The woman shot and killed by police as protesters stormed the US Capitol has been named as 35-year-old Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt who believed she was doing God’s work. Let us take a quck look at what she thought God represented: She served four tours of duty during her 14 years in the Air Force and was from San Diego, her husband Aaron told KUSI TV. He said she was a strong supporter of President Trump.“I’m numb. I’m devastated. Nobody from DC notified my son and we found out on TV,” her mother-in-law, Robin Babbitt, told the New York…
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Obat boss and Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Fedrick Akinruntan may be battling hard times as the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Jabi, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the sale of his Abuja hotel owned by one of his companies, Obat Oil and Petroleum Limited to offset N5 billion debt it owes Ecobank Plc. The judge, Hassan Babangida, gave the order in a suit filed by Ecobank. The hotel, Febson Hotels & Malls, is located at Plot 2425, Herbert Macaulay Way, Abuja. The monarch, who once ranked by Forbes magazine…
Joe Biden won the presidential election on Nov. 7 after the Associated Press called him the winner in Pennsylvania, pushing the former Vice President past the 270 electoral college votes needed to clinch the White House. Less than half an hour after the news, President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, alleged without any evidence that the electoral system in Philadelphia, which had contributing to Biden’s victory, was riddled with fraud. It was the latest indication that, even as Trump’s path to victory evaporates, his campaign will continue to fight the outcome in court. In the past week alone, the Trump…
Twitter permanently removed pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood’s account, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed Thursday. The spokesperson said Wood’s account was permanently suspended for violating Twitter’s rules. The spokesperson also confirmed Wood’s second account, @fightbacklaw, was also removed. The spokesperson would not share any further details about the suspension. After Wood’s primary Twitter account was suspended, Wood posted on Parler, a social media platform popular among conservative voices, that he would be posting on his secondary @fightbacklaw account. Parler brands itself as pro-free speech over its decision to limit content moderation. Unlike mainstream social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, Parler does not label…
A High Court in Kano on Thursday stopped Governor Abdullahi Ganduje from further deductions of the salaries of judiciary workers in the state. Justice Usman Na’abba gave the order following an exparte motion filed before the court by the workers under the aegis of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Kano State chapter. The plaintiffs in the suit through its counsel, F. I. Umar, joined the Kano State governor, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Commissioner for Finance, Head of Service and Accountant General as defendants. They urged the court to restrain the defendants from further deductions of their salaries. Justice…
The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden. His decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters at the Capitol building has rightly disturbed people in the US and around the world. We removed these statements yesterday because we judged that their effect — and likely their intent — would be to provoke further violence. Following the certification of the election results by Congress,…
Yekini Nabena said the South-East region would not be able to achieve its political ambition of producing the next president in 2023 if it failed to create an atmosphere of trust with other regions. The ruling All Progressives Party has said that the politicians from the South-East region of the country should be united to secure a presidential ticket in 2023. The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena, told news reporters in an interview on Wednesday. Nabena also said the South-East region would not be able to achieve its political ambition of producing the next president in…
The Ekiti State Football Association has named Adeolu Oyebode AKA Luther as the Chairman of its Adoption Scheme Committee. The scheme was designed to ensure that the Bayo Olanlege led Ekiti state FA’s vision of using sports as a tool for youth development is attained. Adeolu Oyebode recently published a book titled “You are under arrest” is also the Ikere local football council acting chairman will lead others in achieving the goal of intensifying the plans to engender a sustainable football legacy, and as well, use football for the development of youth in the state. Other members of the committee…
Former political appointees in Ebonyi State have accused Governor David Umahi of forcing them to take oaths of allegiance twice. The appointees, who were Community Development Coordinators, under the umbrella of G64, levelled the accusation on Thursday at a news briefing in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. According to them, while the first oath was taken in 2015 as a precondition for the appointment, the second, in 2017, was for continuous loyalty and support. One of the Coordinators, speaking under anonymity, said: “We were given water from an unknown source to drink.” Asked why they continued with the alleged fetish…
A coalition of civil society organisations in Edo has charged the state Police Command to publish the list of criminal suspects that escaped from the custody of the State Criminal Investigation Department on the New Year day. The group, under the aegis of Network of Civil Society Organisations of Nigeria, also charged the command to publish the names of its personnel on duty on the day of the jailbreak. NOCSON acting President, Ogbidi Emmanuel, and its Director of Publicity, Bevy Efe, made the demand at a news briefing on Thursday in Benin. Emmanuel expressed shock that such incident could happen…
