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December 19, 2019 No Responses

Trump Becomes Third President To Be Impeached

Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether...

October 22, 2019 No Responses

U.S-Nigeria Trade Council Faults $3b Power Sector Loan

The U.S.-Nigeria Trade Council has advised the Federal Government to stop taking fresh loans, pointing out that the country “can’t afford it any longer”. Reacting to the proposed $3billion power sector loan from the World Bank, the council explaine...

September 21, 2019 No Responses

WFE Explains Proposal On Registration, Alternative Compliance For Non-U.S. Derivatives

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has published a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) concerning two proposals that stand to impact the supervision of non-US central counterparties (CCPs) – namely, its Proposal on the Registration...

August 29, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Reduces Visa Fee For US Citizens

The Interior Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has approved reduction in Visa charges payable by U.S. citizens in line with reciprocity policy as recommended by a committee set up to conduct due diligence. The minister, who announced this in a statement...

June 23, 2019 No Responses

Osinbajo Leaves For United States

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be visiting the United States where he will be meeting with his US counterpart, Mr. Mike Pence, and other key groups and interests in the country. Ahead of his meeting with the US Vice President...

May 21, 2019 No Responses

Ford Sacks 7,000 Workers

The management of Ford has announced it will cut 7,000 jobs globally by the end of August in an effort to save costs. Under the arrangement, the company will reduce Ford’s salaried workforce by 10% and will be made through...

December 10, 2018 No Responses

US Imports Hit Two Million Containers In One Month

Imports at the major retail container ports in the US have set another record reaching 2 million containers in a single month as retailers continued to bring merchandise into the country ahead of a now-postponed increase in tariffs on goods from...

September 23, 2018 No Responses

US Postpones Deportation Of Deaf Nigerian Immigrant

The United States immigration officials have postponed the deportation of a deaf immigrant from Nigeria in the U.S. illegally. The Detroit Free Press reports that 48-year-old Francis Anwana and his attorneys met with Immigration and Customs Enforcement offic...

August 19, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Kofi Annan

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Ghana over the passing of former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in the early hours of Aug. 18. A statement issued by Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser...

August 14, 2018 No Responses

Robin Sanders Endorses 2nd U.S.-Nigeria AgriBusiness Investment Summit

Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, ECOWAS, Republic of Congo, former Africa Director at the National Security Council at the White House; and current CEO of FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative & FE3DS, LLC has addressed a Goodwill me...

May 11, 2018 No Responses

Nigerian To Sue US Customs Over $41,000 Seizure

A Nigerian woman is suing the US customs agency after it seized tens of thousands of dollars which was earmarked to build a free medical clinic in Imo state. According to the Washington Post, Anthonia Nwaorie was carrying $41,000 (£30,000)...

May 9, 2018 No Responses

US Pulls Out Of Iran Nuclear Deal

US President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran. Calling it “decaying and rotten”, he said the deal was “an embarrassment” to him “as a citizen”. Going against advice from...

May 4, 2018 No Responses

US-Nigeria Trade Council Seeks 10 Year Visa Policy, Trade Treaty

citybusinessnews@yahoo.com The US-Nigeria Trade Council has urged Foreign Affairs Ministry and the United States Secretary of States to expand U.S. Visa validity period from two to ten years. Reviewing the recent visit of President Muhammadu Buhari ...