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Director of the Menkiti Institute for Comparative Global Studies, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, Prof. Uchenna Okeja, made the call at the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) 19th Annual International Conference and Meeting which was held recently.

Don calls on Ndigbo to be broad-minded in self-determination

May 21, 2022

U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday the Republican National Committee erred in censuring U.S. Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for joining Congress’ investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Capitol Hill.

U.S. Republicans split over censure of Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger

February 9, 2022

For the first time in three years, the Oscars ceremony will finally have a host.

Oscars nomination voting begins this week

January 23, 2022

U.S Representative Bobby Rush, a civil rights campaigner and Black Panther activist in the 1960s, will not seek re-election as he plans to retire at the end of the year.

U.S. congressman Bobby Rush set to retire after 15 terms

January 4, 2022

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Over 70 people dead as tornado rocks Kentucky

December 12, 2021

Crystals of shallow salt in a scoop, spoon on a dark gray table. Background for advertising salt. Table salty. Salted food

Excess salt intake contributes to risk of stroke, heart, kidney diseases

November 16, 2021

US to build new $319 million consulate-general in Lagos

October 6, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 25: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wears a protective mask while departing the U.S. Capitol on July 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pelosi stated in an interview on Sunday that she planned to appoint Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) to the House select committee to investigate January 6. Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

US House speaker to appoint new Republicans in showdown over Capitol riot probe

July 25, 2021

Training nurse Sari Roos prepares a dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to teach her air bubble technique in Laakso hospital in Helsinki, Finland March 11, 2021. Picture taken March 11, 2021. REUTERS/Essi Lehto

US State to give away guns as coronavirus vaccine incentive

June 2, 2021

The Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Amb. Lot Egopija has revealed that members of a team involved in racketeering of Nigerian passport based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States has been apprehended.

Envoy: Nigerian passport racketeer syndicate in US busted

May 25, 2021

Barack Obama’s step-grandmother, Sarah Obama, has died at a hospital in Kenya at the age of 99.

Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandmother dies at 99

March 29, 2021

Facebook on Tuesday said the coronavirus pandemic has users flocking to its services while it undermines ad revenue on which the world’s biggest social network depends.

Judge approves $650 million Facebook privacy settlement over facial recognition feature

February 27, 2021

Outgoing US President Donald Trump has “unequivocally condemned” the January 6 breach of Congress by his supporters.

Donald Trump grants clemency to 143 people, but not himself or family members

January 20, 2021

FILE PHOTO - Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. REUTERS-Nick Oxford-File Photo

Oil gains on stimulus optimism ahead of Joe Biden inauguration

January 19, 2021

The 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, has taken to his official Twitter page to send a loving message to his wife, Michelle, who turns 57 today.

Barack Obama sends loving message to wife on birthday

January 17, 2021