Nigeria Receives Over $311m Abacha’s Loot Repatriated from U.S. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, confirmed the receipt of 311,797,866.11 million dollars of the Abacha assets repatriated from the U.S. and the Bailiwick of Jersey. Malami made the confirmation in a statement issued by Dr Umar Gwandu, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday that Canada and the U.S. had agreed to keep their border closed for all non-essential travel for another 30 days. “Canada and the United States have agreed to extend by another 30 days the border measures that are currently in place,” Trudeau said during televised remarks. […]
By Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of Chinese investors Association for Development and Promotion in Nigeria, Chief Ronnie Liu has decried what he termed alleged “enmity that the US sows in the minds of Nigerians and Africans against China as baseless. Liu, a Lagos based businessman with interests in several sectors of the economy, lamented […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trump administration is planning to add Nigeria and six other countries to its travel ban list. The other 6 countries are: Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Sudan and Tanzania Media reports say Some countries will face bans only on some visa categories. U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with Wall […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Protesters enraged by the recent deadly US air strikes targeted at an Iran-backed Iraqi militia have attacked the US embassy compound in the capital Baghdad. While responding, the US troops fired tear gas to disperse the crowd that breached the outer wall of the compound, which is in the capital’s heavily fortified Green […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- — The House of Representatives on Wednesday impeached President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third president in history to be charged with committing high crimes and misdemeanors and face removal by the Senate. On a day of constitutional consequence and raging partisan tension, the votes on the two articles […]
