Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  As endorsed  in the U.S. Constitution, American presidents are elected not directly by the people, but by the people's electors. The Electoral College was created by the framers of the U.S. Constitution as an alternative to electing the president by popular vote or by Congress. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday there’s “no reason for alarm” as President Donald Trump supported by Republicans in Congress begins legal action against Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s election achievement. “Until the Electoral College votes, anyone who is running for office can exhaust concerns,” McConnell told reporters on Capitol Hill. “It's not unusual, should not be alarming. At some point here we’ll find out finally who was certified in each of these states. The Electoral College will determine the winner.” So far, Trump and his GOP allies haven’t offered any proof o...

    Actress Rahama Sadau has said that she has not been invited by the police nor sentenced to jail by any court. The actress said this in reaction to a report that she’s being charged before a Sharia Court over the controversy generated by a picture she shared on social media. Defining  the report as fake news, the starlet advised people to stop creating needless tension. She shared: “I have received many messages that I have been arrested and sentenced to jail earlier today. I have no idea where the news emanated from. I’m therefore calling on people to stop spreading FAKE and unfounded stories. “ I haven’t received any police invitation or court trial. I’m reiterating this to well wishers that I’m SAFE and FINE and I have never received any legal trial for whatever reason. To those trying to bank on this issue to create an unrest, Please give it a rest. “ It’s indeed a hard time for me. This is not the right time for FAKE NEWS. Much love to those who reached out, ...

  Lagos State Government said it will prosecute a man named Emmanuel Ben who led an assault on an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Ismaila Lukman. Olumide said Ismaila Lukman, the assualted officer, was at his duty post controlling traffic when he was approached by Ben, who wanted the officer to halt vehicular movement for him to cross the road. LASTMA general manager Olajide Oduyoye in a statement said Lagos State attorney-general Moyosore Onigbanjo has directed Ben’s prosecution for assaulting Lukman “at the Jakande Junction in Lekki while on his lawful duty around 2:20 pm on Sunday 8th November 2020.” He said Ben will “be made to face the full wrath of the law for the assault to serve as deterrent to others with similar motives.” “We must all have a change of mindset to obey the traffic law as amended in 2018 by the Lagos State House of Assembly and that anybody who refuses to obey those traffic laws should be ready to face the consequences as st...

    Here is a transcript of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory speech  Saturday night  in Wilmington, Delaware, as delivered. Provided by the   Biden campaign: My fellow Americans, the people of this nation have spoken. They have delivered us a clear victory. A convincing victory.  A victory for “We the People.” We have won with the most votes ever cast for a presidential ticket in the history of this nation — 74 million. I am humbled by the trust and confidence you have placed in me. I pledge to be a President who seeks not to divide, but to unify. Who doesn’t see Red and Blue states, but a United States. And who will work with all my heart to win the confidence of the whole people. For that is what America is about: The people. And that is what our Administration will be about. I sought this office to restore the soul of America.  To rebuild the backbone of the nation — the middle class.  To make America respected around the world again an...

  Joe Biden has been elected to be the 46th president of the United States, according to ABC News and the Associated Press. Biden's win in Pennsylvania put him over the 270 threshold, bringing him to a total of 284 electoral votes, based on the AP's projections. Kamala Harris has been elected the first female Vice President. More details coming soon

US President Donald Trump  claims he would win the presidential election unless Democrats ‘steal’ the polls. Trump ratiocinated that Democrats were trying to “steal” the US election with illegal votes, saying he would “easily win” the race against Joe Biden without the alleged interference. “If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us,” said the president . Trump said his team had launched a “tremendous amount of litigation” to counter what he called the “corruption” of Democrats, even as several officials in battleground states where the vote remains undecided have defended the integrity of the vote. Democratic candidate Joe Biden has pulled ahead of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, a key state in the US presidential race, voting data shows. If Mr Biden takes the state, he would secure his victory in the election. The state has 20 Electoral College votes. According to the most recent data, Mr Biden is leading ...

                 Image Courtesy NAN The government of the Netherlands has returned a prehistoric terracotta head  sculpture to the Nigerian Embassy in the Netherlands in compliance with the 1970 UNESCO Convention of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, the export of cultural property. The terracotta head, believed to be from Ile-Ife in Nigeria, was intercepted by Dutch Customs at Schiphol Airport in 2018 in a package addressed to a Dutch national with forged accompanying import documents.  Nigerian authorities confirmed the authenticity of the object and formally requested its return. The Embassy of Nigeria in the Hague in a statement signed by Mr. Kabiru Musa, Charge d’ Affaires at the Embassy, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, said Mrs. Maryan Hammersma Secretary-General of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science handed over the terracotta head to the embassy in a ...