January 2021

Reports say the public is strongly supportive of US President-elect Joe Biden in most European counties but is increasingly concerned about democracy in the United States following Donald Trump’s tumultuous tenure, a survey said Tuesday.

On the eve of Biden’s inauguration, the Pew Research Center said 79 percent in Germany, 72 percent in France, and 65 percent in Britain were confident that Biden would make the right decisions in world affairs.

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It was a dramatic turnaround from Trump, who enjoyed the confidence of a mere 10 percent of Germans, …

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been advised by a chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., not to contest in the 2023 presidential elections.

Bamgbose pointed out that although Tinubu has not actually publicly made known his intention, his body language shows he is very much interested in throwing his hat in the ring.

The Speakers of the Lagos Houses of Assembly, both past and incumbent, had joined the list of groups endorsing the former Governor.

Bamgbose, who had since made his interest public, said it is strongly …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …