Tag: US
-
COVID-19: Auto plants resume production in U.S., UK
Some auto plants will resume production this week in the United States and United Kingdom. Mchigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has said the state’s factories can reopen on Monday (today), removing one of the last major obstacles to North American automakers bringing thousands of laid-off employees back to work amid the coronavirus pandemic. While reopening the…
-
US hints Nigeria on fresh $319m Abacha loot in UK, France
There is fresh $319m loot of Ex- Head of States, General Sani Abacha, in France and the United Kingdom, the United States has declared. $167m of the loot is in France while UK has $152m of Abacha assets, it added. The United States however stated the $152m loot in the UK is a subject of…
-
37-year-old Chinese coronavirus researcher shot dead in US
An ethnic Chinese scientist working on the novel coronavirus in the United States has been shot dead in what police said was a murder-suicide over an “intimate partner”. Bing Liu, 37, was found dead at the weekend in his home on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, where he worked as a research professor. The body of…
-
China, U.S citizens top list of five million migrants in Nigeria in 2019
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) revenue generation increased by 60 percent year-on-year to N62.6 billion in 2019, according to latest figures published by the Federal Ministry of Interior. The figure was disclosed by the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, while presenting the 2019 Annual Report of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Abuja on Tuesday,…
-
BREAKING: Nigeria receives fresh $311.7m Abacha loot from US
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday confirmed the receipt of fresh $311.7 million looted by the late former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha from the United States. The loot was reportedly repatriated from the United States and the Bailiwick of Jersey. A statement issued by Dr Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media…
-
US approves emergency use of Remdesivir to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients
US regulators have allowed the emergency use of the experimental drug remdesivir, which appears to help some coronavirus patients recover faster. It is the first drug shown to help fight Covid-19, which has killed more than 230,000 people worldwide. President Donald Trump announced the news on Friday at the White House alongside Stephen Hahn, the…
-
Coronavirus cases in US surpass one million; 57,266 Americans dead
Coronavirus cases in the United States have surpassed one million, with 57,266 Americans dead. Currently, there are at least 1,002,498 cases of coronavirus in the US, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally of cases. The number of confirmed US coronavirus cases topped 500,000 on April 10, according to Johns Hopkins’ tally. New York, with 295,106…
-
Jonathan reacts as FG tracks, demands his account statements from 10 US banks
Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to report that the Federal Government has requested his account statements and that of his wife, Patience, from banks in the United States. Nigeria is requesting “all documents concerning any transactions to, from, or for the benefit” of Jonathan and his wife between 2009 and the present day.…
-
Five killed, others injured as tornado hits Oklahoma, Texas states in US
At least five people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Wednesday as severe weather hit the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas, according to officials. A tornado touched down in Marshall County, Oklahoma around 5.00 p.m. local time (2200 GMT), leaving two people dead and another person in critical condition at a…
-
JUST IN: Trump suspends immigration to US, gives reasons
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will temporarily suspend immigration into the United States to ‘‘protect the jobs of American citizens’. In a tweet early today, Trump said: “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing…