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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LASG Arraigns 65 lawbreakers of the COVID-19 guidelines
In a press statement released by Head, Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Task Force Adebayo Taofiq, 65 offenders were arraigned at the Lagos Mobile Court over movement during the midnight curfew on New Year Day. It stated: “The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) today arraigned 65 offenders at the Special Offences...
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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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Canada provides $500,000 CAD to victims of the Croatia earthquake
The Government of Croatia has appealed for assistance following the earthquake on December 29, 2020, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck central Croatia, resulting in extensive damage throughout the Sisak-Petrinja region and impacting 25 counties. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced funding to support emergency response and recovery efforts in Croatia. The...
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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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Previous UNILAG VC Prof. Ibidapo-Obe is dead
Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, a Nigerian professor of Systems Engineering and former Vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos has died today from complications due to Covid 19. Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe died on Sunday afternoon at the age of 71. The death of the former UNILAG VC was announced in a statement by the Registrar and Secretary to Council,...