Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan was on Friday sworn in as the country’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. Hassan, 61, a soft-spoken Muslim woman from the island of Zanzibar, will finish Magufuli’s second five-year term, set to run until 2025. […]
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President-elect Joe Biden has arrived at the US Capitol where he would be sworn-in as the 46th US President. He was in company with his wife Jill Biden.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office with 58.6 percent of the vote, in an election disputed by his main rival Bobi Wine who trailed with 34.8 percent, the electoral commission announced on Saturday. “The electoral commission declares Yoweri Museveni… elected President of the Republic of […]
Out of the blue, we have seen entertainers morph into politicians and take on key government offices. Yet, what sets aside Bobi Wine, a Ugandan reggae vocalist vying for the country’s presidential seat, is the fervour with which he’d sought to oust Yoweri Museveni, who has been in office since […]
Just seven days to the inauguration of a new administration, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, was impeached on Wednesday. With the development, Trump becomes the first US president to be impeached twice. The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday after a debate on the article of impeachment […]
The ban could spark fury from Trump supporters on Twitter, risking loss in number of its users, say analysts Twitter’s stock price was down as much as 12.3% on Monday after outgoing US President Donald Trump was permanently banned from the platform. After closing at $51.48 per share on Friday, […]
More knocks appear coming the way of US President, Donald Trump, as Google-owned YouTube temporarily suspended his channel. The media platform, as gathered, also removed a video on Trump’s channel for violating its policy against inciting violence. With the development, YouTube has joined other social media platforms that banned Trump’s […]
The Ugandan authorities have ordered a shutdown of social media ahead of the country’s presidential poll. The election is scheduled for January 14, 2021. According to Reuters, the Ugandan authorities have ordered telecommunications companies to “immediately suspend any access and use” of social media and online messaging platforms. Citing a […]
US President Donald Trump on Friday said he will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January 20, 2021. He said this a day after Biden’s Electoral College win was certified by a joint session of the US Congress. “To all of those who have asked, I will […]
Thirty-seven members of the United States House of Representatives have indicated interest in an article seeking to impeach President Donald Trump. The article, whose lead sponsor is Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, accused Trump of committing “high crimes and misdemeanors”. The move, which comes just about two weeks to […]
United Kingdom is releasing £47 million in aid to provide food, nutrition, water and shelter for vulnerable families in nine countries and regions. It said £7m of the funding will be made available in Nigeria through the World Food Programme and is estimated to reach 430,000 individuals with unconditional food […]
US President Donald Trump has urged members of the Republican Party to ‘get tough’. He stated this on Friday via his official Twitter handle. “Get tough Republicans,” he wrote. Trump has consistently claimed the recently held US presidential election was rigged and that it was a ‘total fraud’. He had […]
Democrat candidate, Joe Biden, has thanked Americans for the honour to “lead our great country”. An excited Biden tweeted on Saturday evening (Nigerian time), saying he will be president for all Americans. He wrote, “America, I’m honoured that you have chosen me to lead our great country. “The work ahead […]
…congratulates new US president, VP Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, congratulated Democrat Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris over their ‘victory’ in the US election. Obasanjo, in a congratulatory letter by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, described the ‘feat’ achieved by the two Democrats as […]
United States President, Donald Trump, has rejected the victory of the President-elect, Joe Biden. Trump said this in a statement shortly after the media projected the victory of the former Vice-President. The Republican candidate said the election was deeply flawed and he would be heading to court on Monday to […]
Everything you need to know about how the 2020 US electoral system works In the US election, Americans vote for candidates called ‘electors’ in their state who are supporting the candidate they want to become president – this process is called the Electoral College. The more people to live in […]
Joe Biden, presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, has taken the lead in the state of Georgia in the United States. US President Donald Trump was leading in the state from the previous count of votes. But Biden has overtaken him with 917 votes in the state, according to The […]
Joe Biden’s White House campaign slammed President Donald Trump’s threat to try to stop the election vote count as “outrageous” early Wednesday, saying its legal team was ready to prevent such an “unprecedented” act. “The president’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was […]
