November 8, 2020

Indians Celebrate Harris Emergence As US Vice President

November 8, 2020 6:46 pm

The news that Kamala Harris is now the United States Vice President elect has caused a wide jubilation in India.

The people of her grandfather’s (G.P Gopalan) home town were not left behind. Waking up to the news and being overjoyed, people in her Indian grandfather’s home town set off firecrackers, offered prayers and carried placards.
Gathered at street corners of the tiny village of Thulasendrapuram, with a population of about 350, the people were reading newspapers and chatting about the Democrats’ victory in the United States presidential election before moving …

Residents Scoop Petrol From A Tripped Tanker In Lagos

November 8, 2020 6:17 pm

A petrol-laden tanker fell Sunday on Festac Link Bridge in Lagos, spilling its content down the road, as residents troop to the scene to scoop fuel.

The tanker, conveying 33,000 litres of petrol, was said to have overturned and spilled its content.

Despite the many incidents of deaths as a result of scooping fuel from fallen fuel tankers, residents of Festac defied all warnings, carrying kegs and gallons to get the spilled petrol from the ground.

Meanwhile, emergency responders arrived the scene to trans-load the content left and avert secondary …

Man City Pay Penalty For De Bruyne’s Miss In Liverpool Draw

November 8, 2020 4:25 pm

Manchester City were left to rue Kevin De Bruyne’s missed penalty as Liverpool escaped from the Etihad Stadium with a point for the first time in four seasons after a 1-1 draw on Sunday.

A flying start from the Reds was rewarded with Mohamed Salah’s 13th minute penalty, but Gabriel Jesus levelled for Pep Guardiola’s men before De Bruyne failed to hit the target from the spot three minutes before half-time.

A share of the points between the sides that have combined to win the title for the past three seasons …

AMCON, Appeal Court Join Forces To Recover ₦5Tr Debt

November 8, 2020 4:21 pm

With the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in its twilight, the President, Court of Appeal, Honourable Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem and the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Honourable Justice R.P.I Bosimo, (Rtd) at the weekend, drummed support for the Corporation to meet its target of recovering ₦5 trillion debt.

Currently, AMCON owes more than ₦4 trillion to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which it says could rise to almost ₦7 trillion by 2024 judging by the current rate of inflation.

To forestall that, AMCON …

DG Suspended Over Corruption Allegation – FG

November 8, 2020 11:25 am

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the Director General of Project Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu State, Dr Charles Agulanna be suspended for alleged corruption.

The suspension was enclosed in an internal memo the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha addressed to the Minister of Science and Technology Ogbonnaya Onu.

In the memo dated November 5, the SGF urged the minister to ensure that the director-general complied with the suspension.

The SGF also directed that the Chairman of the Governing Board of the …

IG Retains Solid Stand, Orders Personnel To Resist Violent

IGP Retains Solid Stand, Orders Personnel To Resist Violent

November 8, 2020 4:37 am

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, yesterday, issued a strict warning that “henceforth, any form of attacks on police facilities and public and private assets as well as any life threatening assault on police personnel and citizens in the guise of any form of violent protests must be firmly responded to within the dictates of this constitutional provisions”.

Coming on the heels of a potential resurgence of the #EndSARS protests, Adamu, for the umpteenth time, maintained that the Nigerian Police Force would resist violent and riotous …

President-Elect Joe Biden Says First Task Is To Control COVID-19

November 8, 2020 4:26 am

Newly elected President Joe Biden says his first task in office is to get the coronavirus pandemic under control.

Biden specified this in his acceptance speech, which he delivered before a crowd of supporters in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday night.

Our first priority is getting eradicating Covid-19.

We cannot repair the economy, restore our vitality, or relish life’s most precious moments: hugging a grandchild, our children, birthdays, weddings, graduations, all the moments that matter most to us, until we get it under control.

On Monday, I will name …

Forlornly, Trump’s Rule Is Ending The Way It Started

November 8, 2020 1:40 am

The slow but steady counting of the votes from the November 3 elections here in United States for the presidency, instantly offered three things.

The first as digital civic education.

The following came as another opportunity to millions of Americans and people of the world to take in the contrasting personalities of the Republican and the Democrat seeking the mantle of leadership. To be sure, the incumbent Donald J Trump is very popular among some conservatives and especially the Christian Republicans and the working class whites Caucasians. There is no minimizing …