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For the first time in President Donald Trump’s presidency, the U.S. Senate, Friday, overturned Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA), a major national security bill worth $740 billion. The Senate needed a two-thirds majority to override the veto, which it obtained by a wide margin, with 81 senators voting in favour of the override and only 13 against. The NDAA, which sets the policy for the U.S. Department of Defense, has passed every year since the 1960s. Both chambers of Congress approved this year’s bill with large majorities. Trump, however, vetoed the bill over a plan to…

Like a storm, COVID-19 surfaced in China November 2019 but spread to, and became severe, in other countries early last year. Though the pandemic defied scientific and religious predictions, it has swept many lives, economies, marriages and social lives in different countries underground. In a bid to curb its spikes, many countries declared lockdown, even others are still on lockdown. Akin to plunging people into a gulag, the lockdown has birthed adversities with its attendant effects. With the late discovery of vaccines by US, Russia and a few other countries to tame the pandemic’s angst, COVID-19 lockdown has produced what…

Manchester United moved level on points with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League as Bruno Fernandes’s penalty saw off Aston Villa 2-1 in an entertaining clash at Old Trafford. Anthony Martial’s header five minutes before the break was just reward for a bright start by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men, but they were pegged back by Bertrand Traore’s equaliser just before the hour mark. Just three minutes later, though, United’s talisman Fernandes won the game from the spot after Paul Pogba had been upended inside the area. Another season just contending for a top-four finish looked in store for…

Lagos State opened the womb of 2021 with 642 COVID-19 spike, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed on Friday. Nigeria recorded 1,074 new confirmed cases and five deaths from 14 states including Federal Capital Territory. This is as Akwa Ibom State has recorded 437 cases while 385 persons have treated and discharged. “On the 1st of January 2021, 1074 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. “The 1074 new cases are reported from 15 states- Lagos (642), Kaduna (92), Rivers (78), FCT (66), Gombe (66), Kano (35), Ogun (31), Katsina (22), Plateau (20). “Abia (7), Niger (4),…

The alleged molestation of an 11-year-old JSS1 student in Deeper Life High School, Idoro Uyo, in Akwa Ibom State has taken a new turn for the worse. This is as the parents are demanding for payment of N100 million compensation for alleged inhuman torture of their son in the school. The parents – Mr and Mrs Iniobong Archibong- in the letter signed by David Okokon (Esq) sent through their solicitors, Eagle-Eyes Network Chambers, to the school. It is entitled “Gross Child abuse, palpable molestation, serial bullying, criminal starvation, malicious oppression, and dubious maltreatment of Master Don-Davies Archibong (11 years old)…

Despite the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, Chelsea Football Club of England made £32.5 million ($44.4million) profit in their latest financial results. The Blues’ turnover went from £446.7 million ($610.6million) last year to £407.4 million ($556.8 million) this fiscal year that ended June 30, 2020. Most of the profits were made from player sales and Champions League qualification. Chelsea also remain compliant “with UEFA’s break-even criteria under the Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations,” according to a club statement . Chelsea also saw a significant fall in both broadcasting and match day revenues, as a result of the suspension of the season…

Wife of Akwa Ibom Governor has showered love on New Year baby born Friday at 12.04 a.m. The boy delivered by Ruth Abang, a petty trader from Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, weighed 2.6 kg on delivery. The Governor’s wife and founder of Family Empowerment and Youth Reorientation Path-Initiative (FEYReP), Martha Udom Emmanuel who visited the General Hospital, Ikot Ekpene in the morning presented bumper gifts to the mother. Mrs Udom cuddling the New Year bundle Joy prayed God to protect him, hoping he would usher in glad tidings for the family and the state in general. As…

The Sokoto State Government is richer by $22 million World Bank’s grant for its commitment to the implementation of the State’s Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme. A breakdown of the grant shows that the state got $5 million in November for approving COVID-19 budget and $17.4 million balance for its 2019 fiscal performance two weeks ago. The State Government clinched the grant after its astronomical score in the SFTAS ranking from 2/5 in 2019 to 14/15 in 2020, which puts it among the top three states in the country got the balance of $17.4 million for its 2019…

The seventh-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has added another big feather to his sporting titles, following his knighthood by Queen Elizabeth. Hamilton became a Knight, according to UK New Year’s honours list published on Wednesday. Last year, the 35-year-old became the most successful F1 driver of all time after equalling Ferrari great Michael Schumacher’s record seven titles and beating the German’s 91 race wins. The sport’s only Black driver, who grew up in social housing as the grandson of immigrants from the Caribbean, Hamilton has also used his profile to campaign for diversity and speak out against racial…

“There will be breakdown of structures and protest” in Nigeria, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has predicted. This was one of the 34 prophecies 2021 Olukoya released during the Church’s annual crossover service. He tagged 2021 as Year of Restoration and Revival and urged Nigerians to pray because 2021 would be a year of the valley. Olukoya noted that acidic prayers are needed to get desirable results because it is a year of the valley “So, the three keys to tackling this year of the valley are the presence of God, aggressive…