Vice President Kashim Shettima has observed that Nigeria is witnessing a surge in reverse medical tourism, with patients from the United States and other countries thronging the nation’s hospitals to seek affordable and high-quality kidney transplants. The Vice President attributed the choice of Nigeria for treatment to affordability and...
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The crisis in the Middle East will top the agenda on Tuesday when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu becomes the first foreign leader to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. The meeting taking place after Trump took over the White House for a second term. Netanyahu arrived in Washington on...
The death toll from the crash of a medical jet carrying a Mexican child home from a hospital in Philadelphia has risen to seven, officials said Saturday, with 19 others wounded. The crash — the second major aviation disaster in the United States this week — occurred Friday when...
A US passenger jet carrying 64 people crashed into Washington’s Potomac River Wednesday after colliding midair with a military helicopter on a night training exercise, prompting a desperate search for survivors in the dark, near-freezing water. The plane was approaching Reagan National Airport at around 9:00 pm (0200 GMT)...
The United States has officially notified the Secretary-General of its withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, effective January 27, 2026, UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, has said. Dujarric said this at a news briefing on Tuesday in New York. The historic accord reached by 193 countries in December 2015 in...
Russia has said that it would not withdraw or cancel its conditions for resuming strategic stability talks with the United States (U.S.). Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday. “The president said what he said. The president did not say that we are canceling everything that we...
Barely one week into his refurbished presidential tenure, America’s Donald Trump seems poised to set new precedents in the model of the Presidency as the pinnacle of America’s democracy. An elected president of a republic is strutting and pronouncing like an emperor. Ordinarily, an American king would be a...
…Says U.S withdrawal creates $1.2bn annual budget shortfall for WHO By TOM CHIAHEMEN – The withdrawing of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), has been described as a major setback for Health Security and a Safer World. Group CEO of the Nairobi-based Amref Health Africa, Dr Githinji Gitahi, who made the assertion in a position statement on Friday, noted...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Wife Melania Trump have celebrated their 20 years of marriage with heartfelt messages for each other. It is a double celebration this week for the first couple as Trump assumed the Presidency of the United States for the second time on Monday and now...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – The World Health Organization (WHO), has expressed regrets over the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization. In a statement issued in Geneva on Tuesday, the WHO recalled the crucial role it had been playing in protecting the health...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Nigerians residing in the United States are growing increasingly frustrated with the Nigerian Ministry of Interior, following a lack of response concerning crucial improvements to consular services. This sentiment was expressed in a letter dated January 15, 2025, a copy of which was made...
United States President-elect, Donald Trump is considering using an executive order to prevent the TikTok app from being blocked in the (U.S.). The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The order would suspend enforcement of the law, which required TikTok to be either blocked...
Director, Centre for American Studies at University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Jonah Onuoha, has said the United States President-elect Donald Trump’s second tenure will impact significantly on advancing global peace. Onuoha said this in an interview with newsmen in Nsukka on Tuesday when he discussed Trump’s forthcoming inauguration...
Due to increased amounts of ash and fine dust in the air, city authorities in fire-ravaged Los Angeles are providing free protective masks to people. As the deadly wildfires that have been wreaking destruction in Los Angeles County enter their second week, the city said it was concerned about...
United States President-elect, Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for his criminal conviction, stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. This case earlier overshadowed his bid to retake the White House. The U.S. Supreme Court paved the way on Thursday for the 9:30 a.m....
Wildfires threatening Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires burning into a third night on Thursday, as dry desert winds fanning the flames again gathered strength. The Palisades Fire between Santa Monica and Malibu on the city’s western flank and...
The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the risk of avian flu spreading to a wider population remains “low” a day after the United States reported its first human death from bird flu. WHO spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that the H5N1...
The outgoing administration of Joe Biden is negotiating with the Taliban, under UN sanctions for terrorism exchange of detained Americans in Afghanistan for at least one profile high prisoner. The administration called for exchange of the prisoner who were allegedly said to have associated with Osama bin Laden, the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the government and people of the United States of America over the death of former President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the presidential spokesman,...
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced updates to its immigration visa process, effective January 1, 2025. Applicants with scheduled interviews will now need to visit the Consulate General in Lagos twice as part of the application procedure. The embassy shared on its official X page that “For...