Congress Validates Joe Biden’s Victory
A violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential election, undercut the nation’s democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House. The nation’s elected representatives scrambled to crouch under desks and don […]
25th Amendment Discussed Among Trump Allies, Cabinet, Addressing President’s Fitness To Serve
Some members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet have discussed invoking the 25th Amendment after a mob of the president’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, ABC News reports. Multiple sources told ABC News that there have been discussions between some Cabinet members and allies about using the amendment as a vehicle to remove the president […]
Pro- Trump Supporters Storm Capitol Hill, Distort Electoral Process
Pro- Trump protesters at the early hours of Wednesday stormed Capitol Hill to disrupt the final lap of the electoral process chaired by the Vice President Mike Pence. Protesters carrying placards and wearing shirts with President Trumps name invaded Capitol to over turn the election in Trumps favor. Forced lawmakers in to hiding, a photo […]
Nigeria In Debt:Owes IMF, World Bank, Others $31.98bn
Nigeria’s bilateral and multilateral debts stood at $31.98 billion as of September 2020, according to the latest figures released by the Debt Management Office (DMO). The outstanding debts are not only owed to bilateral and multilateral institutions but also include commercial loans from Eurobonds and Diaspora Bond. Bilateral debts are those arising from country-to-country loans […]
Covid-19: Nigeria Vow To Revoke Visas Of Errant Visitors, Targets 42m Vaccines Through COVAX
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, has said that the federal government will revoke visas of foreign visitors who failed to present their Covid-19 test certificates on arrival in the country. According to him, the Immigration Act empowers him to revoke visas and confiscate passports of offenders, adding that the […]
Man Suspected In String Of Attacks On Women In US Arrested
A man suspected in a string of assaults against women in Brooklyn is now under arrest and facing multiple charges. Khari Covington, 29, is charged with seven counts for attacks in the subway system — at least five took place at the same station at Morgan Avenue in New York. He is also facing two […]
Congress To confirm Joe Biden’s Electoral Win Over President Trump
President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn the presidential election is going before Congress as lawmakers convene for a joint session to confirm the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden. The typically routine proceeding Wednesday will be anything but, a political confrontation unseen since the aftermath of the Civil War as Trump mounts a […]
Canada Prime Minister Frustrated By Slow Distribution Of Vaccines
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday in his first address of the new year that he was “frustrated” by the slow pace of COVID-19 inoculations across Canada, three weeks into a vaccination campaign. The Canadian government has so far distributed 424,500 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines — the only ones authorized to date in […]
Covid-19: Corps Members Tested Positive In Nigeria
Seven hundred and thirty-seven corps members from the Batch B have tested positive for COVID-19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force On COVID-19, Boss Mustapha disclosed this on Tuesday. According to him, the cases were recorded from all states across the country. “In continuation of the NYSC engagement, the PTF has conducted the testing […]
Saudi Arabia Opens Airspace, Land and Sea Borders To Qatar After 3 Years
Saudi Arabia will reopen its airspace and land and sea border to Qatar as of Monday, Kuwait’s foreign minister said, citing a deal towards resolving a political dispute that led Riyadh and its allies to impose a boycott on Qatar. “Based on [Kuwait’s ruler Emir] Sheikh Nawaf’s proposal, it was agreed to open the airspace […]
