Troops of operation Sahel Sanity has said that while on routine patrol along the fringes of Dajin Wuta forest, it came in contact with bandits on motorcycles, saying that in their attempt to escape from the advancing troops, the terrified bandits ineffectively opened fire and withdrew into the forest. In a press statement signed and…
China has finally congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on winning the U.S. presidential election after days of silence to acknowledge the victory. “We have been following the reaction on this U.S. presidential election from both within the United States and from the international community,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a briefing in…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office has arraigned Philip Orumade on a nine-count charge bordering on stealing before Justice Efe I. Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court, Benin City. Orumade was alleged to have, sometime in November 2019 while working as a banker in charge of Automated Teller Machine, stole…
The member representing Ezza South Constituency in Ebonyi state House of Assembly, Chris Usulor has said he won’t join Governor David Umahi in his planned defection to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Usualor stated this during a live phone-in programme, Political Voices on Dream FM Enugu. According to him, though the governor’s agitations for the…
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump’s campaign over an opinion piece by CNN that claimed the campaign was open to receiving Russian assistance in the election. U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown ruled on Thursday that the campaign had failed to demonstrate “actual malice,” and that therefore the…
An International Organisation, Dollar Club Exclusive on Thursday called on the federal government to quickly address the demands of the Academics Staff Union of Universities and allow students to return to school. The association asked the federal government to stop playing politics with academic matters lamenting that students have forgotten what they have been taught…
United States election security officials have stated that the 2020 presidential election was the most secure in American history. The Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council Executive Committee (GCC) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) made the declaration in a joint statement. The bodies within the Department of Homeland Security worked on protecting U.S….
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Kano branch has directed its members across the state to sell Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) from N168 to N170 per litre. The Pipeline and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) had on Thursday, November 12, 2020 released a circular, advising the petroleum marketers to sell petrol within the range of…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been dragged to a court over his role in the shooting and killing of #EndSARS protesters. The Lagos state government and Sanwo-Olu were taken to a federal high court by two lawyers who prayed the court to disband the Judicial Panel Of Inquiry and Restitution For Victims Of SARS, saying the…
A controversial French professor, who touts the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment without evidence, will appear before a disciplinary panel charged with ethics breaches, an order of doctors said Thursday. Marseille-based Didier Raoult stands accused by his peers of spreading false information about the benefits of the drug. His promotion of hydroxychloroquine was…