Trump sworn in amid protests in US, UK January 21, 2017 Agency reports Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on Friday, ten weeks after he defeated Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party at the November 8 polls. The property tycoon won an unexpected victory against Clinton in one of the most controversial campaigns in US history. Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court administered the oath to Trump on the steps of the US Capitol Building, shortly after Mike Pence, the Vice President, was sworn in by the Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, the first African American to ever administer the oath of office to a Vice President or President. The event was presided over by Roy Blunt, a Republican senator from Missouri and chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Activities. For his swearing in, Trump used two Bibles — the one u...
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Woman Killed In Accident In Lagos... hours before traveling to America Some people don't know the need when you advise them to live right, until 'something' happens. We are in a world that anything can happen, at any time. Don't get carried away! A woman who was supposed to travel abroad today (Thursday) has tragically lost her life after she was hit by a speeding car. She was killed in an early morning auto crash resulting from reckless driving in Lagos. The Lagos Emergency Management Agency said that the accident occurred at about 2.30am around the Stadium Bus Stop in Surulere, Lagos. The General Manager of LASEMA, Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu, said in his report that: “A distress call was received via the state emergency Number 767/112 on Thursday, 19th January, 2017 at about 2.03 a.m. regarding an accident at Stadium Bus Stop inward Alaka Surulere. “This prompted the immediate activation of the Agency’s Emergency Response Team to the scene of the incid...
Senegalese soldiers enter Gambia to force Jammeh out The Senegalese troops have reportedly entered The Gambia in protection of the just sworn-in Adama Barrow as the president of the country, the BBC has reported. Jammeh is to be forced out of office The soldiers have also launched strikes against Gambia in a move to force out the sit-tight Yahya Jammeh, who has refused to vacate the presidential seat after 22 years in office. The African Union and the ECOWAS earlier mobilised to force Jammeh out of office in the face of heightened tension. Follow Ruth Maclean ✔ @ruthmaclean Troops are in # Gambia . "They are walking towards Banjul. It is already war. If we find any resistance, we will fight it," General Ndiaye. 9:13 PM - 19 Jan 2017 200 200 Retweets 62 62 likes Reuters also quoted Colonel Abdou Ndiaye of Senegal's army as confirming that an ECOWAS regional force has begun strikes in an oper...