Former US President Donald Trump has reportedly parted ways with the two lead lawyers working on his defense for his Senate impeachment trial.
The former US president is set to stand trial in the week beginning on February 8 on allegations he incited his supporters to storm Congress before President...
Federal civil servants on grade level 12 and below have been directed to work from home following the increased cases of Coronavirus recorded in the country.
In a circular dated January 26 and addressed to the office of the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, clerk of the National Assembly and Permanent...
China sent two large formations of warplanes close to the island of Taiwan, a self governing island, that Beijing claims belongs to mainland China.
The muscle flexing by China's military over the weekend, presents a significant foreign policy challenge to new United States President Joe Biden just days into his new...
US president Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Monday, January 25 that will lift the Pentagon’s ban on transgender people serving in the military put in place by ex-president Donald Trump, according to multiple US reports.
The controversial ban was announced by former President Donald Trump...
US retired general, Lloyd Austin has been confirmed as the country's secretary of defence , becoming the second cabinet nominee of new President Joe Biden to get approval and the first African American to lead the Pentagon.
The Senate on Friday approved President Biden's nomination for Pentagon chief in a...
Joe Biden in his first official acts as president signed a series of executive actions on Wednesday night, January 20, to reverse the policies of Donald Trump administration on immigration, climate change, racial equity, and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Before signing 17 executive orders, Biden told reporters: “There’s...
US President Joe Biden has been pictured for the first time resuming at the Oval Office following his inauguration on Wednesday, January 20.
“There’s no time to start like today," Biden said in his first comments to reporters as president.
In his first tweet becoming the nation's 46th commander in chief,...
It has been confirmed that Donald Trump left a letter for President-elect Joe Biden before departing the White House for the last time as US President despite breaking one of the traditions of transfer of power between presidents by skipping Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday.
White spokesperson Judd Deere confirmed on Wednesday...
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States of America.
After his swearing-in, he addressed the country for the first time as president and declared to the nation that "democracy has prevailed"
This comes after a chaotic transition where his predecessor Donald Trump denied he...
Twelve U.S. National Guard members have been removed from securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration including two who made extremist statements in posts or texts about the Wednesday event, Pentagon officials said.
Each of the dozen Guard members were sent back to his or her home state for later investigation either...
US President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly planning to unveil an immigration bill in his first days as President as he hopes to offer an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status.
Biden will announce legislation on his first days in office...
As Melania Trump's time in the White House comes to an end, the US First Lady released a nearly seven-minute farewell message on Monday, Jan 18.
In her message, she urged Americans to choose "love over hatred" and "peace over violence."
She said: "My fellow Americans,
"It has been the greatest honor of my...
A Pennsylvania woman charged in the January 6 riots at the US Capitol is now being investigated by the FBI over claims she stole a Laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attempted to sell it in Russia.
Riley June Williams, 22, of Harrisburg, was charged on...
US President-elect, Joe Biden plans to sign roughly a dozen executive orders on his first day in the White House, that will show a stunning rebuke of outgoing US President Donald Trump's policies .
The executive orders include rejoining the Paris climate accord and ending the travel ban on predominantly...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, 76, has won a sixth term in office amid vote-rigging claims from his opposition challenger, Bobi Wine.
The country's electoral commission announced on Saturday January 16, that Museveni received 58% of votes and Wine 34%, and voter turnout was 52%.
"The electoral commission declares Yoweri Museveni... elected...
An overwhelming majority of President Trump supporters surveyed by top American pollster and data analyst, Frank Luntz say they’d still vote for the president again despite last week’s riot on Capitol Hill and his impeachment.
This week the House of Reps charged Trump with inciting insurrection and impeached him for a...
The secretive state of North Korea has unveiled a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, described by state media as "the world's most powerful weapon".
Several of the missiles were displayed at a parade overseen by leader Kim Jong-un, on Thursday in Pyongyang and comes days before the inauguration of Joe...
US President Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Snapchat, according to a statement by the platform.
The move by Snap to permanently ban Trump from the social app comes after Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, Twitch, and other internet platforms issued similar bans. On Tuesday, YouTube suspended Trump’s channel for seven...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern which was looted by a rioter during the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week, has been returned.
One of the pro-Trump supporters, Adam Johnson was caught on camera grinning and waving while toting Pelosi’s lectern during the siege.
