… She has No BSc, No MSc Yet Wins Ph.D Scholarahip Nigerian lady named Islamiyat Ojelade has broken all the barriers on her way to bag 7 fully funded scholarships in USA. Islamiyat is a HND holder who studied Science Laboratory Technology at the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State Nigeria. A post she made on […]
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China cut ties with US over Pelosi visits to Taiwan
China has announced cutting of ties with the United States to protest recent visit of the Speaker of United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. The recent visit of Pelosi, though among America’s President Joe Biden was said to be against had drew the ire of China which saw it as an affront […]
FG Grants US Request for Abba Kyari’s Extradition
The Federal Government on Thursday approved the request by the United States of America, for suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, to be extradited over the $1.1million wire fraud perpetrated by Abass Ramon aka Hushpuppi and 4 others Government’s approval was made known by the Attorney-General […]
Biden sworn-in as 46th President of US
Joe Biden was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th president of the United States, in a ceremony administered by Chief Justice John Roberts. Moments earlier, Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States, becoming the first woman of black colour to hold the office. The ceremony on the West Front of […]
House Speaker Pelosi calls for Trump’s removal
….says Congress may pursue impeachment House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for Donald Trump’s immediate removal through the 25th Amendment. The Speaker has said if this does not happen, the president should be impeached – for the second time – instead. “In calling for this seditious act, the president has committed an unspeakable assault on […]
Biden Elected 46th American President
Joe Biden of the Democratic Party has been declared winner of the US Presidential election. He polled 290 collegial votes to defeat incumbent President Donald Trump of the Republican Party who polled 214.
Trump, Biden clash in chaotic first presidential debate
U.S. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night clashed in the first presidential debate described by commentators as chaotic and messy. The 90-minute encounter was characterised by frequent interruptions, mostly from Trump, and insults, with Biden calling the president a clown. Fox News anchor and moderator of the night, Chris […]
WTO: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes up American citizenship
As the battle for who becomes the helmsman of World Trade Organsiation draws closer and tougher, a Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has taken up American citizenship certificate. This was coming after more than 30 years after the former two-time minister studied in the United States. Bloomberg reports that Okonjo-Iweala actually took […]
Envoy admits US ‘pushed Germany hard’ to blacklist Hezbollah
US Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell has acknowledged that the US pressurised Germany into banning the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah. Berlin banned Hezbollah in its entirety in April, with the Interior Ministry spokesman Steve Alter, describing the movement as a “Shia terrorist organisation”. However, Lebanese journalist and political commentator Marwa Osman yesterday revealed that Grenell […]
COVID-19 latest updates around the world: Over 19 Million infected globally
More than 12 million people have recovered from COVID-19 around the world with more than 731,000 deaths and at least 19.86 million infections India reports nearly 200 death toll of doctors as a result of COVID-19 US records 163,000 deaths, warns 300,000 death toll Germany’s COVID-19 caseload surge by 436 to 216,327 South Korea records […]