Businesses and elected officials along the border welcomed the news, saying it will help businesses bounce back after being hit hard by the pandemic and travel restrictions The US will reopen the country’s land borders with Mexico and Canada in November to travellers fully vaccinated against COVID-19, lifting the pandemic restrictions on nonessential travel after … Read more
At least 94,570 illegal immigrants have been released into the United States with Notices to Report since March 20. Republicans have blamed the Biden administration’s rapid rollback of Trump-era border protections for the ongoing crisis at the border. Ekohotblog reports that the Biden administration has released at least 160,000 illegal immigrants into the United States … Read more
EFCC has arrested former Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has interrogated the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, for alleged fraud and failing to explain how he came to own 22 properties in Nigeria, the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) According to … Read more
Some experts believe that the current COVID-19 death count could already be greatly undercounted… The United States reached another grim milestone on Friday, as the confirmed COVID-19 death toll topped 700,000, just over a year and a half into the pandemic, and despite the wide availability of vaccines. The milestone, according to data from Johns … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been planning to raise it tomorrow in his meeting at the White House with the president… The travel ban for people living in the UK and EU, that was introduced last March by Donald Trump, is finally going to be relaxed. An announcement is expected later today from the US … Read more
Unlike former president Donald Trump who was a harsh critic of the United Nations, Joe Biden believes that multilateralism and working together will help the United States (US) government. Joe Biden will next week address the general assembly of the United Nations (UN) in New York. This will be his first time of doing this … Read more
Yassin Aref was a victim of Islamophobia and a controversial arrest by the FBI that led him to 15 years in jail. The US Stole 15 years from him over false charges. For Yassin M Aref, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is a sad reminder of 15 lost years spent in American prisons. … Read more
Shaheen’s comments came after reports emerged that a new interim government will be announced soon in Kabul. The Taliban through its spokesperson has given stern instructions to the US to desist from interfering with Afghanistan culture. The group also said it will like to have a normal better relationship with the US following the … Read more
Putin, the Russian president is treading carefully with the hardline group, which Moscow officially considers a ‘terrorist group. EkohotBlog reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed that he hopes the Taliban will behave in a “civilized” manner in Afghanistan to enable the global community maintain diplomatic ties with Kabul. Putin mentioned on Friday that “Russia … Read more
A member of the ISIL (ISIS) team in Syria, born in the UK and accused of beheading American hostages, has admitted to eight US criminal charges, with lethal hostage-taking and conspiracy to support “terrorists” inclusive. EkohotBlog reports that Alexanda Kotey, born in London, is among the two ISIL members who were arrested in Iraq by … Read more
The Taliban have not formed a new government despite seizing power, international recognition and acceptance remain in question and foreign aid is yet to resume in Afghanistan. EkohotBlog reports that the United Nations has sent warnings to Afghanistan, says it could face a food crisis in a months’ time, with at least one out of … Read more
Leonard, an envoy of the US has assured Nigeria that she won’t share Afghanistan’s fate and tragic end. EkohotBlog reports that the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, reiterated the assurance during a meeting with journalists in Abuja. The ambassador expressed that Nigeria and Afghanistan’s situations lack similarity and connection. Many Nigerians had sounded … Read more
The hasty withdrawal ended 20 years of America’s war in Afghanistan. On Tuesday morning, August 31, the US finished its withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan, the first time in 20 years that the country will be without foreign forces. As the last US soldier departed on a Boeing C-17 Globemaster before dawn on Tuesday, … Read more
Mujahid then congratulated a group of fighters beside him, telling them he hoped Taliban combatants would now “treat the people nicely.” Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman, has hailed the people of Afghanistan following the complete withdrawal of US forces from the country. The Pentagon said the last US military planes have left Afghanistan, marking the … Read more
The return of the hardline Islamist Taliban movement, which was toppled in 2001 but took back power a fortnight ago, triggered an exodus of terrified people aboard US-led evacuation flights. Rockets were fired at Kabul’s airport on Monday where US troops were racing to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuate allies under the threat … Read more
Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, alongside military commanders welcomed the corpses and payed their last respect to the fallen heroes as their family members and relatives watched in agony. Bodies of the 13 US service members killed on Thursday, August 26 in Afghanistan by an ISIS-K terror attack, were flown to Dover Air … Read more
Instead, thousands of soldiers have poured back in to manage the frantic airlifting of foreigners and Afghans — many who fear reprisals for working with Western nations — out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The Taliban on Monday warned that there would be dire “consequences” if the United States and its allies extend the presence of troops … Read more
The report says the militants are “rapidly recruiting” new informers to collaborate with the Taliban regime and are expanding their lists of targets The Taliban is intensifying a search for people who worked with US and NATO forces, a confidential United Nations document says, despite the militants vowing no revenge against opponents. The report — … Read more
Reports have shown that there are reasons the Nigerian Police Authority may not hand over Abba Kyari to the FBI for prosecution. EKO HOT BLOG reports that it is no longer news that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has ordered the arrest of the under-fire Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari, … Read more
According to the documents released by the FBI, it was discovered that DCP Abba Kyari had a relationship with Hushpuppi which went on till the latter was arrested. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has announced the suspension of the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP … Read more