The United States Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken arrived at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday eveing for an official visit to President Bola Tinubu. He is in Nigeria as part of his tour to West Africa. Blinken had stopped over at Cape Verde and Côte d’Ivoire before arriving in Nigeria. He is expected to leave for Angola thereafter. On …

The United States Marine Corps has assured Nigeria of strengthening the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The Commander of the U.S. Africa Command, Michael Langley, and the Command’s Senior Enlisted Leader to Nigeria, Michael Woods, during their recent visit to Nigeria, said the bilateral cooperation would counter violent extremism and support the latter in its fight against insecurity. In …

On the sidelines of the Mines and Money conference holding in London, United Kingdom, Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Oladele Alake, and United States Assistant Secretary for Energy and Natural Resources Geoffrey Pratt agreed to set up a team of officials of both countries to explore financing for credit to mining firms and infrastructures. Pratt said his visit …

The Edo State Government has said its collaboration with the United States Consulate in Nigeria will curb human trafficking in the state. According to a statement, the state Commissioner for Social Development and Gender Issues, Mrs Christabel Ekwu, disclosed this on Saturday, during a visit by US delegates to Benin City. According to her, the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration has …

The Israeli strikes in Gaza entered into the fifth week Saturday, showing no signs of letting up even as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced a rising tide of anger in meetings with Arab foreign ministers. A report by Gulf Times said Blinken reaffirmed US support for “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting in Gaza to ensure desperate civilians get …

D’Tigers have emerged winners of the friendly China Autumn Basketball Tour tagged Jishou Rural Commercial Bank Cup in China. China provided D’Tigers an opportunity to be back in action for the first time since their ouster from the Paris 2024 Pre-Olympic qualifying tournament hosted by Nigeria in Lagos. The Nigeria senior men’s basketball team defeated some of the best-ranked basketball …

The United States Government through the US Agency for International Development has announced a $29 million investment to support aquatic and fish farmers in Nigeria, Bangladesh, Kenya and Zambia. This is as it revealed a five-year extension for two research partnerships under Feed the Future, the US government’s global hunger and food security initiative. According to the agency, $15 million …

The British and the United States governments have expressed their readiness to partner the Federal Government to develop the newly created Marine and Blue Economy ministry. Both governments said the partnership would boost Nigeria’s growth. The representatives of the countries stated this yesterday in Abuja during their separate meetings with the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola. The …

The United States on Friday announced a further $205 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine to help the country with shortages of food, drinking water and other needs as its fights against Russia’s invasion. Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said that the aid will be distributed via partner NGOs in the region, and was also aimed at helping victims of …

The United States’ delegation for the inauguration of the Nigerian President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in the country. According to a tweet by the official handle of the US Mission, the team, led by Secretary for Housing, Marcia L. Fudge, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday afternoon. Tweeting the arrival of the nine-member team, …