Tag: America
Nigerian breaks record, becomes first black General Counsel American Board of Surgery
Nigerian born Adanwimo Okafor, a lawyer, has become the first person of colour and the first black woman to be promoted to General Couns [...]
UBA delivers double-digit growth in gross earnings, as profit hits N132bn
Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced its audited results for the full-year ended December 31, 2020, r [...]
Biden appoints Nigerian as Director Global Health Resources
United States President Joe Biden has again given another senior appointment to a Nigerian, Mrs. Adesuwa Ogiamien-Adesotoye in his administration.
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Nigerian-American, Akunna Cook sworn in as US deputy assistant secretary of state
A Nigerian-American of Igbo origin, Ms. Akunna Cook, has been sworn-in as deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs.
Akunna, a season [...]
Set back for Okonjo-Iweala as US wants WTO DG race reopened
The United States has suggested that the process to find a new director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) needs to be reopened.
According [...]
China, Russia, Mexico decline to acknowledge Biden’s victory
China, Russia and Mexico are among the handful of countries that has not congratulated the US President-Elect, Joe Biden
China declined to congratu [...]
FBI stops plot to kidnap, overthrow US governor
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it foiled a plot to abduct Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan. The alleged plot included plans to o [...]
Coronavirus officially kills over 200,000 Americans
Over 200,000 Americans now confirmed to have been killed by coronavirus America’s death toll from coronavirus officially crossed the 200,000 mark on T [...]
US imposes visa ban on election riggers in Nigeria
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerians involved in the run up to the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The mov [...]
Okonjo-Iweala takes American citizenship
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a two-time minister of finance in Nigeria, has taken American citizenship — more than 30 years after she studied in the United St [...]