January 18, 2021

Trump Gets Lowest Approval Rating Of His Presidency

Trump Gets Lowest Approval Rating Of His Presidency

President Donald Trump will leave the White House this week with the lowest approval rating of his presidency, with just 34 percent of Americans supporting the job he has done, a Gallup poll showed Monday.

Gallup noted that Trump’s average approval rating during his one-term presidency was 41 percent, four points lower than any of his predecessors since the polling group has been gathering data.

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Trump’s job approval had dipped to 35 percent in previous polls, most notably after he failing to condemn a violent gathering of white supremacists …

Insecurity FG No Longer In Charge - PANDEF

Insecurity: FG No Longer In Charge – PANDEF

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has said that the Federal Government has lost grip of security of lives and property following the continued killings and kidnapping across the country by bandits.

PANDEF expressed surprise that the government was not moved when it learned that law-abiding citizens were currently paying hoodlums huge sums of money in order to stay alive or have access to their farmlands.

Spokesman of the forum, Mr. Ken Robinson, told correspondents in an interview that apart from providing electricity through generators, drilling boreholes to get water, Nigerians were gradually taking the responsibility of securing themselves from …

Obey Safety Guidelines Or Face Another Lockdown - PTF

Obey Safety Guidelines Or Face Another Lockdown – PTF

The Federal Government has warned that there may be a second national lockdown over the rising cases of the COVID-19 in the country if Nigerians continue to ignore safety guidelines.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, gave the warning on Monday in Abuja, at the joint national briefing of the taskforce.

According to him, ‘the nation is in a very difficult position and must do everything to avoid a second national lockdown.

‘Let me remind you that the pandemic is raging and all tiers

New Constitution How Jonathan’s Mission To Gambia Unites Parties

New Constitution: How Jonathan’s Mission To Gambia Unites Parties

The supporting role being played by former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan towards reviving the stalled constitutional review process in The Gambia has begun to bear fruits with the political parties and parliamentarians determining to cooperate and resolve the challenges standing in the way of adopting a new constitution for the people of The Gambia.

Jonathan, who was invited to The Gambia last December as a well-respected eminent international statesman, returned to Banjul in the first week of January to continue to facilitate the consultations for advancing the interparty dialogue towards garnering the required parliamentary support for a draft constitution meant …

Pneumonia Kills 120,000 Nigerian Children Annually - Report

Pneumonia Kills 120,000 Nigerian Children Annually – Report

No fewer than 120,000 children die annually from pneumonia across Nigeria, according to Dr. Adamu Isah, Chief of Party for the INSPIRING Project under the Save the Children initiative.

Dr. Isah made this known on Monday during the inauguration ceremony of the Every Breath Counts coalition committee at the Jigawa State Ministry of Health, Dutse.

He said two-third of children die in the first years of their lives, a situation that requires the attention of the world on its seriousness as was given to malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV diseases.

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Ugandans Jubilate As Internet Is Restored After Elections

Ugandans Jubilate As Internet Is Restored After Elections

Ugandans are celebrating the resumption of internet services after a shutdown was imposed ahead of last week’s controversial elections

However, reports say social media platforms remain blocked and are only accessible using Virtual Private Networks (VPN).

President Yoweri Museveni, who won an unprecedented sixth term in office, had accused the platforms of being biased.

Bobi Wine, the presidential candidate for the opposition National Unity Platform, alleged the poll was marred by fraud.

The party’s spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi accused Mr. Museveni of shutting down the internet to prevent them from sharing evidence of fraud.

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Kamala Harris Resigns From U.S. Senate

Kamala Harris Resigns From U.S. Senate

Incoming US Vice President, Kamala Harris has resigned from the U.S. Senate as she prepares to be sworn into office as the nation’s first female and first African American vice president.

She has formally submitted her resignation letter to Governor Gavin Newsom of California, dating it effective at noon.

Newsom said he will appoint California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to replace her. Padilla will be up for reelection in 2022.

‘This is not goodbye,’ Harris, the only African American woman in the U.S. upper chamber, wrote in an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle.

‘As I resign from

The Irresponsibility Of Gov Obiano's Wife - Ebelechukwu

The Irresponsibility Of Gov Obiano’s Wife – Ebelechukwu

The imbalance between the rich and the poor is one of the oldest and most fatal ailments of all republics. This is thrown into more retrospect when the lavish lifestyle and lassiez faire attitude of the nouveau rich Nigerian politicians are put into focus.

The year 2020 saw the whole world reclining because of the hit from the novel COVID-19 pandemic. Countries went into lockdown and economies crashed, many lives were also lost as the virus rampaged from one continent to the other. Although African countries weren’t hit the most, the effects were felt nevertheless in form of crumbling economy, …

Banditry: 17 Persons Abducted In Shiroro, Niger State

Banditry: 17 Persons Abducted In Shiroro, Niger State

A total of 17 persons were said to have been kidnapped by armed bandits in three communities of Bassa/Kukoki wards in Shiroro local government area of Niger State.

They were allegedly abducted on Saturday night in Madagwa, Wongo and Marenje areas of the council.

The bandits attacked the three communities at different times that night.

Eyewitness accounts said five people were kidnapped each from Wongo and Marenje villages, as well as seven others from Madagwa.

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Confirming the kidnap, the Co-convener, Concerned Shiroro Youths, Sani Abubakar Yusuf Kokki said the …

Samsung Chief Jailed For 2.5 Years Over Corruption Scandal

Samsung Chief Jailed For 2.5 Years Over Corruption Scandal

The de facto chief of South Korea’s Samsung business empire was convicted Monday over a huge corruption scandal and jailed for two and a half years, in a ruling that deprives the tech giant of its top decision-maker.

Lee Jae-yong, vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, was found guilty of bribery and embezzlement in connection with the scandal that brought down president Park Geun-hye.

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Lee ‘actively provided bribes and implicitly asked the president to use her power to help his smooth succession’ at the

Gunmen Kill FUTA Deputy Registrar, Shoot Driver

Gunmen Kill FUTA Deputy Registrar, Shoot Driver

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, over the weekend killed a Deputy Registrar of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, Dr Amos Arijesuyo.

The Deputy Registrar who was returning to Akure from Ibadan, Oyo State capital to Akure, the Ondo State capital was attacked by bandits operating on the Ilesa-Akure highway.

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Arijesuyo, who worked at the Guidance and Counselling unit of the Students Affairs Department of the University, was said to have been attacked alongside his driver and one other unidentified person at Iwaraja Area of Ilesa- Akure …