However on Wednesday January 13, a staffer was seen in...
Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will be performing at the swearing-in for US President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on January 20, the Presidential Inaugural Committee has announced.
Gaga, 34, will perform the national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, which will be held on the West Front of the U.S....
Uganda’s communications regulator has reportedly ordered internet service providers to immediately shut down social media and messaging services ahead of the country's presidential election.
The move comes two days before the country's presidential election which will see one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, Yoweri Museveni, against opposition frontrunner and popular singer...
A member of the US Congress has revealed that thousands of armed pro-Donald Trump extremists are plotting to surround the US Capitol ahead of President-elect, Joe Biden's inauguration.
Conor Lamb, a Pennsylvania Democrat, said he was briefed alongside other lawmakers on a series of new threats against lawmakers and the Capitol...
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution on Tuesday that is calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove and replace President Donald Trump after he was accused of inciting a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol last week.
Citing Trump’s...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will soon become the largest political party in Africa and that developed nations will come learning the ropes of progressive politics from the party.
Bello said this when he spoke at the inauguration of the mobilization committee...
YouTube announced on Tuesday it is suspending President Trump’s channel for at least a week.
The video-sharing platform confirmed in a statement that a video uploaded to President Trump’s channel violated the site’s policy against inciting violence and as a result, the platform suspended his ability to share content on...
President Donald Trump on Monday January 11, approved a state of emergency for Washington, D.C., through January 24, covering the date of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20.
The move comes after pro-Trump rioters invaded the US Capitol building on January 6 in support of Trump’s false claims...
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the President of Portugal has tested positive for Coronavirus as confirmed in a statement shared on the official website of the Portuguese Presidency on Monday night.
The 72-year-old who took office in 2016 and is seeking a second term in the country’s presidential election on January 24, is reportedly asymptomatic. The...
Melania Trump has broken her silence on the attack on the US Capitol building to mourn all those who died, including four supporters of her husband, who incited the mob to violent action.
In a statement issued on Monday, the first lady expressed her condolences to the four Trump supporters...
Ivanka Trump is reportedly planning to attend Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20 against the wishes of her father, Donald Trump.
Donald Trump made it clear on Twitter that he won't be present at his successor's inauguration.
However, Ivanka is choosing to go, much to her father's chagrin, as she is scrambling...
Harvard Law professor emeritus, constitutional law scholar and Trump's lawyer during his 2019 impeachment trial, Alan Dershowitz has said that impeaching the president for ‘exercising his First Amendment rights’ would be ‘so dangerous to the Constitution.’
House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, announced on Sunday that the House Of Representatives...
Hollywood star and former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger in a video shared on Sunday January 10 rebuked President Donald Trump and also compared the riot at the US Capitol which the president incited to Kristallnacht, the night in November 1938 when Nazi thugs attacked Jewish Germans and their property, a harbinger of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the insurrection at US Capitol on Wednesday January 6, triggered by President Donald Trump's refusal to concede in the US presidential election.
In a statement released by John Akpanudoedehe, secretary of APC's caretaker and extra-ordinary convention planning committee, the party stated that...
US vice president, Mike Pence will be attending the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Multiple media reports on Saturday cited senior administration officials as saying that Pence who was forced to take shelter from the US Capitol intruders during the riot has decided to attend Biden's inauguration on January 20.
The...
As Nigeria expects the first batch of COVID19 vaccines by the end of January, the Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, says it will be nice to see President Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha, and other top...
President Donald Trump has reportedly told close aides he plans to pardon himself and his family members in the final days of his White House administration amid calls for his removal from the Oval Office.
The news comes as Democratic and Republican lawmakers condemned the president’s conduct after his supporters...
Mark Zuckerberg has banned Donald Trump from using Facebook indefinitely.
Facebook COO, Sherry Sandberg initially announced Trump has been banned from the platform for 24 hours, writing:
I am deeply disturbed by the violence that took place today at the US Capitol. The peaceful transition of power is the cornerstone of...
Russia's Foreign Ministry has reacted to the insurrection at the US capitol which occurred while lawmakers in the North American country were certifying results from the 2020 presidential election.
The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova was quoted saying that the electoral system in the United States is archaic and does not meet...
The US Congress has affirmed President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump.
