African business magnate Aliko Dangote has revealed why he ultimately abandoned his long-running ambition to buy English football club Arsenal FC, saying that rising...
Amanda Gorman made history on Wednesday January 20, as the youngest poet in US history to read a poem at a presidential inauguration.
The 22-year-old read a powerful poem at the inauguration of US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Los Angeles native reportedly finished writing the poem, titled "The Hill We Climb," on the night of January 6, hours after rioters took part in a siege on Capitol Hill.
Gorman opened her poem Wednesday by saying, "We braved the belly of the beast."
"We've learned that quiet isn't always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn't always justice. And yet the dawn is hours before we knew it, somehow we do...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced its Voter Enrollment Device ahead of the 2023 general election.
The Voter Enrollment Device which was designed by INEC engineers and produced overseas, enables eligible Nigerians to register as voters online before completing the exercise physically at designated centres nationwide.
INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu who noted that this will be the first time voter registration is handled partially online, said the commission is expecting a total of 20 million new registrations before the end of the CRV exercise.
Yakubu said;
“The expansion of voters’ access to polling units prepares the ground for the discharge of another important responsibility of the Commission. The registration of eligible Nigerians as voters is one of the immediate tasks before...
