Joe Biden has taken the oath of office as the 46th President of the United States. Biden was sworn in by the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts. Biden will officially become the 46th president of the United States at 12 noon EST (6pm Nigerian time). After taking the oath of … Read more
Joe Biden has arrived at the inauguration ceremony with his wife, Jill. After his arrival, the proceedings began with an introduction from Minnesota senator and former presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar. “This ceremony is the culmination of 244 years of our democracy,” she said. “It is the moment when leaders brought to the stage by the … Read more
Kamala Harris has been sworn in as the first female, first Black, first Asian-American Vice President of the United States. Harris was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who is the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice of the United States. She took her oath of office today at Capitol Hill using two Bibles; … Read more
Tiffany Trump, the youngest daughter of President Donald Trump has announced her engagement to Michael Boulos. Her happy news – which happened at the White House – comes on her father’s final full day in office. “It has been an honor to celebrate many milestones, historic occasions and create memories with my family here at … Read more
President Trump final address fact-check In his final address before leaving the White House, President Trump said that while in office he had done what he came to do. Claim 1: “When our nation was hit with the terrible pandemic, we produced not one, but two vaccines with record-breaking speed.” The US Food and Drug … Read more
President-elect, Joe Biden will be sworn in today at a scaled back ceremony Vice-President-elect, Kamala Harris will make history as the first female, first Black and first South Asian US vice president President Trump just walked out of the White House. He’s on his way to Joint Base Andrews, where he’s expected to have a … Read more
President Trump is leaving Washington, D.C. aboard Air Force One Wednesday morning for the last time as president, hours after he pardoned 73 people, including his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, and rapper Lil Wayne, and commuted the sentences of 70 others. A farewell celebration is scheduled to send Mr. Trump off at 8 a.m. … Read more
Hong Kong reports 77 new COVID-19 cases Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported 77 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking its total tally to 9,797. All of the 77 new cases are local infections with 37 of unknown origins. There were also over 60 cases tested positive preliminarily, according to a … Read more
Trump pardons former strategist, 72 others President Donald Trump pardoned his former Chief Strategist, Steve Bannon, as part of a last-minute clemency spree before he leaves office. The White House announced that Trump was pardoning Bannon and 72 others early Wednesday, just hours before president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony was set to begin. Trump also … Read more
Biden to be inaugurated as 46th U.S. president Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the U.S. on Wednesday, capping off a chaotic election season in a country still divided by Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of voter fraud. The inauguration ceremony will start at 10:30 am (1530 GMT) with Biden and incoming … Read more
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect, Kamala Harris will be sworn in on Wednesday (today) President Donald Trump received an unsettling warning on his final night in the White House. Huddled for a lengthy meeting with his legal advisers, Trump was warned the pardons he once hoped to bestow upon his family and even himself would place him … Read more
US President Donald Trump has made his farewell address before leaving office, saying: “We did what we came to do – and so much more.” In a video posted on YouTube, he said he took on “the tough battles, the hardest fights… because that’s what you elected me to do”. CNN reports that Trump has … Read more
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to propose major changes to the nation’s immigration laws on his first full day in the oval office, including an eight-year pathway to citizenship for immigrants who do not have legal status and an expansion of refugee admissions, alongside an enforcement plan that deploys technology to patrol the border. Biden’s … Read more
Biden is expected to be sworn in at a scaled-down inauguration ceremony on January 20 US President-elect Joe Biden’s spokesperson quickly dismissed Donald Trump’s announcement on Monday that a Covid-19 ban on travelers arriving from much of Europe and Brazil would be lifted, underlining the fractious transition of power. “On the advice of our medical … Read more
Truck crushes 15 sleeping workers At least 15 labourers were crushed to death by a truck in India early Tuesday while they were sleeping by a road, police said. The accident took place near a village in the Surat district in India’s western state of Gujarat, area police chief Varadbhai Patel said on phone. The … Read more
Martin Luther King Jr. Day The United Nations on Monday marked the Martin Luther King Jr. Day with top officials urging more investments towards world peace, equality and social justice. “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality and social justice for all remains an inspiration,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a tweet. “Decades … Read more
Live Updates, Joe Biden President-elect Joe Biden plans to issue dozens of executive orders in his first days in office, canceling the Keystone XL pipeline’s permit, rejoining a climate change agreement and requiring masks on federal property. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris resigned her Senate seat. Here’s what you need to know: Inauguration week is here, … Read more
Navalny sentenced to 30 days in prison A Russian court on Monday sentenced Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to 30 days in prison in a snap trial. The 44-year-old was found to have violated conditions requiring him to report to the authorities after a previous criminal case against him. Read Also: Low Turnouts As Schools Reopen … Read more
Biden and Harris will be sworn-in on Wednesday January 20 in a scaled-down ceremony for fears of potential violence and the COVID-19 pandemic Some Nigerians have designed a special attire, popularly called “Aso Ebi”, to be won on Wednesday, January 20 for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and his Vice, Kamala Harris. A video … Read more
Eko Hot Blog In 2015, Okunuga’s name was ordered to be removed from the medical register after he was found guilty of professional misconduct by a disciplinary panel. Adekunle Okunuga, a Nigerian consultant anaesthetist based in the United Kingdom has been reinstated following his suspension from work for beating his son. The 59-year-old medical personnel, … Read more