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Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:00:56 +0000
Zimbabwean foreign minister dies of COVID-19 complications
Agency Reporter Zimbabwe’s foreign affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo died on Wednesday, a day after testing positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19), acting chief secretary to the president and cabinet George Charamba said in a statement. A close famil...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:59:31 +0000
Two bandits killed in Kaduna ambush
By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna Troops under the auspices of Operation Thunder Strike on Monday night neutralised two bandits along the Sabon Iche-Kagarko Road, Kagarko local government area of Kaduna State. Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Secu...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:55:14 +0000
EXCLUSIVE: Full list of Ambassadorial posting
Our Reporter The Non-career Ambassadors 1. Dr Uzoma Emenike (United States) 2. Ambassador Tijani Muhammmad-Bande (UN) 3. Adeyinka Asekun (Canada) 4. Yahaya Lawal (Saudi Arabia) 5. Ibrahim Kayode Laaro (France) 6. Modupe Irele (Hungary) 7. Eniola Ajay...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:51:10 +0000
2021 AFCON QUALIFIERS: Rohr predicts stiff competition for Eagles’ shirt
By Morakinyo Abodunrin Coach Gernot Rohr has lamented the absence of Super Eagles B from the on-going African Nations Championship in Cameroon  even as he  predicted stiff competition for shirts ahead of the remaining 2021 AFCON qualifiers against ...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:49:31 +0000
Barca to appeal Messi’s ban
Our Reporter Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has been banned for two games after being sent off for the first time for his club during their Spanish Super Cup defeat. But Barcelona said they will appeal against the suspension, which was handed out by ...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:47:53 +0000
Trumpism: Lessons for Nigeria
By Tochukwu Ezukanma Many Nigerians gloated over the invasion of the United States’ Capitol by President Donald J. Trump’s supporters because they subliminally found solace in it. The solace being that, if the oldest and most stable democracy in ...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:40:28 +0000
Trump’s second impeachment and the salvaging of America’s democracy
By Tiko Okoye January 14, would go into American history books as being both a surreal and highly defining day. Surreal, in the sense it was just eight days ago that pro-Trump supporters and far-right groups breached the US Capitol Building to protes...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:37:56 +0000
Re: Between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler
By Dr. R. O SIR: Thanks to Dr. Jide Oluwajuyitan for pointing out the parallel between Donald Trump and Hitler in his column in The Nation of Thursday January 14. Just a few years ago, the piece would have sounded heretical to many Americans. But tod...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:35:19 +0000
Trump: Exit of a demagogue
By Abdulrazaq Magaji Finally, the end is here for Donald J. Trump. After weeks of stonewalling, Trump is quitting office in a blaze of ingloriousness. Trump has been in desperate shape since he lost his reelection bid last November, but that desperat...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:32:14 +0000
Trump pardons 73 in final day as US President
Agency Reporter Donald Trump has pardoned or commuted a total of almost 150 people, including former chief strategist Steve Bannon, as well as rap stars and ex-Congress members as he prepares to leave office later today. But there was no clemency for...



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