According to CNN, the counting of Vermont's three electoral votes put Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris over the 270-threshold needed to win the presidency.
The report also said the Senate and House rejected objections to throw...
US Vice President, Mike Pence has changed his Twitter bio to a picture of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, after the events that unfolded in the US on Wednesday, January 6.
In a stunning rebuke of his boss, Pence changed the bio after Trump criticized him for not 'helping him...
US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday January 5, reportedly told President Donald Trump that he does not have the authority to decertify President-elect Joe Biden's win when Congress meets to count electoral votes.
Pence finds himself in the most precarious position of his tenure as he prepares to preside over Wednesday’s...
Nancy Pelosi has been narrowly re-elected as speaker of the United States House of Representatives as the 117th Congress took office on Sunday Sunday January 3.
After serving for 17 years in charge of the House Democrats, Pelosi ran unopposed in her election, winning the election with 216 votes to...
All 10 living former US defense secretaries have come out to declare that the US presidential election is over in a forceful public letter published as President Donald Trump continues to deny his election loss to Joe Biden.
Since Election Day on November 3, 2020, Trump has falsely claimed that...
The Joe Biden vs Donald Trump electoral drama is showing no signs of stopping soon as nearly a dozen Republican senators and senators-elect announced Saturday, January 2, 2021, they will vote against counting electoral votes next week when Congress is expected to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory -- despite...
A Republican Senator, Josh Hawley of Missouri, has added a new twist to the US election certification process by announcing Wednesday, December 30, that he will object when Congress counts the Electoral College votes next week, a process that which will force lawmakers in both the House and Senate...
North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un's younger sister, Kim yo Jong, is quickly rising in prominence in North Korea to such an extent that she has been tipped as a possible rival to lead the country, according to a new report.
She recently hit back at rumours she was dead, and...
US President-elect, Joe Biden has accused the Trump administration of "irresponsibility" for failing to give his team the information it needs for the transition of power.
He said his team had encountered "obstruction from the political leadership" when it enquired for necessary information from the Department of Defence.
Biden, who has...
US President, Donald Trump, has signed into law a coronavirus relief and spending package bill, averting a partial government shutdown that would have started today, December 28, had he not signed by Sunday midnight.
Trump had initially refused to sign the bill which was to pay citizens $600, saying he...
Twitter has announced it will not transfer the millions of followers from Trump's POTUS account to Biden when he takes over the US Presidency on January 20, 2021.
According to Twitter who allowed Trump make use of the followers it got from Obama's then POTUS account, Biden's POTUS account will...
Russia and Rwanda have sent in hundreds of troops to protect Central African Republic President, Faustin-Archange Touadera (pictured below at a rally), and the presidential palace after former president, Francois Bozize, allegedly attempted a coup ahead of the presidential elections this weekend.
The Central African Republic announcing the new developments...
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally addressed the rumours claiming that he plans to cling to power - The Nigerian leader revealed why he occasionally visits his home town in Katsina state - Buhari suggested that there is a conspiracy behind the abduction of students in Kankara
An emerging report...
The United States Attorney General, William Barr, has announced he would resign next week, ending a tenure in which the Trump loyalist carried the administration's "law and order" message but ultimately dealt the most credible blow to Trump when he publicly refuted Trump's claims that the 2020 election was...
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 538 members of the US Electoral College will meet today to cast their votes on behalf of the 50 states and the District of Columbia to formally confirm Joe Biden as the 46th president and California Sen. Kamala Harris as vice president.
The Democrat candidate amassed a record-breaking 81.3...
US First lady Melania Trump reportedly wants to leave the White House even as her husband, U.S. President Donald Trump refuses to concede to Joe Biden in the recently concluded presidential election.
According to a report the Washington post, “She just wants to go home,” the tabloid quoted a source familiar...
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has been declared winner of the 2020 election.
Akufo-Addo, who ran under the platform of New Patriotic Party (NPP), was declared winner of the election by Jean Mensah, the chairperson of the electoral commission of Ghana on Wednesday evening, December 9.
According to Mensah, Akufo-Addo polled a...
The United States Government has alleged that the People's Republic of China is the "greatest threat to democracy and freedom" since World War Two.
The Trump administration has taken a hard line on China, imposing tariffs on Chinese goods and accusing Beijing of intellectual property theft and hiding the true...
