January 14, 2021

 Afenifere chieftain and elder Statesman, Chief Ayodele Adebanjo, Thursday asked Nigerian leaders to change the constitution, noting that the constitution is the problem of the country that needs to be changed before any election.

Adebanjo said this at a conference organized by Igbo think-tank, Nzuko Ummuna, in partnership with Ovation International and Njenje Media, held virtually. Speaking on the theme: The Second never again conference: 51 years after the Nigerian-Biafran Civil war, Pa Ayo reiterated the need for restructuring.

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He said: ‘Our problem is our constitution; we need to go …

Incoming US President, Joe Biden on Thursday announced a $1.9 trillion emergency package to combat the coronavirus pandemic and boost economic recovery.

The president-elect has asked Congress to approve the package.

The package will provide for $1,400-per-person checks for millions of Americans, enhanced unemployment benefits, $25 billion in rental assistance, and an extension of a federal eviction moratorium until the end of January.

Included also in the plan is $130 billion to reopen schools for in-person learning and $20 billion for a national vaccination programme.

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The Republic of Congo will hold its presidential election on March 21, public television said Thursday, with President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has been in power for a total of 36 years set to fly his party’s flag in the elections.

The defense and security forces will vote on March 17, enabling them to be deployed on polling day four days later.

It is the first time since the Republic of Congo, also called Congo-Brazzaville, has adopted a two-phase ballot since it introduced multiparty elections in 1992.

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US President-elect, Joe Biden has sent a message to the Senate after the House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Biden asked the Senate to conduct Trump’s impeachment trial while simultaneously handling other critical issues.

Biden does not want issues surrounding the current administration to slow down his government when he takes office next week.

He said the Senate needs to be able to follow through on the outgoing President’s impeachment trial while working on his agenda.

‘This nation also remains in the grip of a

President Donald Trump has blamed his lawyer, Rude Giuliani for his second impeachment on Wednesday, according to CNN.

The President has also told people to stop paying for the lawyer’s legal fees, according to the news network quoting a source.

CNN reports that though Trump’s aides were not clear if the President was serious about his instructions given he’s lashing out at nearly everyone after the events of his second impeachment.

Trump, who is US 45th President, became the first among them all to be impeached twice when …