Former U.S. First Lady and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, on Monday renewed her call for abolition of the country’s Electoral College. She made the call in a tweet shortly after voting as an elector alongside her husband and former President Bill Clinton in New York. “I believe we should abolish the Electoral College and […]
The West African Examinations Council has approved the barring of students involved in examination malpractice from taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The examination body approved this sanction and other sanctions at the 70th meeting of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of the council held from Thursday to Saturday last week in Lagos. A […]
Juventus president Andrea Agnelli said Monday the Italian champions were awaiting an answer from Argentina forward Paulo Dybala on a contract offer which would make him “among the 20 highest paid footballers in Europe”. Dybala scored his first Serie A goal in five months on Sunday during a 3-1 win over Genoa, telling journalists afterwards […]
Joe Biden’s presidential victory has been confirmed by Electoral College, meaning he will be the next US president. California, the most populous state in the US, delivered its 55 electoral votes to Mr. Biden on Monday afternoon, officially taking him over the 270 votes needed to secure the White House. When all of the states finish voting, […]
A new research is claiming that sleeping with a dog in your bed is good and much better than sharing a bed with a human. According to a study conducted by Christy L. Hoffman, from Canisius College in New York, the sleeping patterns of dogs closely mirror those of humans. The study involved 962 women […]
The presidency has stated that it won’t succumb to threats hinged on restructuring of the country. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu in the tweets he shared on Friday December 11 stressed that some comments linked to restructuring are ” unpatriotic outbursts which are unhelpful and unwarranted.” He added that the presidency will not take any decision against the […]
The stolen mace at the Ogun State House of Assembly has been recovered in Lagos State, the police said on Friday. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, the mace was recovered around the Abule Ado area of Lagos. “The police operatives attached to Trade […]
The Tony Elumelu Foundation has partnered the European Union to identify, train, mentor and fund 2,500 young women entrepreneurs from 54 African countries in 2021. This was contained in a statement released Thursday by the Foundation, titled, ‘The Tony Elumelu Foundation and European Union Partner to Transform Economic Empowerment of African Women’. “The partnership will […]
Little Rory van Ulft, seven, from Ottowa, is just four foot tall and started weightlifting just after her fifth birthday after she was scouted at a gymnastics class. She was recently crowned USA weightlifting under-11 and under-13s Youth National Champion in the 30kg weight class, making her the youngest US youth national champion in history, […]
The International Monetary Fund on Friday said Nigeria’s output would recover to its pre-pandemic level in the next two years. It said this was part of the conclusion of an IMF staff team led by Jesmin Rahman after conducting a virtual mission from October 30 to November 17, 2020, in the context of the 2020 […]