North Carolina

Joseph H. Rainey Room unveiling ceremony press conference

Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump defeated in South Carolina

June 15, 2022

Chargé d’Affaires US embassy, Kathleen FitzGibbon

U.S. selects 56 young Nigerians for Mandela Washington fellowship

May 14, 2022

GREENWOOD, NEBRASKA – MAY 01: Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the I-80 Speedway on May 01, 2022 in Greenwood, Nebraska. Trump is supporting Charles Herbster in the Nebraska gubernatorial race. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

US primaries will test Donald Trump’s sway with Republicans

May 3, 2022

Mavin Records singer and songwriter Ladipo Eso popularly known as Ladipoe or Poe has bragged about being the Nigeria’s best chance of a rapper to win a Grammy Award.

Ladipoe: I’m Nigeria’s best chance of rapper winning Grammy

April 9, 2022

Embattled President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has survived a second round of investigation into his conduct, giving him a boost in his re-election bid next month.

Duke University to honour AfDB boss for exemplary leadership

April 2, 2022

Nigeria’s Toyin Tofade, last Wednesday, became the first black female president of the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) founded in 1881.

Nigerian emerges first black female president of U.S. college

March 23, 2022

A U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules transport aircraft is unloaded after landing at Jasionka Airport near Rzeszow, Poland February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

First U.S. reinforcement troops arrive in Poland, more expected

February 5, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2022. REUTERS-Leah Millis

US president orders nearly 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter Russia

February 2, 2022

A former beauty queen who represented the United States of America, Cheslie Kryst, has died at 30.

Former Miss USA jumps from building, dies

January 31, 2022

FILE - An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US high court to hear challenge to race-based college admissions

January 24, 2022

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will continue to do all within its regulatory powers to educate Nigerians to desist from use of cryptocurrencies — despite growing criticism.

Crypto chiefs request US Congress provide regulatory clarity at hearing on digital assets

December 8, 2021

North Carolina House Representative Patrick McHenry has proposed a bill that would amend one of the laws governing the Securities and Exchange Commission to provide a safe harbour for certain token projects.

US lawmaker proposes safe harbor for digital tokens in new bill

October 5, 2021

An undergraduate of Sokoto State University, Joseph Oladapo Philip, has been sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for cyber fraud.

Sokoto university student bags 10-years for cyber fraud

July 24, 2021

Juul, which is partially owned by Altria Group Inc, has seen sales fall after halting all advertising and social media promotion and pulling most of its flavours except for menthol [File: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters]

Juul to pay US state $40 million for targeting teens with e-cigarettes

June 28, 2021

Popular US rapper, Jermaine Cole, better known as J. Cole has played his first game for Rwanda Patriots, an African basketball team.

Basketball Africa: US rapper helps Rwanda beat Nigeria

May 17, 2021