The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina on Friday said if his principal hadn’t exercised restraint and tolerance during the #EndSARS protest which was hijacked by hoodlums, Nigerians would have been talking about something else. Adesina, in a piece titled, ‘We Have Not Many Fathers’, said Buhari acted like a father…
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Friday, November 13, announced that his government will be scrapping payment of pension packages to former governors and former deputy governors of Kwara state. According to the Kwara State Governor in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary Rafiu Ajakaye, a bill will be sent to the State House of…
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 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…
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….
Despite claiming he wouldn’t go into politics, the husband of US vice president-elect Kamala Harris, Douglas Emhoff, has quit his job for a White House role. The 56-year-old has left his private law practice to focus on his role at the White House. At the Law firm DLA Piper, he practised law in intellectual property…
Former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu has described the move by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007) as “bold and courageous”. The law provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors and their deputies. Mr Sanwo-Olu told the State House of Assembly of his…
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state is reportedly set to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Nation reported that the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) held a meeting with the governor in Abuja yesterday November 10, apparently to persuade him from leaving the party. Releasing photos from the meeting,…
In another escalation of the post-electoral dilemma occurring in the White House, the United States Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, has suggested that the presidential election has not yet been decided saying President Trump could still be the winner. Major US news organizations projected Biden won the presidential election on Saturday but Biden’s transition process…