archiveNovember 4, 2020

  Joe Biden’s White House campaign slammed President Donald Trump’s threat to try to stop the election vote count as “outrageous” early Wednesday, saying its legal team was ready to prevent such an “unprecedented” act. “The president’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots...

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has described the recent End SARS protest as a lesson to federal and state authorities. He told President Muhammadu Buhari administration and state governments to come up with initiatives that would bring government nearer to the people. The Ojaja II made the call on...

  The African Diaspora Congress (ADC) on Wednesday said Nigeria could learn from the U.S. electoral process, to build on democratic gains in the country. Prof. Apollos Nwauwa, the Secretary-General and Public Relations Officer of ADC, made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

The immediate past Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has returned to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the second round of interrogation. According to THISDAY report on Wednesday, Fowler, who is also a former Chairman of the Lagos Inland Service (LIRS), was...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, to offer a special posthumous promotion for officers killed during the #EndSARS protests in the state. Odumosu made this appeal while addressing police officers when the IGP visited the Command Headquarters, Ikeja,...

  Twitter has imposed restriction on a tweet by U.S. President Trump in which he alleges attempt by unnamed persons to “steal the election”. “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has disclosed that it’s conducting a preliminary investigation into the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported on Wednesday. In a statement, the office of the ICC prosecutor had earlier said it had received information on alleged crimes. The examination will...

 U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed victory in Tuesday’s presidential election with millions of votes yet to be counted. In remarks at the White House, Trump alleged that there was a “major fraud” in ongoing counting of votes and vowed to mount a legal challenge. The remarks came after Twitter...