An associate of R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded guilty this week to trying to bribe a witness to keep her from testifying against the singer. Richard Arline Jr., of Dolton, Illinois, admitted in a Brooklyn Federal Court teleconference that he tried to pay off a woman known in court documents only as Jane Doe to…
President Joe Biden on Tuesday February 1, signed three executive orders aimed at reversing former President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration policies including establishing a task force designed to reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border. He signed orders on family separation, border security, and legal immigration. This brings to nine the number of executive…
The Public Affairs Section of the US Mission Nigeria has called for application from qualified Nigerians wishing to teach Hausa or Yoruba languages and cultures to American students in US universities and colleges. The FLTA program allows foreign teachers to teach foreign languages and culture to American students in universities and colleges while also…
The Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters to Oyo State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu, has drawn attention to a Nigerian postgraduate student, Jamiu Adebayo Adekunle, who has been declared missing in Turkey since 2020. The missing student from Iseyin, Oyo State, graduated from the University of Ilorin and then proceeded to Uskudar University, Istanbul, for…
A second police officer who responded to the attack on the Capitol by a violent mob on Jan. 6 has died by suicide, marking the third law enforcement death in the aftermath of the pro-Trump riot. Acting Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) chief, Robert Contee identified the officer as Jeffrey Smith, who he said was…
Former US President Donald Trump on Monday established an official post-presidency office in Palm Beach County in Florida. “The Office of the Former President” will manage Trump’s correspondence, public statements, appearance, and official activities, according to a press release from the office. “Today, the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump formally opened…
Three more Nigerian nationals have been deported from India for illegal stay, Delhi Police said on Monday, January 25, 2021. According to DCP, Dwarka Police,Santosh Kumr Meena, the Nigerians, who were found living in the country without valid papers, were picked up by the staff of PS Mohan Garden during patrolling duty. It…
Barely 24 hours after Joe Biden’s inauguration as US President, a Republican lawmaker, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed articles of impeachment against Joe Biden, alleging abuse of power by Biden from his time as vice president. The newly sworn in Rep. from Georgia, who has supported QANON conspiracy theories and criticized the 25,000 National…
Donald Trump granted rapper Lil Wayne a full presidential pardon in his final hours as the US president. In November, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida revealed that Wayne faced a federal weapons charge relating to a December 2019 incident at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport. He pleaded guilty in…
Two Nigerian nationals have been deported from India for illegal stay, Delhi Police said on Thursday, January 21, 2021. A statement posted by the Dwarka Police said the two Nigerians and a Sudanese national, were arrested by police from the Uttam Nagar during patrol duty. The trio were found living in India without valid visa…
