Tag: BIDEN
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Capitol Riot: Police would have treated black protesters ‘very differently’ – Biden
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday accused US authorities of treating pro-Trump protesters more leniently than anti-racism demonstrators who were forcibly dispersed by police in Washington last year. “No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday… they wouldn’t have been treated very, very different than the…
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U.S. Congress resumes certification of Biden’s win after Trump supporters storm Capitol
Hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a stunning bid to overturn his election defeat, occupying the symbol of American democracy and forcing Congress to suspend a session to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Rioters forced their way past metal security barricades, broke windows and scaled walls to fight…
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US Capitol siege: Our democracy is under unprecedented attack – Biden
President-elect Joe Biden addressed the nation after pro-Trump protesters stormed US Capitol building. “At this hour, our democracy is under unprecedented assault, unlike anything we’ve seen in modern times,” Joe Biden said today as Donald Trump’s supporters swarmed the Capitol to halt the certification of the electoral college vote. “Let me be very clear, the…
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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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No politician can seize power in America – Biden
US President-elect, Joe Biden has said no politician can seize power in America, as the will of the people will always prevail. Biden won the presidential election in November, defeating incumbent President Donald Trump. But Trump has refused to accept defeat and has been trying to discredit the poll overwhelmingly given to Biden by over…
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11 Republican senators move to challenge Biden’s presidential election win
A group of 11 Republican senators and senators-elect on Saturday said that they intend to appeal the upcoming certification of the results of the presidential election. The group, led by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, in a joint statement said that they will vote against the certification of electors from states where U.S. President Donald Trump…
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US President-elect, Biden appoints Nigerian-American, Osaremen Okolo as Covid Policy Advisor
President-elect Joe Biden has appointed a Nigerian-American, Osaremen Okolo, as a member of his COVID-19 Response Team. The Democrat named Okolo, daughter of Nigerian immigrants, as his COVID Policy Advisor. Biden, who takes office on January 20, had also named Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo as the Deputy Treasury Secretary. Both Okolo and Adeyemo were amongst Biden’s…
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From First To Third World:The USA Trump Would Bequeath To Biden – Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe. When Donald J Trump’s tumultuous presidency ends on 20January 2021, he would be handing over to president elect, Joseph R Biden, a United States of America, USA, that has degenerated from first to third world. That is remarkable because, the trend has always been for a country to move from third to…
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The Incoming Biden Presidency: Some Lessons for Nigeria – Chris Anyokwu
By Chris Anyokwu The United States of America has always prided herself as “The City on a Hill”; “God’s Own Country”, the Land of the Brave and Free. The Haven of opportunity. All of this, truth be told, is the very basis of the immensely popular slogan of the “American Dream” or, the less-popular term:…
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VIDEO: US President-Elect Biden Receives COVID-19 Vaccine On Live TV
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. received the coronavirus vaccine on live television on Monday at the Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., sending a message to Americans across the country that the vaccine is safe to take. “Left’s good,” he told the nurse practitioner who administered the vaccine, rolling up the sleeve of his black long-sleeve…