January 8, 2021

Trump’s Impeachment: Biden Sends Message To Senate

It Would Have Been Different If Blacks Invaded Capitol – Biden

United States President-elect Joe Biden has reiterated his condemnation of the invasion of the US Capitol on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol Building as Vice President Mike Pence was about to perform his role in the electoral vote count.

The edifice is the meeting place of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

On Thursday, Biden stated that it would have been a different case if the attackers were Black people.

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‘No one can tell me that if that had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday, they

US Has No Moral Right To Punish Any Country – Zimbabwe President

US Has No Moral Right To Punish Any Country – Zimbabwe President

President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has said the United State of America no longer have the moral right to punish another nation.

Mnangagwa said this while speaking on the invasion of Capitol Hill by pro-Trump supporters yesterday.

He said sanctions were placed on Zimbabwe by President Donald Trump in 2020 citing concerns about Zimbabwe’s democracy.

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Mnangagwa urged Trump to withdraw sanctions it placed, adding that the events that followed the recent presidential election shows that they have no moral right.

His tweet read: ‘Last year, President Trump extended painful economic sanctions placed on

IPPIS: I Was Paid ₦4,000 As Monthly Salary - ASUP Chairman

IPPIS: I Was Paid ₦4,000 As Monthly Salary – ASUP Chairman

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics have decried the lapses in the controversial payment system introduced by the Nigerian government, the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, saying it has led to the disruption of activities in the nation’s polytechnics.

ASUP stated this on Thursday, even as it warned that it could embark on an industrial action.

Speaking in a chat in Lagos on Thursday with Newsmen, the Yaba College of Technology, Yabatech Chapter Chairman, Mr Remi Ajiboye, said salaries of members were being cut indiscriminately, citing an instance in which he was paid ₦4,000 as monthly …

Elon Musk Overtakes Jeff Bezos, Now World’s Wealthiest Person

Elon Musk Overtakes Jeff Bezos, Now World’s Wealthiest Person

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO is now the world’s wealthiest person. The South African-born mogul overtakes Amazon boss Jeff Bezos.

On Thursday, CNBC estimated his wealth at $185 billion.

Bezos, 56, has a net worth of $184 billion.

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Musk, 49, the major shareholder Tesla, benefited from Tesla’s surging share price.

Shares of the electric car company surged 5.9 percent to $800.43 in late morning trading, lifting the company’s market capitalization above $750 billion.

Musk is also the founder, CEO, CTO and chief designer of SpaceX; founder of The Boring Company; …

Buhari, Osinbajo, To Be First Recipients Of COVID-19 Vaccines

Buhari, Osinbajo, To Be First Recipients Of COVID-19 Vaccines

The federal government yesterday listed President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, among the first set of Nigerians to be administered with COVID-19 vaccines, when the country takes delivery of the first batch by the end of the month.

The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 press briefing in Abuja, said their vaccination would be televised to inspire public confidence in the safety of the vaccines.

He had said on Tuesday that …