Vanessa L. Gibson raises $70,000 plus for Campaign Filing in Bronx
Bronx Borough President candidate Vanessa L. Gibson has announced a total contribution of $72,380 raised from 567 contributors for Campaign...
Month: January 2021
Mayor de Blasio highlights reforms in NYPD
New York Mayor de Blasio has highlighted some major reforms in the State’s police department. While disclosing this via his...
Trump awards Morocco’s King
President Donald Trump has awarded a top US honor to King Mohammed VI of Morocco. The Legion of Merit is...
US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran in final days of Trump presidency
The United States has imposed more sanctions on companies in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates for doing business...
Fernando Cabrera announces $854,000 plus Campaign Filing
Council Member Fernando Cabrera's campaign for Bronx Borough President has announced their latest fundraising numbers before the June Primary. Cabrera...
Covid-19: UK bans travel from South America, Portugal, worries about new Brazil variant
The British government has banned travel from South America and Portugal to ensure a new variant of COVID-19 found in...
Trump signals absence from Biden inauguration
President Donald Trump has disclosed plan to leave Washington before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, to begin his post-presidential life in...
DCP launches new, improved digital land use portal
Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Marisa Lago today announced that the newly expanded and improved Zoning Application Portal (ZAP)...
You Can Teach Yourself How to Feel Great Contends A Renowned Psychiatrist
Robert Golomb Until now untold story of how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) — the currently widely used non-drug treatment for...
NJ couple arrested for fraudulently obtaining $39K in welfare benefits
New York State Inspector General, Letizia Tagliafierro, has announced the arrest of a New Jersey couple who allegedly lied about...
President Trump impeached 2nd time for inciting violence at U.S. Capitol
The US Congress has impeached the United States President Donald Trump for the second time for inciting insurrection at the...
EDUPEACE| Industry 2.0 versus Education 2.0
Prof. Mahfouz A. Adedimeji It was the Greek Philosopher of the 5th Century, Heraclitus, who once examined the concept of...
Nigeria: FG condemns Islamic group for issuing Kukah ultimatum to apologize or vacate Sokoto
Akeem Alao The Federal Government of Nigeria has condemned an Islamic group, Muslim Solidarity Forum, for issuing ultimatum to the...
Financial Focus: The Path to Your 2021 Tax Return – Children (Part 2 of 7)
Professor Anthony Rivieccio If you read part one of our seven-part series on how to get all your tax money...
Mayoral Race: NYC African Leaders, clergymen endorse Eric Adams
Akeem Alao More than a dozen prominent NYC African Leaders and clergymen have endorsed Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams for...
ADL calls for removal of President Donald Trump from office
Akeem Alao The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States, has called for the...
Westchester County police chiefs, district attorney condemn assault on Capitol
Akeem Alao The Westchester County Chiefs of Police Association and the Office of the Westchester County District Attorney have strongly...
Capitol Insurrection: House speeding plans to oust Trump
The House has sped ahead with plans to oust President Donald Trump from office. The House warned that Trump is...
Interpol issues notices over Lebanon’s massive port blast
Interpol has issued a wanted notice for two Russians and a Portuguese man over explosive material that had been shipped...
Tunisia deliberates on reform program with IMF
The Tunisian government asserted its commitment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to develop a program of economic reforms. The...
DSS alleges plots to incite religious violence in Nigeria
Akeem Alao The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted Nigerians to plots to incite religious violence in the country....
Our democracy survives insurrection in Washington DC
Dr. George Onuorah The wind of political change blowing across the nation will culminate January 20, with the enthronement of...
Pelosi pushes VP, Cabinet to invoke constitutional authority to oust Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has disclosed plan by the House to proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump as...
Former Iranian President’s daughter Faezeh slammed for praising Trump
Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has shocked everyone by acknowledging the “effectiveness” of the...
Pompeo accuses Iran of supplying chemical weapons to Libya
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Iran of supplying chemical weapons to Libya. While disclosing this in a...
South Korean diplomat in Iran to negotiate release of seized ship, frozen funds
A South Korean diplomatic delegation has arrived in Iran to negotiate the release of a vessel and its crew seized...
Gambia: Sheikh Darboe elected GSIC President
Akeem Alao Sheikh Darboe Ustass Essa, a renowned Gambian Islamic scholar and head of Tadamun Islamic Institute, has been elected...
Gambians lash ex-president Jonathan over interference in internal politics
Akeem Alao Gambians have lashed Nigerian ex-president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, over interference in the country's internal politics. Jonathan was received...
DA Rocah urges thorough investigation into Capitol attack
Akeem Alao Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah has urged thorough accountability for all those involved in yesterday’s attack...
Trump: Lessons for America and the world
Carl Umegboro The outrageous conspiracy theories of the outgoing President of the United States of America, Donald Trump have exposed...
