The U.S. House of Representatives votes to impeach Donald Trump for inciting last week’s deadly Capitol siege, making him the first president to be impeached twice. While voting is still under way, a majority of lawmakers has already voted to impeach. The outcome, which was expected, comes only seven days before Trump leaves office and Democratic President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated. The Democrat-controlled House charged Trump with inciting an insurrection after a mob of his supporters, riled up by his false claims of election fraud, stormed Congress and temporarily halted a joint session to certify Biden’s victory. The House impeachment…
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The ECOWAS Court of Justice has invested $345,126 in digitization of its processes and the conduct of virtual court sessions, the President of the Court has said. Justice Edward Amoako Asante made this known in a goodwill message at the opening of the 2020 virtual session of the ECOWAS Parliament on Wednesday. He said that the deployment of the virtual technology has enabled the court to function optimally in safety in spite of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. He said that the expenditure was committed for the procurement of video conference equipment and related materials after the initial disruptions to the…
The Presidency on Wednesday faulted the quit notice issued to Bishop Matthew Kukah by Sokoto-based Muslim Solidarity Forum. The Forum, at a press conference in Sokoto on Tuesday, reacted to the Christmas message by Kukah where it posited that he either ‘apologised or leave Sokoto. However, in a reaction signed by a presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu the Presidency said the action of the group was “wrong because it is not in line with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” “The reported ultimatum by a group based in Sokoto, “Muslim Solidarity Forum,” calling on the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese,…
The Benue government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Ukum and Katsina-Ala local government areas as part of measures to address insecurity there. The north-central state’s Deputy Governor, Mr Benson Abounu, disclosed this at the end of a security council meeting on Wednesday in Makurdi. “The curfew will be from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily. It is part of our efforts to tackle banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and general insecurity in the two local government areas,” Abounu told newsmen after the meeting. He said that the security council also resolved to ban the use of motorcycles in the two areas…
The National Examination Council (NECO) says that 233,000 candidates who could not write the examinations as a result of the #EndSARS protests will join external candidates to write the examinations in February. Mr Azeez Sani, Head of Information and Public Relations Division of the council said on Wednesday. He said that the Council Registrar, Prof. Godswill Obioma, while announcing the 2020 results, said that 12 states were disrupted during the conduct of the examinations as a result of the effects of COVID-19 pandemic and the #EndSARS protests. Sani said that the affected candidates would now sit for those papers missed…
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested one Isma’eel Abubkar, 18, for defiling a 5-year-old girl. The Corps spokesperson, ASC Ibrahim Abdullahi said on Wednesday that the suspect, a resident of Kofar Ruwa Quarters Kano, was arrested by operatives of the Corps on January 8, after he lured the girl to his room and defiled her. He added that the suspect, who is a neighbour to the victim, confessed to the crime when interrogated by the corps detectives. “Investigation into the case has since been concluded and the suspect will be charged…
The World Health Organisation, WHO, says it has begun expanding its scientific collaboration and monitoring of emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. WHO, in a statement posted on its website, stated the agency had met with scientists globally to discuss critical knowledge gaps and research priorities for emerging variants of the virus. It stated that WHO convened a day-long virtual meeting of scientists from around the globe which brought together more than 1,750 experts from 124 countries to discuss emerging variants of the virus. The statement quoted Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, as saying: “Science and research…
U.S. municipal-bond issuance in 2020 was the highest in a decade, reflecting the collapse of interest rates and the increased costs cities and state governments are facing from COVID-19 shutdowns. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Bonds for new projects reached $252 billion last year, according to Refinitiv, a global provider of financial market data and infrastructure. This has been a small increase from the previous year and the highest since 2010, when a federal incentive programme helped push the total above $270 billion. The new borrowing has driven the total amount of outstanding municipal debt above $3.9 trillion…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has released the Framework for Regulatory Sandbox Operations, to ensure the safety and stability of the Nigerian Financial System, among other things. It is also to promote the use and adoption of electronic payments and foster innovation in the payments system. The CBN released the structure on its website on Wednesday and said one of the objectives was to increase the potential for innovative business models that advance financial inclusion. The bank explained that it came up with the structure to ensure new and more flexible ways of engaging with the banking industry. This,…
By Tina George, Minna The National Examinations Council, NECO, has revealed that 33,470 candidates that sat for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, were involved in various forms of malpractices. The Registrar of the Council, Professor Godswill Obioma, who announced the results at the NECO headquarters in Minna on Wednesday, also said that 12 schools in six states have been derecognised for their involvement in examination malpractice, while 24 supervisors were blacklisted for various offences. According to him, the offences of the supervisors ranges from poor supervision, aiding and abetting and connivance with non-candidates to write answers on chalkboard.…