Angolans vote in the tightest election in decades
Angolans are voting in the tightest presidential elections in decades. Citizens of the oil-rich nation
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Syspera Security and NITDA to host Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2021
Syspera Security will collaborate with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in Nigeria to host the 2021 Cybersecurity Awareness Month. October is marked globally every year as Cybersecurity Awareness Month and is a collaboration between the government and private industry to raise awareness about digital security and empower everyone…
Nigerian Army retires 29 Generals after appointing new Chief of Army Staff
About twenty-nine Army Generals have been forced to retire from the Nigerian Army following the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff. The new Chief of Army Staff who hails from Sokoto State was appointed by the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of…
Biden signs executive orders on climate change, immigration, COVID-19 on first day
Joe Biden on his first day in office has signed more than one dozen executive actions, some of which reverse decisions made by his predecessor, Donald Trump. The executive orders cover areas such as the environment, climate change, the US census, immigration, regulatory changes to mention but a few. In…
Electoral College vote formally affirms Joe Biden victory
Electoral College members in the six battleground states where President Donald Trump has fiercely contested the general elections of November 3, 2020, have cast their ballots for Democrat, Joe Biden, thereby affirming his victory. The 55 votes from California tipped Joe Biden to the 270 points he needed to win.…
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes the new Director-General of the WTO
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has today been formally announced as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Dr Iweala, 66 holds a PhD in Economics and Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and had a 25-year stint at…
Donald Trump and wife, Melania test positive for COVID-19
President of the United States, Donald Trump announced early this morning that he and his wife, Melania has tested positive for COVID-19. This new development is coming one day after the first Presidential Debate with Joe Biden. Trump tweeted shortly before 1 AM EST: “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive…
The Student Visa Uncertainty in the Trump Administration
OPINION EDITORIAL BY UBONG KINGSLEY-UDOH About two months after he decidedly wanted international students to leave the country because classes were going online for no fault of theirs in a pandemic-ravaged world, the President of the United States is back at it again – altering the student visa, proposing rule…
Togolese Prime Minister, Komi Klassou resigns
Prime Minister of Togo, Komi Klassou and his government have resigned. In a statement from the Togolese Presidency, President Faure Gnassingbe congratulated Prime Minister Komi Klassou and his team for their “outstanding economic, political, and social efforts and the encouraging results despite the health crisis around the world.” President Faure…
Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
United States President, Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for helping broker a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Member of the Norwegian Parliament and Chairman of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Christian Tybring-Gjedde submitted the nomination. In a letter to the Nobel Committee,…