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Trump backsdown, authorizes transfer of power to Biden team

The General Services Administration has informed the Biden transition team on Monday evening that the Trump administration is ready to begin the transfer of power. GSA head Emily Murphy wrote in a letter that federal government agencies will now make resources available to the Biden team in preparation for the incoming president’s assumption of office. […]

NAF Jet bombards another ISWAP base in Borno, kills scores

Molly Kilete, Abuja The Defence Headquarters(DHQ), said the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has bombarded a logistics base belonging to the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) logistics base killing scores of their fighters in air strikes conducted at Tumbun Rego on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno State. Coordinator Defence Media […]

BREAKING: Gombe Assembly Speaker, majority leader impeached

Abdulrazaq Mungadi, Gombe The Speaker, Gombe State House of Assembly, Abubakar Ibrahim Kurba, has been sacked by members of the State House. The impeachment motion was moved by a former Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr. Shuaibu Adamu who was impeached earlier this year. The impeached letter as read by Shuaibu Adamu, was signed by 16 […]

Nigerians and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections: A Post Mortem – By Prof. Phil Alalibo

By Prof. Phil Alalibo | NNP | Nov. 23, 2020 – The recently concluded U.S. presidential elections appeared to be a badly acted script out of a mafia movie. It had all the machinations of elections held in a developing country with political threats, threats of violence and ample warnings of election irregularities hardly in short […]

Eagles forced to take COVID-19 test at airport in Sierra Loane hours after testing negative before arrival

Despite the negative test results obtained by members of the Super Eagles before their first leg against Sierra Leone in Benin last Friday, immigration officials at the International Airport in Lungi, Sierra Leone refused the Nigerian players and officials clearance until they underwent another round of COVID-19 test. Nigeria’s delegation had arrived in Freetown yesterday […]

Gbajabiamila suspends security aide who killed newspaper vendor

Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the killing of a newspaper vendor in Abuja by one of the security details as horrible, saying he is distraught by the incident. Gbajabiamila, in a statement he personally signed and issued in the early hours of Friday, said he did […]

Zamfara goldfield belongs to FG – Commissioner

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Dr. Nuruddeen Isa, the commissioner overseeing Zamfara State Ministry of Solid Minerals has said that the state government does not own any goldfield rather it belongs to the federal government. Dr. Isa said this while addressing journalists on Wednesday. The commissioner stated that the state government was not directly involved in mining […]

Sack Rohr now, Aiyegbeni urges NFF

By Patrick Omorodion Former Super Eagles striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni has lamented the poor form of the national team under the tutelage of Gernot Rohr and therefore wants the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to sack him immediately. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The former Everton of England forward who spoke on a Lagos radio station, Lagos Talks 91.3 FM […]

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FG faults CNN report on Lekki shootings, threatens action

Kayode Oyero The Federal Government has threatened to sanction a foreign media outlet, CNN, over its report on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll plaza on October 20, 2020. The government described the report by the foreign news medium as “irresponsible journalism.” Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, […]