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Eight Nigerian-American politicians have won legislative offices in the United States midterm elections. They won seats in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and the District of Columbia (DC) The Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee (NAPAC) released a list of the victors and their offices. Gabe Okoye won Georgia State Representative, District 102;…

A woman of Nigerian descent, Amanda Azubuike, has been decorated as a Brigadier General of the United States Army. Her decoration took place recently at a military base in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. Born in London, United Kingdom, to Nigerian parents, Azubuike joined the US Army in 1994 and became…

The United States government on Thursday, October 27, ordered its non-emergency diplomatic staff and their families to leave Abuja. The US Consulate in Nigeria cited the “heightened risk of terrorist attacks” as a reason for the directive in its latest travel advisory. The US State Department did not specify the threat,…

Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly made a donation to charities in Nigeria to provide relief for victims of the flood disaster. This is coming after the Duchess announced she is 43 percent Nigerian on her latest Archetypes podcast,During the sixth episode of her audio…

A Nigerian, Ayo Owodunni has made history as he becomes a city councillor in Kitchener, London Ontario, Canada. Mr Owodunni is the first black person to be elected to the position. He won the municipal elections for ward 5 in a keenly contested race after the incumbent Kelly Galloway-Sealock said…

Liz Truss will pocket £9,094 and a severance payment of £18,860 despite being the shortest-serving UK Prime Minister in history after ruling for just 44 days. According to reports by The Mirror, Truss could also profit from a £115,000 annual salary. The £115,000 annual salary – available to all ex-PMs –…

Suella Braverman, the UK Home Secretary who was vocal about her “aspirations” to cut the overall migration figure amid a growing clamour for the government to take control of immigration levels, has resigned after using her personal email for official duty. In a letter addressed to UK’s prime minister Liz Truss and shared on Twitter,…

UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss has resigned. She tendered her resignation on Thursday. According to her, she will continue to act as Prime Minister until a new Prime minister emerges.  She becomes the shortest-serving PM in British history.

A man, Heriberto Quintana has died after being pushed in front of an oncoming subway train. The 48-year-old man was pushed in front of an oncoming subway train and killed during Monday night’s rush hour. It was gathered that the incident happened after he accidentally bumped into another rider, cops…

 A U.S. appeals court has granted the Justice Department’s request to expedite its appeal of a lower court order appointing a special master to review records the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s mar-a-lago, Florida estate. The Wednesday, October 5 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…

Four Russian fighter jets have reportedly been intercepted and forced to return to base after they infringed on Polish air space. Aeronautica Militare announced that the squadron took off from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, and flew an aggressive path which took them through Polish skies though…

Filming for Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ is expected to resume soon as Halyna Hutchins’ widower has settled his lawsuit against the actor and others.  This comes after the husband of Halyna Hutchins, who was accidentally shot and killed on set by Baldwin last year, announced he’s no longer pursuing a lawsuit against AB or the “Rust”…

Reports in Russia say President Vladimir Putin will soon make ‘key decisions about launching a tactical nuclear strike’ from a secret bunker where he is hiding. The Kremlin leader has reportedly warned his closest family – including his reported lover, Alina Kabaeva of the possibility of rapid evacuation to the…

Actress Hilary Swank announced today, October 5, that she is pregnant with twins. The 48-year-old, who married Philip Schneider, a social venture entrepreneur, in 2018, posted a video of herself holding her belly on Instagram. “Coming soon…DOUBLE feature!” she wrote in the caption. During an interview with “Good Morning America” on Wednesday, Swank…

An American rapper and fashion designer, Kanye Omari West, known as Kanye West, has described the international social movement, Black Lives Matter (BLM), as a scam. Black Lives Matter is an international movement established to eradicate white supremacy, racism, and discrimination experienced by black communities. Kanye West, in a post…

Twitter users have revealed that tertiary institutions in the UK are currently filled with Nigerians more than any other nationality. Twitter user @Hitee said his friend told him that in her class of 68 students in a UK university, 51 of them are Nigerians. Another Nigerian @Mobiolaa who is currently…

Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, Tuesday, acknowledged he should have been more cautious with his COVID-19 messaging as he helped steer the country through the pandemic. “When I go back, in the early months I probably should have tried to be much, much more careful in getting the…

Elon Musk is abandoning his legal battle to back out of buying Twitter by offering to go through with his original $44 billion bid for the social media platform. The Tesla CEO made the offer in a letter to Twitter, Musk disclosed in a filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.…

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate. The Trump team asked the court to overturn a lower court ruling and permit an independent arbiter, or special master, to review…

Canadian music star, Tory Lanez is in the hot waters again as he’s being sued by a pregnant woman who is alleging that he ran into her car and took off.  The lady, identified as Krisha, is suing Lanez alongside her husband, Jesse Grullon. They are alleging that the singer sideswiped them…