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Extremely hot weather has started to hit most of the United States and Canada, with temperatures set to peak over the weekend, meteorologists say.

A principal witness, Abubakar Aliyu Madaki, in the ongoing trial of the former Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission, Emeka Mba…

Vice President Mike Pence has described his Nigerian counterpart Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as his ‘friend’ after the pair met at the White House on Wednesday.

Synthetic opioid use is booming, UNODC report on worldwide drug report has shown deaths in the US from overdoses still rising and a “crisis” of tramadol use

The mayor of the US city of Phoenix has apologised after a video allegedly showing police threatening to shoot a black family went viral.

A Nigerian mother, Mrs. Oluremi Adeleye, whose actions led to the death of an 8-month-old baby in Maryland, United States, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

World oil prices jumped to near six-month highs on Tuesday as the United States tightened sanctions on Iran, sending shares of energy companies higher.

Nigerian oil has been squeezed by US shale oil but there is respite as demand from Asian countries Indonesia and India has lifted Nigeria’s price indications

Justice Danlami Senchi of a FCT High Court in Jabi has sentenced one Enabulele Osazee Frank, who posed as a United States Major Barnett Edward to 30 days in prison

The United States Navy and 33 other countries recently carried out weeks of maritime training in the Gulf of Guinea, to improve safety against pirates and monitoring of the West Africa coastline.