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President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated American people, US Joe Biden and the Vice President Kamala Harris as they took the oath of office on Wednesday. Buhari, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja Wednesday night, hoped that their presidency would mark a strong point of cooperation and support for Nigeria as well as the African continent. The President congratulated the leaders, and the entire country on the successful transition, which marks an important historical inflexion point for democracy as a system of government and for the global community as…

The second variant of COVID-19 is showing its fang the more on the people across the globe. In Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria, 255 persons are kept in isolation centres for treatment, Comrade Iniobong Ememobong, the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy has said. In a telephone interview with Straightnews on Wednesday, January 20, Ememobong who is also the state Publicity Chairman of Akwa Ibom COVID-19 Committee, confirmed ‘’At the moment, I can confirm that we have 255 persons in the isolation centres. They are responding to treatment.’’ On how to stop the spread of the pandemic, the Commissioner called…

Kamala D. Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States on Wednesday, stepping into history as the highest-ranking female politician in American history. Harris raised her right hand, face steeled as it was through so many hearings and debates that it became her signature stare. Then, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor read “so help me God,” the stoicism broke. “So help me God,” Harris repeated, overcome with a smile as her sister, Maya, broke into tears behind her. She hugged her husband. She found Joe Biden waiting, shaking his fists in triumph. Then she walked back to her…

Joseph R. Biden, Jr., has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, taking the reins of power at a perilous time in American history and urging a bitterly divided country to unite around defeating the deadliest pandemic in a century. “This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day,” Mr. Biden said in his inaugural address. “Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate, but of a cause. The cause of democracy. The people, the will of the people, has been heard, and the will of the people has been heeded.” Noting that he was being…

As a farewell gift, President Donald Trump has pardoned 73 persons and commuted the sentences of 70 additional individuals. In an official White House statement released late Tuesday night, Trump pardoned his former Chief Strategist, Steve Bannon, as part of a last-minute clemency spree. Also pardoned were Lil Wayne, Kodak Black and 69 others early Wednesday, just hours before president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony. Bannon was arrested in the summer and is accused of defrauding people who donated to a campaign to privately build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. He pleaded not guilty and was released on…

The Nigerian and Ondo State governments have taunted each other over a seven-day ultimatum given to unregistered Fulani herdsmen to leave Ondo Forests. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu had condemned the directive by the Ondo State government and lampooned the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, being a senior lawyer of the constitutional consequences of asking the people to leave his state. However, the Ondo State Government has declared that the presidency is emotionally attached to Fulani herdsmen. In a statement made available to journalists, Donald Ojogo, Ondo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, insisted that…

US President-elect Joe Biden and vice President-elect Kamala Harris have paid homage to more than 400,000 Americans who died of COVID-19 from March 2019 to November 19, 2020. The Presidential team was received by Catholic Bishop of Washington D.C., Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the first African American to be raised to the Cardinalate in US history. The Catholic Prelate opened the brief ceremony with an invocation for Gods guidance of the New Biden-Harris team and for healing and for the unity of the American nation. After this, the President-elect Mr. Biden gave a brief address honoring the memory of all COVID-19 victims.…

Nigeria, Tuesday, recorded 1,301 new COVID-19 cases in the country, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. In its official Twitter handle, NCDC confirming the figure said Lagos, FCT and Oyo top the list with 551, 209 and 83 cases, respectively. This is as Nigeria recorded 15 additional deaths in the last 24 hours. Nigeria has now recorded 113,305 COVID-19 cases and 1,464 deaths officially. NCDC tweeted: 1,301 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-551 FCT-209 Oyo-83 Plateau-65 Kaduna-64 Enugu-61 Rivers-44 Ondo-39 Benue-37 Akwa Ibom-31 Kano-19 Delta-18 Gombe-18 Ogun-16 Edo-15 Kebbi-10 Ebonyi-9 Jigawa-4 Osun-3 Zamfara-3 Borno-1 Nasarawa-1 113,305 confirmed 91,200 discharged…

Telecom operators have submitted 43 million National Identity Number (NIN) to the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) for verification, in order to have them registered with their respective Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs). This is as the Telecommunication companies said that they won’t block SIMs with unlinked submitted NINs as the deadline for the integration of NIN with SIM ends today, January 19, 2021. This was made known by the Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo, who spoke on behalf of the telecom firms. According to Punch, the NIMC provided about 45 million NINs,…

The Nigerian Presidency has described as unconstitutional the quit notice ultimatum by Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu to herders to vacate the forests in the state following growing insecurity allegedly perpetrated by the pastoralists. It expressed concern that the governor, as a legal luminary, could unilaterally issue the quit order without taking cognizance of the constitution that guarantees the rights of citizens to movement and to live in any part of the country. A statement by President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aide, Mallam Garba Shehu on Tuesday said the governor ought not to have taken the unilateral step without consulting…