•US Capitol in Washington DC, yesterday The US government entered a partial shutdown today as a midnight funding deadline passed without Congress approving a 2026 budget, though disruption was expected to be limited with the House set to move early next week to ratify a Senate-backed deal. The funding lapse followed a breakdown in negotiations...
•US Capitol building The US government began shutting down today after lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that hinged on Democratic demands for health care funding. Republicans and Democrats immediately blamed each other for the deadlock that will impact hundreds of thousands of gover...
•Trump and Harvard University Donald Trump’s administration yesterday revoked Harvard’s right to enroll foreign students — more than a quarter of its annual enrollment — in a major escalation of the president’s fight with one of the world’s most storied universities. Trump is furious at Harvard — which has produced 162 Nobel prize winners — [&...
•Trump and Tinubu The United States government has said that corruption remains a substantial barrier to trade and investment in Nigeria. In its latest 2025 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, the Office of the United States Trade Representative said corruption and lack of transparency in tender processes are of great con...
•Diezani Madueke The Government of the United States of America, USA, has repatriated the sum of $52. 88 million it said was traced to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Madueke. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Richard M. Mills, Jr, led a delegation that executed the Assets Return Agreement at the Federal Ministry of […]...
•American Airlines The United States Government has fined American Airlines $50 million for maltreating persons with disabilities. The Department of Transportation has fined American Airlines $50 million for violating laws that protect individuals with disabilities, reports The New York Times. The DOT stated yesterday that its investigation in...