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed a parade by his supporters in Nigeria, describing it as a great honour. Trump made this known when he shared a video of the parade on his Twitter handle with a caption, “A parade for me in Nigeria, a great honor!” The video […]
This year has brought a barrage of emergencies across the country that have required the National Guard—the coronavirus pandemic, hurricanes, wildfires and a wave of street protests. Now those troops are preparing in case they are needed once again, this time for potential violent unrest in the wake of the […]
….Biden says, time to end the ‘chaos’ President Donald Trump entered his final day of campaigning for reelection Monday by dismissing polls that show him headed for a humiliating loss, while Democrat Joe Biden urged Americans to draw a line under the “chaos” of the last four years. “I watch […]
No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state and local levels. NAN reports […]
….Nigeria will never disintegrate – Clement A popular Bayelsa State-based Evangelist and Prophetess, Justina Clement, has predicted a landslide victory for Mr Donald Trump in the United States of America presidential election. The Prophetess, an ex-beauty queen, who was Miss Bayelsa in 2010, also prophesied that despite the clamour for […]
Former Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says she remains positive of becoming the first African and first female director-general of the World Trade Organisation despite United States opposition to her candidacy. The ex-World Bank director said she felt humbled to have been declared the candidate with the largest votes […]
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala voiced confidence on Friday in her quest to lead the crisis-wracked World Trade Organisation after all of Africa backed her candidacy, vowing she would champion reform. “I feel the wind behind my back,” she told a virtual press briefing after the 55-member African Union officially supported her […]
US President Donald Trump said Friday he had tested positive for Covid-19 and would quarantine inside the White House during his recovery, cancelling upcoming appearances on the campaign trail ahead of a bitterly fought election. The White House doctor said both Trump and First Lady Melania — who also tested […]
Mother of Hollywood’s famous actor Sylvester Stallone is dead. However, the exact circumstances surrounding the death of Jackie Stallone, the famed celebrity astrologer is still unclear, TMZ reports. Mrs Stallone was well-regarded as an astrologer, dancer and women’s wrestling promoter. Not to mention, she was the mother of three famous […]
When former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified before Congress in July 2019, he noted that the U.S. Department of Justice has a longstanding policy against indicting a sitting president on criminal charges — and some legal experts have argued that this year’s presidential election could mean the difference between whether […]
Kogi State Government, on Friday, protested the visa ban imposed on some politicians who allegedly rigged the last governorship election in the state by the United States Government. The US Government had on Monday slammed a visa restriction on some individuals for allegedly rigging the November 2019 governorship elections in […]
Federal Government, on Friday, cautioned the United States and the United Kingdom on the statements they issued on the governorship elections holding in Edo State on Saturday (today) and Ondo State on October 10. The FG also expressed concern over the visa restrictions imposed by the US on unnamed politicians […]
Federal Government says it has largely complied with the requirements of the United States on information sharing and other demands on its visa and security policy. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Mustapha Sulaiman, said Nigeria had accomplished almost 90 per cent of the requirements by the US government, […]
….as Ghana’s Akufo-Addo emerges new regional body’s chairman President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, warned ECOWAS leaders against elongating their tenure in office beyond constitutional limits. Buhari spoke as President of Ghana, Prof. Nana Akufo-Addo, emerged as the new Chairman of ECOWAS. “I URGE US ALL TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF […]
US President Donald Trump on Sunday praised outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as Japan’s best head of government ever. In a late-night tweet, Trump said he had just spoken with Abe, who is resigning for health reasons. “Shinzo will soon be recognized as the greatest Prime Minister in the history […]
An American rapper, Kanye West, who is a vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has announced that he would run for president in 2020 in an apparent challenge to Trump and his presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. West declared his ambition in a Twitter post on […]
Donald Trump may drop out of the 2020 presidential race if he believes he has no chance of winning, a Republican Party operative reportedly told Fox News. The claim comes in a report in the president’s favourite news outlet that cites a number of GOP insiders who are concerned about […]
Former President Barack Obama blasted current President Donald Trump in a rare public rebuke, calling out Trump’s “shambolic, disorganized, mean-spirited approach to governance” and accusing him of dividing the country. “What we have seen over the last couple of years is a White House enabled by Republicans in Congress and […]
