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...
November 07, 2016 Cult Members Kill Final Year Student Over Girlfriend Bad guys, suspected to be cult members, on Saturday unleashed mayhem in the Ijagun, Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State, during which they killed a final-year student of the Tai Solarin University of Education. The cult members, who were armed with cutlasses and guns, were said to have invaded Abapawa, an area off the campus – at about 12pm and chased students, during which the victim, Ganiyu Oloyede, was hacked to death. Oloyede was said to be a 400-level student of Social Studies in TASUED. Oloyede was hacked to death by the cult members because his girlfriend, whose name could not yet be ascertained, was beaten up by one of the cult members, and the victim had reportedly challenged the assault . According to Punch, the cult members mobilised to the hostel where Oloyede, who was preparing for his teaching practice stayed and killed him. There was tension in Abapapawa, as students sh...
November 07, 2016 Recession Forcing Down House Rent In Abuja If there is anything many residents of the Federal Capital Territory are happy for about the economic recession, it is that rent has become more affordable and they can now pay for better accommodation. Tenants and estate agents spoke to Daily Trust about it. Grace Adesewo, 36, with her husband, are expecting the arrival of their first baby. They were living in a two-bedroom apartment in a block of flats in Garki, Area 8, Abuja. The space was too small to accommodate a new baby who needs a cot and a chest of drawers among other items, first time parents would have gone all out for. Mrs. Adesewo, who resumed work three months after putting to bed, invited her mother to help her nurse the baby. In May, 2015 the couple began house-hunting. Although the couple had saved N2.5million which was the going rate for a three bedroom flat in the part of Garki they wanted. But in the end they paid N1.5million...
June 20, 2016 Nnamdi Kanu’s Lead Lawyer Threatens To Dump The Case Another day, another drama. A fresh drama played out at the continuation of trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra in court on Monday. The drama began when the lead defence counsel, Chucks Muoma, accused his clients of judicial misconduct, and threatened to dump them and withdraw from the case. “My lord I am the lead counsel in this matter and courtesy demands that the introduction of a new counsel should be made with my consent. “I am a very busy counsel. I am not chasing the priest, the priest is chasing me. If this counsel had come in to be lead counsel, it will be a different case, but he is coming to take away one of my clients. Until this clarifications are made, my further appearance is forestalled. “I cannot do the wrong thing after almost 45 years at the bar. My conscience cannot allow me to pretend.” Kanu and two others (Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawu...
June 20, 2016 UPDATE | Saraki & Ekweremadu Panic...SSS To Arrest Them There is palpable fear in the camp of Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as the Department of States Security, DSS, and the Nigeria Police has allegedly lay siege, in an order to arrest and arraigned them in court. The two lawmakers and the immediate past Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa would be charged for alleged forgery before an FCT High court in Abuja. The forgery charges against Saraki and Ekweremadu is ready. The two count charges read thus: Count One reads: "That you Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa, Benedict Efeturi, Dr. Olubukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu on or about the 9th of June, 2015, at the National Assembly Complex, Three Arm Zone, Abuja within the Jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, conspired amongst yourselves, to forge the Senate Standing Order, 2011 (as amended) and you thereby committed the offence of Conspiracy, punishable under Section 97 (1) of ...