US will use all tools to eliminate Boko Haram from Nigeria, other African countries – Pompeo 2
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US will use all tools to eliminate Boko Haram from Nigeria, other African countries – Pompeo

United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Wednesday, says the US government will use all tools at its disposal in the fight against terrorist elements such as Boko Haram in Nigeria and West Africa. Pompeo, according to a statement on his Twitter handle, made the promise at the end of a virtual meeting of

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US election: Secret Service increases Biden’s security ahead of possible victory 3
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US election: Secret Service increases Biden’s security ahead of possible victory

The US Secret Service has increased its protective bubble around Joe Biden as chances increased that he will be the next US president, the Washington Post reported Friday. The Secret Service sent an extra squad of agents to Biden’s campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware as expectations rose that the Democratic candidate would be able to

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Biden ahead of Trump as votes counts down in US Presidential election 4
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Biden ahead of Trump as votes counts down in US Presidential election

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden is leading in both electoral and popular votes as votes are being counted across the U.S. in the 2020 elections held Tuesday, November 3, 2020. As at 5:30 a.m. Nigerian Time on Wednesday, Biden had won 209 electoral votes and 55,618,102 popular votes while incumbent President Donald Trump of the

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Hostage Rescued : US operation did not trespass Nigeria's sovereignty - Defence minister 5
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Hostage Rescued : US operation did not trespass Nigeria’s sovereignty – Defence minister

Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd.), on Tuesday has said that the rescue of an American held hostage in Nigeria by US Navy Seal was not a violation to the country’s sovereignty. According to the minister, the Nigerian government granted the US necessary permission to carry out the military operation. It would

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US rescue operation confirms Buhari’s incompetence —PDP 6
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US rescue operation confirms Buhari’s incompetence —PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Sunday that the military operation by United State troops, which led to the rescue of an American citizen, who was captured in Niger Republic and was being held on Nigerian soil, had further confirmed that the current administration could neither secure the nation’s territorial integrity nor arrest the

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9 Nigerians contesting in Tuesday’s U.S. elections 7
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9 Nigerians contesting in Tuesday’s U.S. elections

No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state and local levels. NAN reports that besides the presidential election,

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FG moves to counter US block over Okonjo-Iweala as consensus candidate for WTO’s top job 8
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FG moves to counter US block over Okonjo-Iweala as consensus candidate for WTO’s top job

As the world awaits the outcome of the final consensus decision on the next World Trade Organisation, WTO, there are indications that Nigerian government may have started diplomatic actions to head-off opposition from the United States of America, USA, against the emergence of Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala for the job. A source at the Ministry of Trade

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US blocks Okonjo-Iweala as consensus candidate for WTO’s top job 9
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US blocks Okonjo-Iweala as consensus candidate for WTO’s top job

The appointment of Nigeria’s ex-finance minister to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been thrown into doubt after the US opposed the move. On Wednesday, a WTO nominations committee recommended the group’s 164 members appoint Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. She would be the first woman and first African to lead the WTO. But the US, critical

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EndSARS: Over 11,000 sign petition to ban top public officers, IGP, others from US 11
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EndSARS: Over 11,000 sign petition to ban top public officers, IGP, others from US

The online and offline protests against the Special Anti- Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force continue to gather force one week after the Inspector -General of Police , Mohammed Adamu , banned SARS operatives from engaging in routine patrols , stop-and -search, mounting of roadblocks and traffic checks . The President , Major General

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US to take ‘concrete steps’ for transparent Ondo election 13
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US to take ‘concrete steps’ for transparent Ondo election

United States authorities on Tuesday said they will take concrete steps towards ensuring a free, fair and transparent voting process in the Ondo State governorship election. “We reiterate our hope that all participants in the democratic process, including the INEC, political parties, and the security services, will take concrete steps to ensure a peaceful election

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Honour your commitment to ECOWAS, US urges Mali transition govt 14
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Honour your commitment to ECOWAS, US urges Mali transition govt

The United States has urged the transitional government in Mali to honour its commitments to the Economic Community of West African States . The commitment includes holding a democratic election within 18 months . Spokesperson for the US Department of Transitional , Ms Morgan Ortagus, made the call in a statement made available on the

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