President Donald Trump will leave Washington DC on Wednesday morning before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in, according to Washington Post.
The newspaper quoted a senior administration official to have revealed the outgoing President’s plan.
Trump had previously announced he would not be at the inauguration of his successor at the U.S. Capitol.
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Trump not being at Biden’s swearing-in shatters a long lasting tradition in the US.
Biden had described the Trump administration as a ‘dismal failure’ while seeking to keep a focus on combating the coronavirus.…
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari over an incident with pigeons during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday.
As a sign of peace, the president usually releases some white pigeons from a cage and immediately they fly away.
But, this year, the birds refused flying on Friday with most of them sticking to the cage.
The incident was greeted with mixed reactions with many Nigerians, attributing the birds’ behaviour to bad luck and the absence of peace and unity in the country.
Reacting to the …
Nigeria sets a new COVID-19 record on Friday, posting its highest infections in a single day, with Lagos, Plateau, and Abuja taking a huge lead.
Figures from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Friday showed that the nation reported 1,867 new cases.
Nigeria’s 1,664 cases posted on 7 January 2021 was the highest the nation reported in a single day, but the record has been shattered as the country raked in 1,867 fresh cases.
The 1,867 new cases represent a sharp increase from the 1,479 cases raked in the previous day.
Lagos contributed almost half of the …
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved that all public and private schools in Lagos State below tertiary level should resume on Monday for the second term of the 2020/2021 academic session.
Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo conveyed the governor’s approval on Friday, noting that this is in line with the Federal Government’s resolution after reaching a consensus with relevant stakeholders.
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Welcoming all to a happy and successful new academic term, Adefisayo urged students and members of staff to stay safe and adhere strictly to COVID-19 guidelines, adding …
Enenche said the air interdictions were executed after intelligence reports revealed that the terrorists were conducting another logistics movement through the Jakana-Mainok axis of the state.
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He said that a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Intelligence,
The Consumer Price Index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 15.75 percent (year-on-year) in
December compared to 14.48 percent in the preceding month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
According to the CPI figures for December published Friday by the statistical agency, food inflation rose by 19.56 percent in December compared to 18.30 percent in November.
The increase in the food index was caused by rise in the prices of bread and cereals, potatoes, yam and other tubers, meat, fruits, vegetable, fish, and oils and fats.…
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has a clear lead in the presidential race following Thursday’s vote, official preliminary results in the elections show.
But his main challenger, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, said that tally was the result of the worst rigging in Ugandan electoral history.
Election monitors say confidence in the count has been damaged by an internet shutdown, now in its third day.
Dozens of people were killed in the run-up to the election.
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President Museveni, who has been in power for 35 years, is hoping for a sixth term.
Former Manchester United Striker and England’s record goalscorer Wayne Rooney has become Derby County manager on a permanent basis, after retiring from football.
The Championship club revealed this in a statement on its website on Friday.
Rooney is regarded as one of the finest players of his generation.
The England legend netted 53 goals in 120 games for his country and scored a record 253 goals for Manchester United.
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The 120 games the former England captain appeared in putting him second on England’s all-time appearance list behind the 125 of goalkeeper …
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday issued a strong warning to the North and Islamic groups over threats on Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah.
The Christian leadership warned them to watch their utterances and actions.
Joseph Bade Daramola, CAN General Secretary, in a statement sent to Africa Daily News, New York warned that ‘enough is enough’.
Trouble started when Kukah lambasted Muhammadu Buhari on Christmas Day.
The National Peace Committee member accused the Nigerian leader of nepotism and that he had reduced others in public life to second class status.
The cleric declared that if a …
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his government was doing its best on insecurity in Nigeria.
Buhari called on citizens to be fair in their criticism of his administration.
He spoke on Thursday in Abuja when he received Reverend Yakubu Pam, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC).
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On killings, abductions and other challenges, especially in the Northeast, the President reminded Nigerians of the previous state.
‘What was the situation when we came? Try and ask people from Borno or from Adamawa for that matter and Yobe.’
Buhari …
Russia has warmed that there may be scary consequences after Twitter and other social media platforms removed Donald Trump, the outgoing President of the US.
The country compared the actions of the platforms to a ‘nuclear blast in cyber space.’
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova said this on Facebook, adding that “It’s not the destruction that’s scary but the consequences.
‘A blow has been dealt against democratic values proclaimed by the West.’
Owners of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and even Trump’s favourite social media platform, Twitter suspended his accounts last week following the deadly attack on the US Capitol by …
Pope Francis and ex-Pope Benedict on Thursday received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Africa Daily News, New York recalls that a personal doctor of Pope Francis, Fabrizio Soccorsi died from COVID-19 complications.
The 78-year-old physician was admitted at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital before he contracted the virus and later passed away due to his health issues.
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The Vatican reported that the 84-year-old pope and the 93-year-old former pope got their dose of the vaccine as part of a Vatican vaccination program that began on Wednesday.
Both leaders are vulnerable to …
