of a…
A Nigerian-American woman, Victoria Ogunremi, returned the cash sum of $5,700, which she had found in the toilet at her workplace in New Jersey, United States. Most Nigerians living abroad have described the gesture as one of the remarkable acts of honesty and kindness. Ogunremi told the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview…
A Nigerian national, Okezie Ogbata, has pleaded guilty in a Florida district court to defrauding more than 400 elderly and vulnerable Americans of over $6 million through a transnational inheritance fraud scheme. According to the US Department of Justice, the 36-year-old and his accomplices deceived victims by sending fraudulent letters claiming to be representatives of…
President Donald Trump has pardoned 23 pro-life individuals convicted by Joe Bidenās Department of Justice for praying inside or demonstrating at abortion clinics. āTwenty-three people were prosecuted, they should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people ā they should not have been prosecuted,ā Trump said on Thursday. āThis is a great honor…
