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Electoral vote objections delay Joe Biden certification in US Congress
Republican lawmakers early Thursday objected to counting Pennsylvania’s electors, further delaying the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory after the House and Senate rejected an earlier challenge to his win in Arizona.
Afreximbank expands trade finance intermediary initiative, lists eight Nigerian banks
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has increased the number of its trade finance intermediaries (TFIs) to more than 65 in 30 African countries.
Afreximbank expands trade finance intermediary initiative
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it increased its Trade Finance Intermediaries (TFIs) to more than 65 in 30 African countries in 2020 with more to be approved in 2021.
Group Insists ceding 2023 Presidency to South-east zone non-negotiable
A pressure group that covers the interest of the South-east geopolitical zone rose up yesterday from an emergency meeting in Awka, Anambra State insisting that time was long overdue in the interest of equity and justice for power to rotate to their zone in 2023.
Boko Haram: UN Security Council condemns Borno farmers’ killing
The United Nations Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” the terrorist killing of 43 farmers in Borno State on Saturday.
LEDAP: 1.17 million women, over 500,000 girls displaced in Nigeria
Center for Reproductive Rights and Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) has said that out of the 2.2 million Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in Nigeria, 1.17 million are women while 510,555 are girls of reproductive age.
President Buhari asks OPEC to consider population on oil cuts
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to consider the weight of the responsibility of Nigeria with “200 million people, with severe deficit in infrastructure” when sharing oil production cuts.
President Buhari: Nigeria has 200m poor people
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday admitted that Nigeria has 200 million poor people and asked the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to consider this when sharing production cuts.
President Buhari seeks better deal on OPEC quota
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to consider Nigeria’s huge population size and physical development deficits when sharing oil production cuts.
Transport ministers from West, Central Africa meet over regional maritime bank
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has met his West and Central Africa counterparts to deliberate on the establishment of a Maritime bank, according to a statement by his Media Assistant, Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni.
#EndSARS: Reconstruction must include rebuilding public trust – VP Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has has assured that there would be comprehensive justice for all Nigerians affected by police brutality.
ActionAid, TUC, Yiaga, others seek domestication of African Charter to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy
Ahead of 2023 generation elections in Nigeria, ActionAid Nigeria, Trade Union Congress, TUC, Yiaga Africa and others seek domestication of the African Charter on Democracy, Election and Governance, ACDEG, to Nigeria’s democratic system.
British lawmakers write Commonwealth over killings in Nigeria
Thirteen members of the House of Lords, United Kingdom, have expressed concern over the killings by Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East and Fulani herdsmen in the Middle Belt region.
ECOWAS Mali deadline unrealistic – experts
Leaders of West African states and Mali's military coup failed to agree on a transfer to civilian rule in talks this week, raising concerns about the political standoff and regional security in that country.
Coronavirus pandemic strengthens friendship – UNGA president
President of the United Nations General Assembly, Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, on Thursday highlighted how the COVID-19 pandemic was strengthening friendships.
Coronavirus doesn’t exist – Belarusian president
Daniil Lipilin is sure his father, Vasil, a 50-year-old paramedic with more than 20 years of experience, died of COVID-19. He says the name of the coronavirus disease is right there on the death certificate.
Russia to ground all international flights from midnight
Russia will halt all international flights from midnight on Friday under a government decree listing new measures against the coronavirus outbreak.
US lawmakers write Nigeria, condemn clampdown on journalists, activists, protesters
Two U.S. lawmakers have written to the Nigerian ambassador in the U.S., Sylvanus Nsofor, over the continuous detention of Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-accused, Olawale Bakare.
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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny held in infamous Moscow jail
Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny, detained on Sunday after flying back to Russia for the first time after being poisoned with a nerve agent, is spending his days under strict control in a VIP cell inside one of Moscow’s most infamous jails.
Lopez Obrador calls for U.S. to fix immigration status of Mexican migrants
The incoming administration of U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden should give legal immigration status to Mexicans who are currently working in the United States, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday.
Labour chief: Kano governor assured us salaries despite stay-at-home order
Workers in Kano are expressing fears that the state government will tamper with their salary following the stay at home order announced on Monday by the Commissioner for Information, Mal Muhammad Garba, following a rise in the rate of death resulting from COVID 19.
FRSC apprehends 1,686 traffic offenders, impounds 699 vehicles in Oyo
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command, says it apprehended 1,686 road traffic offenders for various offences and impounded 699 vehicles during its special patrol.
Osun governor orders commissioners, aides to take compulsory coronavirus test
In its desperate move to manage the second wave of the coronavirus infection, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has ordered all Commissioners and Special Advisers in the state to take compulsory COVID-19 test to ascertain their status.
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Joe Biden tells US Senate to finish Donald Trump’s impeachment process
American President-elect Joe Biden has called on the U.S. Senate to live up to its constitutional responsibilities by impeaching President Donald Trump.
Edo election: Governor Obaseki presented different University of Ibadan certificates to INEC in 2016,...
The University of Ibadan (UI) Bachelor’s Degree certificate forgery and perjury case against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Monday resurfaced at the state’s election petitions tribunal in Benin.
Michael Okpara university fixes date to resume physical classes
Nearly ten months after gates of Nigerian public universities were shut by the protracted nationwide strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the management of the Federal University of Agriculture Umudike aka Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (MOUA), Umudike, has said academic activities will resume on January 25, 2021.
Kano housewife kills husband’s fiancee out of jealousy
A housewife identified as Suwaiba Shuaibu has allegedly killed her husband’s fiancee, 17-year-old Aisha Kabir in Gimawa Village, Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State few days to their wedding.
Centrist Laschet picked to lead Merkel’s divided CDU party
Germany’s Christian Democrats elected Armin Laschet as chairman on Saturday, aiming to unify their divided party behind a centrist who they hope can succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor when she steps down after federal elections in September.