President Barrow launches D20M youth development fund
Akeem Alao President Barrow has launched the much-anticipated Youth Revolving Fund worth D20million. This was launched after concluding a month-long...
EDUPEACE| Industry 1.0 versus Education 1.0
Prof. Mahfouz A. Adedimeji Today, education is different from what it used to be in terms of contents and methods...
US judge blocks Trump administration’s sweeping asylum rules
A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration’s most sweeping set of asylum restrictions. The court judgment is coming less...
Indonesia jet carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight
A Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers on Saturday, minutes after taking off...
Iran bans foreign companies from testing Covid-19 vaccines on Iranians
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that foreign companies will not be allowed to test Covid-19 vaccines on the Iranian...
Twitter hides Iranian vaccine conspiracy post
Twitter has hidden a post on the account of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on a coronavirus vaccine conspiracy...
Saudi Arabia launches ‘health passport’
Saudi Arabia has launched the “health passport” service through the Tawakkalna app. On Thursday January 7, 2021, the app was...
China seals off 2 cities to squash virus outbreak
China has sealed off two cities south of Beijing, cutting transport links and banning millions of residents from leaving, as...
EU doubles Covid-19 vaccines order with Pfizer-Biontech
The European Commission said Friday it has secured 300 million extra doses of the coronavirus Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, a move that...
Netanyahu court date postponed amid virus lockdown
The planned court appearance by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his trial for corruption has been indefinitely delayed in...
History will not forget Trump — Barack Obama
Akeem Alao Former US President Barack Obama has expressed concern over Donald Trump's reactions to the results of the presidential...
Capitol Attack: Facebook, Instagram ban Trump
Facebook and Instagram have banned US President Donald Trump from posting on their system. The suspension is aimed at silencing...
Pentagon activates 6,200 National Guard members
The Department of Defense has formally activated roughly 6,200 members of the National Guard from six northeastern states to help...
US Congress officially confirms Joe Biden as president
The United States Congress has confirmed Joe Biden as the country’s President. Lawmakers who officially confirmed Biden as the country’s...
JCPA condemns violence, insurrection at US Capitol
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, New York City, has strongly condemnd the violent insurrection at the United States Capitol...
Rep Omar calls for Trump’s impeachment for aiding insurrectionists at US Capitol
Rep. Ilhan Omar has called for Trump's impeachment for aiding insurrectionists at US Capitol on Wednesday. While expressing her indignation,...
Demonstration at US Capitol is White terrorism — Khalid Latif
Akeem Alao Khalid Latif, the Executive Director and Chaplain for the Islamic Center at New York University, has described the...
Trump supporters storm US Capitol, lawmakers evacuated
Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. The Wednesday protest was aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer...
Financial Focus: The Path to a Bigger Tax Refund for 2022 (1)
Professor Anthony Rivieccio Most people mistakenly think that tax preparation is tax planning time. But by thinking this way, they...
Democrat Raphael Warnock wins Georgia’s Senate runoff
Democrat Raphael Warnock has won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs. Warnock, who was declared winner on Wednesday January 6,...
US grants 3-month waiver for Iraq to import energy from Iran
The US State Department on Monday renewed a sanctions waiver allowing Iraq to import electricity and gas from Iran. A...
Israel appoints diplomat to UAE to lead temporary mission
The Israeli Foreign Ministry appointed Tuesday its former ambassador to Turkey as the country's temporary ambassador to Abu Dhabi. Eitan...
Chinese court sentences ex-banker to death over $260m bribe
The former chairman of one of China’s largest state-controlled asset management firms has been sentenced to death for soliciting $260...
Mayor De Blasio declares special election date for 11th, 15th Council District in Bronx
By Robert Press New Supreme Court Judge Andrew Cohen announced his resignation from the 11th City Council seat on December...
Israeli ex-speaker faults racist law, forfeits Jewish nationality
Akeem Alao Former Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, Avraham Burg, has forfeited his Jewish nationality in protest of racist law....
Democrat Pelosi narrowly re-elected US House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi has been narrowly re-elected US House Speaker in a deeply divided new Congress that convened in the final...
NAACP president decries Trump’s attempt to falsify votes
Akeem Alao NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, has decried President Donald Trump’s pressure on Georgia Secretary of State to...
Breakthrough reached in Gulf dispute with Qatar — Kushner
A breakthrough has been reached in Qatar's three-year-old with Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries and an agreement to...
Bronx community leaders make declaration to end gun violence
Moses Kuwema A group of clergy, community leaders and neighborhood advocates in the Bronx has gotten tired of the nice...
Nigeria: PTF warns against another lockdown
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Coronavirus Control has warned Nigerians against another nationwide lockdown. While disclosing this on...
