The Nigeria Center for disease control has confirmed 1664 new cases of COVID19 in Nigeria; Lagos-642 FCT-407 Plateau-160 Kaduna-83 Rivers-62 Adamawa-47 Nasarawa-38 Abia-29 Edo-28 Anambra-27 Niger-24 Ogun-24 Imo-15 Oyo-14 Kano-12 Osun-12 Borno-9 Delta-7 Enugu-7 Bauchi-5 Ekiti-5 Sokoto-5 Jigawa-2
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Twitter, Instagram, others suspend Donald Trump
Amid the mob attack of pro-Trump protesters at the US Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, Social Media giants includingTwitter has suspended Donald Trump’s account in an unprecedented move to address misinformation and the incitement of violence posted by the president. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube took down a video in which President Trump addressed his supporters. The...
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Nancy Pelosi is re-elected as speaker
Nancy Pelosi is re-elected as speaker of the House for the 117th congress, with 216 votes The floor of the House of Representatives erupted in applause as Rep. Nancy Pelosi was re-elected as speaker of the House for the 117th congress, with 216 votes on Sunday evening, 3 January 2021. It was a narrow re-election...
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Canada reaffirms support to advance nuclear disarmament
Rob Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honourable François-Philippe Champagne today reaffirmed Canada’s unwavering support for advancing nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament during the third meeting of foreign ministers of the Stockholm Initiative for Nuclear Disarmament. Launched by Sweden in June 2019, the Stockholm Initiative for Nuclear Disarmament consists of 16 non-nuclear weapon...
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Canada appoints Jamal Khokhar as special envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Canada is home to more than a million Muslims of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Jamal Khokhar, Canada’s Ambassador to Turkey will concurrently assume the role of Canada’s special envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The OIC is based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, its...
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Raphael Warnock emerges as first Black Senator in Georgia
Raphael Warnock emerged as the first Black Senator after beating Republican senator Kelly Loeffler. He made history as Georgia’s first Black senator, a state shaped by the legacy of the civil war, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement. Since 2005, Warnock has been the senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist church, where Martin Luther...
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Dr. Dre suffers a brain aneurysm after his wife files for Divorce
Dr. Dre suffers a brain aneurysm and is currently in the ICU. This is coming after months of a legal battle with his estranged wife, Nicole Young who filed for divorce. According to TMZ Dr. Dre is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a brain aneurysm. Sources connected to Dre and with...
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Beyoncé pens a heartfelt note to her mother
Yesterday, Beyoncé took to her instagram to pen a heartfelt message to her mother Ms. Tina Lawson. She wrote: “Happy birthday to my beloved matriarch! You are my Queen, my heart, my strength, the bone in my spine. You are my inspiration. I hope you have everything in your life that your soul desires. Mama,...
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63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Postponed
The 63rd annual Grammy awards has been postponed to Sunday, March 14, 2021. The recording academy wrote on their website: “After thoughtful conversations with health experts, our host, and artists scheduled to appear, we are rescheduling the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards to be broadcast Sunday, March 14, 2021. The deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles,...
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Lekki Residents fear contracting COVID-19
Amid the Presidential task force guidelines on social interaction due to the COVID-19 outbreak, yesterday a large crowd was seen at Elegushi Beach in Lagos Nigeria without any social distancing. There was no task force in the area to ensure that the strict covid-19 guidelines earlier stipulated by the Lagos state government urging its residents...
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A woman has beaten to Pulp by her partner on Christmas Eve
A Video of a woman bleeding from her face and arms after she was battered by her partner surfaced online. When he was confronted for beating his wife, he boasted about being from an Edo royal family. He said there are many officers in his family. It is alleged that he beat his partner because their...
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ASUU Suspends its Almost a year Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President, Biodun Ogunyemi has announced that the 10 months strike has been called off. During a world press conference in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Wednesday, the ASUU President said the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari and all parties involved must work assiduously to keep to their...