Author: Alade Adisa

In a flurry of activities, as he promised, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday stating the commencement of pulling the U.S. out of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The President also withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Accord, reversing one of the most significant deal brokered by former President Biden. The U.S. has historically been the largest funder of the global health agency headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, but Trump accuses the body of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, towards the end of his first term in office, Trump had first kick-started the process of withdrawing…

Just like he has repeatedly said, President Donald Trump, on his first day in office issued pardons Monday night to hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — granting clemency to people involved in halting the counting of Electoral College votes that day. The 45th and 47th president signed what he said was “approximately 1,500” pardons after returning to the White House from a day of inaugural festivities, telling reporters present that “I hope they come out tonight.” Trump, 78, said he issued “six commutations” in addition to the pardons and declined to answer if any beneficiaries…

The Frenchman led Carlo Ancelotti’s attack with a first-half brace as they strolled to an easy win at Santiago Bernabeu. Kylian Mbappe scored twice – and could have had four – as the Real Madrid attack hummed around him in Los Blancos 4-1 win over Las Palmas on Sunday that puts them top of La Liga. The Frenchman turned in a dominant performance to quell any fears regarding Vinicius Jr’s absence through suspension, and showed that things might just work out at Santiago Bernabeu for him after all. Madrid started awfully and were behind after just 25 seconds as Las…

Ruben Amorim has brutally declared that Marcus Rashford will remain on the sidelines at Manchester United “no matter what.” *Rashford excluded again from United squad*United lose 3-1 to Brighton*Rashford seeking exit from Old Trafford *WHAT HAPPENED? Rashford was not in the squad again as United fell to a 3-1 defeat to Brighton at Old Trafford. With the exception of Amad Diallo, the Red Devils’ forwards have struggled to nail down starting roles as inconsistency and poor finishing plague the squad. Meanwhile, Rashford has made it clear he would like to leave the club, and Amorim has doubled down on his…

Now former President Joe Biden announced Monday before leaving office that he would be preemptively pardoning several people who could be targeted with President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, including members of his family, Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark A. Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 committee and their staff. Just 20 minutes before handing over power to Trump, Biden also announced he was preemptively pardoning his brothers, sister-in-law, sister and brother-in-law. “My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me—the worst kind of partisan politics,” Biden…

Barring any last-minute change of decision, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will begin an electronic auction of 891 cars. The cars, which range from luxury vehicles to mid-range Toyota Camry, were recovered by the EFCC in the course of its investigations into various financial crimes, including corruption, money laundering, and cybercrime. According to a statement issued by the EFCC on Monday, the auction is in line with the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004, Public Procurement Act, 2007 and the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery & Management) Act, 2022. The statement reads: “The General Public is hereby notified that the @officialEFCC…

The Presidency has said the constant negative comments by UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch against Nigeria won’t have any effect on the country. Badenoch recently renewed her onslaught against Nigeria. -While delivering her first speech of the year at an event organised by Onward, a British think tank producing research on economic and social issues, the Nigerian-born politician said she did not want Britain to be like Nigeria where she claimed the government had failed. However, a Presidential spokesman, Daniel Bwala during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, said the UK Conservative Party leader’s comment was to gain…

The World Bank Group has imposed a 30-month ban on two Nigerian companies, Viva Atlantic Limited and Technology House Limited, alongside their Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Norman Bwuruk Didam. This is according to a press statement made by the Washington-based bank on Monday. The statement said the sanction follows findings of fraudulent, collusive, and corrupt practices connected to Nigeria’s National Social Safety Nets Project (NSSNP). The statement read, “The World Bank Group today announced the 30-month debarment of two Nigeria-based companies—Viva Atlantic Limited and Technology House Limited—and their Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mr Norman Bwuruk…

The country singers Carrie Underwood and Lee Greenwood and the tenor Christopher Macchio are all scheduled to sing at the swearing-in ceremony. Current pop hitmakers won’t be performing at the inauguration ceremony. Instead, the program will feature two country singers — Carrie Underwood and Lee Greenwood — and an opera singer, Christopher Macchio. Here is more about them: Carrie Underwood Ms. Underwood, 41, is scheduled to sing “America the Beautiful” at the swearing-in. She has been a country mainstay since 2005, when her dynamic voice made her the winner on the fourth season of “American Idol.” She quickly followed up with her…

After a black-out that lasted about 14 hours, TikTok has returned to the United States. The hugely popular video app was taken offline Saturday night in compliance with a law that effectively banned the service nationwide unless it splits off from ByteDance, its China-based owner. Last week, the Supreme Court upheld the law. Back from the dead? Not just yet On Saturday, Google and Apple removed the app from their stores, a requirement of the ban, which also forbids web-hosting companies from providing back-end support to the app. When President Joe Biden officials said they would leave enforcement of the…