The United States would respond proportionately to a North Korea cyber attack that damaged Sony Pictures Entertainment, Barack Obama, US President has promised. The American President stated this after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Pyongyang was responsible for the cyber attack. “We will respond. We will respond proportionately and we’ll respond in a place…
Smoking May Worsen Menstrual Cramps
A new study has revealed that women who smoke cigarettes may be at higher risk of developing menstrual pain. Compared to non-smokers, smokers in the study were more likely to suffer from severe menstrual pain and to experience a worsening of pain as the number of cigarettes they smoked per day increased. Exactly how smoking…
‘CIA Torture Methods Brutal And Wrong’-Obama
Barack Obama, President of the United States has said that some of the tactics described in a Senate report on harsh CIA interrogations were “brutal”, “wrong” and “counterproductive.” He said that the CIA techniques, employed in the wake of September 11, 2001 bombing, “were not only inconsistent with our values as a nation, they did not serve…
Michael Brown Shooter Resigns
Darren Wilson, a police officer who fatally shot unarmed, Michael Brown, a black teenager in Ferguson, United States US, has resigned. According to his lawyer, Wilson said he had to bow out of service because he did not want to put the lives of police colleagues at risk. He had been on administrative leave since…
US Amends Visa Application Process
For Nigerians hoping to visit the United States, the visa application process has been slightly modified. And for visa applicants from the south-south zone, this change is particularly good news. The US has opened a new passport collection centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. In a briefing she held simultaneously with journalists in Abuja…
Why Obama Is Right on Immigration Reform
I signed on this week (in a letter to Congress) seeking support for President Barack Obama’s effort to reform a flawed Immigration system, because it is the right thing to do. I also indicated my support for Obama’s immigration reform in a separate correspondence with his Organizing for Action (OFA) grassroots movement, where I specifically…
Tackling Airport ‘Rats’
Sometime in 2009, while on a visit to the United States, US, for a journalism programme, I had a discussion with an African American called Mark. As we got talking, I asked whether he had visited Nigeria. He smiled and said no, but that he didn’t look forward to visiting. “Why?” I asked. With a…
The World of Female Soldiers
An army patrol vehicle zoomed into the Army Headquarters, AHQ Garrison at Mogadishu Barracks in Abuja and the soldiers all disembarked in a typical military style, for a rest. The only female in the team also jumped down the vehicle and hopped into a ditch behind a building in the midst of her male colleagues.…
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