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July 21, 2017 No Responses

U.S sanctions ExxonMobil over violations

The United States authorities have fined Exxon Mobil $2m for violating sanctions against Russia while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was its chief executive. Exxon dealt with Igor Sechin, the president of Russian oil giant Rosneft, who was blacklisted, the...

July 16, 2017 No Responses

U.S to emerge top LNG exporter by 2022

By 2022, the United States will be on course to challenge Australia and Qatar for global leadership among LNG exporters, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates. Despite the fact that the demand for gas in the United States – the...

July 13, 2017 No Responses

REDTV gets multiple 2017 NEA awards nomination

The pan-African online network REDTV has received nominations in several categories in the prestigious Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA). The lifestyle entertainment network is powered by the United Bank for Africa. In its second year of operation, REDTV has...

June 18, 2017 No Responses

Certified yams from Nigeria arrives in U.S as Senegal, Mali indicate interest

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh was in a celebration mood on Saturday as he announced the successful arrival of the first consignment of certified yams from Nigeria to the United States of America (USA). ...

June 5, 2017 No Responses

Pressure mounts on Shipping as Trump pulls out of Paris Accord

The decision of the President Donald Trump on US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement exerts further pressure on all major industrial sectors to deliver their fair share of carbon cuts, including shipping, according to NGOs focusing on environmental issues in ...

June 4, 2017 No Responses

Climate Change: India vows to go beyond Paris accord

(BBC) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed his country will go “above and beyond” the 2015 Paris accord on combating climate change. Speaking at a news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, Mr Modi described the agreement ...

April 15, 2017 No Responses

North Korea ‘ready for nuclear attack’ amid show of force

(BBC) North Korea has warned the US not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is “ready to hit back with nuclear attacks”. The comments came as North Korea marked the 105th anniversary of the birth of its...

January 21, 2017 No Responses

Trump vows to ‘put America first’

(BBC) President Donald Trump has painted a bleak picture of a broken country after being sworn in as US president. He spoke of abandoned factories, rampant crime and a failed education system, pledging that his presidency would bring about change....

January 13, 2017 No Responses

U.S visa-free residency for Cubans ends

(BBC) President Barack Obama has ended the longstanding policy that grants residency to Cubans who arrive in the US without visas. The 20-year-old policy allows Cuban migrants who reach US soil to become legal permanent residents after a year. In...

December 30, 2016 No Responses

Russia vows response to diplomat expulsion from US

Russia has promised to respond to the expulsion of 35 of its diplomats from Washington, amid a bitter dispute over alleged Russian interference in the recent US presidential election. A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin’s reaction w...

November 19, 2016 No Responses

Trump settles Trump University lawsuits for $25m

Donald Trump has settled three Trump University lawsuits for $25m (£20m), the New York Attorney General has said. The US president-elect was being sued by former students who paid $35,000 (£28,000) for real estate “secrets” from his “hand-p...

November 12, 2016 No Responses

Auto makers seek review of fuel efficiency mandate

(Auto News)-Donald Trump has been President elect for just a few days, but the auto industry has already started considering how his intention to reduce regulation could benefit carmakers. A lobbying group called the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers has s...

November 10, 2016 No Responses

Firms weigh impact of Donald Trump win

(WSJ) Executives world-wide encountered a political and economic landscape radically changed by Donald Trump’s surprise election, which reverberated through the energy, health-care and manufacturing sectors. U.S. businesses braced for revamped trade pacts an...