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After days of apprehension and hairsplitting, Joe Biden, the Democratic Party candidate has raced home as the 46th President of United States of America. Biden benched Donald Trump, the Republican Party candidate who was gunning for a second term to emerge the next president. This follows a tense week of vote tallying as Biden won the state of Pennsylvania and vaulted ahead in the race. His win in the critical state put him over the threshold of 270 electoral votes, cutting off all avenues for his opponent. While Biden garnered 284 electoral votes, Trump polled 214 votes. The democrat who…

Members of Judicial Panel against police brutality in Lagos may walk a tightrope over decision by key actors of the #ENDSARS protests to boycott the panel. Their withdrawal may not unconnected with revelation that the Central Bank of Nigeria had blocked bank accounts of key actors of the agitation. Straightnews confirmed Friday that Governor Godwin Emefiele approached a federal judge in Abuja to freeze bank accounts linked to #EndSARS champions. Our publication marked the first clear evidence that the CBN was responsible for bank transaction restrictions that targeted only prominent voices of the historic campaign. On Saturday morning, #EndSARS members…

The Central Bank of Nigeria says it has disbursed N3.5 trillion to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the country’s economy. The information is contained in a review of the 132nd communique of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting obtained from the apex bank’s website. It was signed by Governor Godwin Emefiele. Mr. Emefiele said that interventions were largely in the areas of manufacturing, agriculture, electricity and gas, solar power and housing constructions among others. “Recent interventions are largely in the areas of manufacturing, agriculture, electricity and gas, solar power and housing constructions among others. “Real sector funds, (N216.87…

No fewer than 106 women will serve in the 117th U.S. House of Representatives beginning on Jan. 3, according to ABC News projections. This represents 24 per cent of the total 435 lawmakers in the lower legislative chamber. It beats the previous record of 102 women set in the outgoing 116th session, the news outlet cited the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP). Another record has also been set with an increase in the number of women of colour elected to the lower chamber in this election cycle. Out of the 106 female Reps elected in Tuesday’s polls, no…

The 20th National Sports Festival tagged Edo 2020 will hold from December 3-8 in Benin City, Edo State. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, confirmed hosting of the festival, assuring of full implementation of all the guiding protocols of the Presidential Task Force on COVID–19. Dare who is also the National Council on Sports has given approval for said that the required infrastructure has been achieved as confirmed by the National Assembly’s inspection visit to the state. The deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu who was present at the meeting in Asaba, corroborated the story and…

An Ado Ekiti High Court on Thursday sentenced a 28-year-old man to life imprisonment for kidnapping. In his judgment, Justice Abiodun Adesodun said one Kayode Seun, (aka DJ Glory) was found guilty as charged and was convicted him to life imprisonment. The prosecutor, Mr Olawale Fapohunda, called five witnesses including the victim and I.P.O while the accused statement was tendered as an exhibit. According to the charge sheet, the offence was committed on or about the 2nd day of May 2018 at Ayetoro Ekiti in Ekiti State when the accused and others at large kidnapped a 12-year-old Adebisi Tayo contrary…

Drama ensued as a 33-year-old man and his wife in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital, Friday, agreed to dissolve their two-year-old marriage over irreconcilable differences. Daniel Akpan is seeking to divorce his wife, Imaobong, a make-up artist in Uyo, over her sexual escapades on Facebook and WhatsApp. Consequently, the petitioner has approached a Magistrate Court in Uyo to dissolve their two-year-old marriage over his wife’s “serial adultery with several men” she met on social media. The 30-year-old wife has agreed on the dissolution the marriage over irreconcilable differences, but the court is yet to resolve on the custody of their child.…

Nigeria’s Immigration Service says it has confiscated the passport of a prominent member of the recent #ENDSARS protest campaign against police brutality. It says Modupe Odele’s passport was seized as she was about to go on holiday because she was under investigation. Ms Odele provided legal services to hundreds of protesters and mobilised 800 volunteer lawyers to help secure bail for those who had been detained. The protests came to an end after dozens of peaceful demonstrators were shot in the Lagos suburb of Lekki on October 20. Multiple eyewitnesses have told the BBC the shooting was carried out by…

Destiny played out as two Liberians whose families escaped civil war in the 1990s and sought refuge in the US have been elected to office in the states of Colorado and Rhode Island respectively. Naquetta Ricks won a seat in Colorado’s House of Representatives, while high school principal Nathan Biah won a state seat in Rhode Island. Ms Ricks said she will seek “to ensure that whether you are a new immigrant or a fifth-generation Coloradan, you are given an equal opportunity to succeed in life,” according to her campaign website. Mr Biah spent his childhood in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia,…

As of July 2020, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active users of telecommunications services in Nigeria stood at 199 million. This shows an increase of 15 million from 184 million subscribers of the previous year. The figure represented about 7.5 per cent increase in total subscription within the period under review, noting an increase in the access to communication services across the country. “The country’s teledensity, which measures the number of active telephone connections per 100 inhabitants living within an area, also increased to 104.41 per cent compared to 96.76 per cent in December 2019,” NCC said. In its 19…