The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) on Wednesday October 19, 2011 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nigerian Government to boost electricity output in the West-African nation. The Ex-Im Financing is expected to Help Create and Maintain Jobs in Both U.S. and Nigeria
The agreement signed in Abuja , by Ex-Im, Chairman Hochberg and Nigeria Minister of Power Bart Nnaji, is aimed at securing up to $1.5 billion of U.S. exports of goods and services directed at a ten-fold increase in power output in Nigeria …
They came from everywhere across United States, From Boston, Texas, California, Ohio, Maryland and New York. They came from the VA Medical Center and Miami Valley Hospital. Family,Friends and colleagues of Dr. Valerie Adesuwa Aliu came to honor her, dance with her and share the joys of her 40th Birthday anniversary which held on Saturday October 8, 2011. It was a colorful event inside the Multipurpose hall of St Benedict the moor in Dayton Ohio.
Dr. Valerie Adesuwa Aliu is a popular medical doctor who specializes in …
The United States Diversity Immigrant Visa program also known as the Green Card Lottery may soon be abolished. The Congressional-mandated lottery program for receiving a United States Permanent Resident Card , may soon be a thing of the past if the plans of Republican Bob Goodlatte (R., Va.), get endorsed by the US Congress.
Congressman Bob Goodlatte, the Roanoke born attorney who began his ninth term representing the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia in 2009 has reintroduced legislation to abolish the green card Lottery program which is administered …
The expansion of a Scholarship program, designated for the education of children with disability has become a bone of contention in Ohio. In March 2011, State Rep. Matt Huffman introduced House Bill 136, which would create a Special Education Scholarship pilot program for Ohio students with a disability.
The proposed scholarship, limited to 5% of Ohio’s special education students, would allow parents the opportunity to use the tax money already designated for their child’s education at a private school that could better meet the student’s learning needs.
H.B. 136 proposes …
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that more than 2,500 products are now authorized by the agency under its Design for the Environment (DfE ) Safer Product Labeling Program to carry the DfE label. Ingredient in the approved products have been screened for potential human health and environmental effects and been found to contain only ingredients that, in EPA’s scientific opinion, pose the least concern among chemicals in their class.
Checks by African Metro News show that DfE-labeled products do not contain known chemicals of potential concern, like …
There may be relief for thousands of immigrant women and men living with abusive spouses and partners in the United States.The Department of Homeland Security will now consider victims of domestic violence for rights of asylum and legal rights to live and work in the country.
Lack of immigration status or fear of deportation is a major cause of domestic violence in the African immigrant community in the United States. Not a few African women rely on spouses/batterers as immigration sponsors.
These women and men often have little if any knowledge …
