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[Video]: Trump makes U-turn, sues for peace, begs protesters at US Capitol to go home
Hours after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building and violently clashed with police, President Donald Trump told supporters to “go home” so that there can be peace. In a video message shared on his Twitter account, Trump begins by again sharing claims that the election was “stolen” from him and that he won in…
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Defiant Trump to his supporters: I will never concede, it doesn’t happen
President Donald Trump on Wednesday disclosed to a rally of his supporters outside the White House that he would never concede that he lost the election, as Congress prepares to certify Joe Biden’s victory. “We will never give up,” Trump told thousands of cheering supporters on a grassy expanse near the White House called the…
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6 persons arrested as pro-Trump protesters clash with police
A mass demonstration in support of outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. escalated into clashes with the police, resulting in the arrest of six people, U.S. media reported on Wednesday. U.S. Congress is due to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election later in the day. Trump supporters have been flocking to…
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Samuel Chukwueze breaks Villarreal appearance record
Super Eagles forward Samuel Chukwueze has become Villarreal’s youngest-ever footballer to feature in 100 games. Chukwueze reached this hallowed rank having starred in the Yellow Submarine’s 4-1 defeat of Zamora in Tuesday’s Copa del Rey encounter. At 21 years, seven months and 11 days, he eclipsed the record set by Argentina international and AC Milan…
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Former bank MD, ex-director to spend three years in jail over ₦18bn theft
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted a former Managing Director of the defunct Finbank plc, Okey Nwosu and three other wx-directors of the bank. Justice Lateefat Okunnu convicted the four for stealing over ₦18 billion from the bank In her judgment delivered on Tuesday, the court sentenced the 1st and 2nd Defendants…
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TNG analysis: 2020 is gone, but here is why we think Nigerians may carry over additional problems in 2021
With the hope of escaping many problems of the year 2020, today, Nigerians join citizens of other countries in the world to celebrate the beginning of the new year, 2021, but it appears so many of the burdens of the previous year may become a carryover for the country and its people. Covid-19, its…
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Sad! 26 killed, 50 injured in Yemen airport blast
At least 26 people were killed when explosions rocked Yemen’s Aden airport moments after a new unity government flew in, in what some officials charged was a “cowardly” attack by Iran-backed Huthi rebels. Although all government ministers were reported to be unharmed in Wednesday’s attack, more than 50 people were wounded, medical and government sources…
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Solskjaer insists Man Utd can ‘beat anyone anywhere’
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists his team can “beat anyone anywhere” after victory over Wolves. Solskjaer maintained that it is too early to talk about United as title contenders after just 15 games of the season, but Marcus Rashford’s injury-time winner sent them into 2021 on a high. “This result is massive for…
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Ecobank makes top three 2020 Customer Experience Leaders
Leading audit and professional services company, KPMG Nigeria, has ranked Ecobank Nigeria among the top three banks with good customer experience in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) segment. KPMG’s Nigeria banking industry customer experience survey measures the performance of lenders in the country in terms of their relationship with their account holders and other…