Category: Foreign News
Biden appoints Nigerian-American Okolo Covid Policy Advisor
Nationnewslead reports that President-elect Joe Biden has appointed a Nigerian-American, Osaremen Okolo, as a member of his COVID-19 Response Team. The Democrat...
US removes reciprocity visa fees for Nigerians
Nationnewslead reports that The United States has removed all visa reciprocity fees for Nigerians seeking visas to the US with effect from December 3, the Federal...
BREAKING: U.S. House passes historic bill to legalise marijuana
Nationnewslead reports that The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that seeks to decriminalise the use of marijuana at the federal level....
Two dead, several injured after car hits pedestrians
Nationnewslead reports that At least two people were killed and several injured in Germany after a car drove into a pedestrian zone in the city of Trier on...
Biden appoints Nigerian-born Adeyemo deputy treasury secretary
Nationnewslead reports that US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday formally appointed Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo as the Deputy Treasury Secretary. Biden also...
Trump sends ‘get well’ message to injured Biden
Nationnewslead reports that US president-elect Joe Biden has a foot fracture and will likely have to wear a medical boot, his team said Sunday after the...
Trump loses another election court challenge
Nationnewslead reports that The US state of Pennsylvania’s supreme court dismissed another legal challenge to the election by supporters of President Donald...
India enters first recession in 73 years
Nationnewslead reports that India’s economy contracted 7.5 percent between July and September, performing the poorest among major advanced and emerging...
BREAKING: Trump finally allows power transition to Biden
Nationnewslead reports that After two weeks of grandstanding, U.S. President Donald Trump has finally accepted to allow a transition of power to his potential...
Trump loses again as Biden retains Georgia after ballots recount
Nationnewslead reports that The US state of Georgia has completed a manual recount of all the ballots cast there in the presidential election , and the results...
Trump fires security boss for not backing false election claims
Nationnewslead reports that UNITED States (U.S.) President Donald Trump yesterday fired, Director of Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and...
US police chief resigns after urging violence against Democrats
A police chief in the southern US state of Arkansas has resigned after taking to social media following Joe Biden’s presidential win to urge violence against...
BREAKING: Donald Trump Sacks Secretary Of Defense
President Donald Trump on Monday announced by tweet that he had fired his defense secretary Mark Esper, further destabilizing a government already navigating...
My first task is to control COVID-19 ― US President-elect Joe Biden
Nationnewslead reports that United States President-elect, Joe Biden, says his first task in the office is to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. Joe...
Biden’s First Speech As President-Elect
Hours after defeating Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential race, Joe Biden, has said that he was honored that Americans chose him as their leader. Biden who said...
What next for Trump? Golf, Twitter and maybe another run?
When networks projected he had lost his bid for reelection to Joe Biden, President Donald Trump was playing golf. He’ll soon have plenty more time to enjoy the...
Trump joins ranks of one-term US presidents: Who are they?
With Democrat Joe Biden winning the US presidential election, Donald Trump, the Republican incumbent, becomes a one-term US president. Trump joins the ranks of...
Seven things to know about US President-Elect, Biden
Joseph Biden Jr. was born on November 20, 1942. He is an American politician and the President-Elect of the United States after defeating incumbent Donald Trump...
BREAKING: Joe Biden Elected 46th US President
Nationnewslead reports that Joe Biden has won the US presidency over Donald Trump, TV networks projected Saturday — a victory sealed after the Democrat claimed...
US election: Supreme Court orders continuation of counting in Pennsylvania
A US Supreme Court justice on Friday denied a request by Pennsylvania’s Republicans to immediately halt the counting of ballots arriving after Election Day —...
