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The US Senate suddenly recessed on Wednesday after protesters incited by President Donald Trump invaded the Capitol. According to NBC, Vice President Mike Pence was ushered quickly out of the Senate chamber as it recessed and the debate between senators had to stop mid-speech. The House also recessed. Pro-Trump demonstrators breached the barricades and crowded on the Capitol steps, which is normally only accessible to lawmakers. People jumped the barricades surrounding the Capitol and police began running around the hallways and telling people to get away from the windows. A police officer on the third floor began shouting that protesters had got inside the building and that people should take shelter.  Senators were locked inside their chamber on the second floor of the Capitol building and protesters wearing Trump “Make America Great Again” hats and carrying flags were seen gathering outside the chamber doors.  “Immediately seek shelter in the closest office,” an...

Boko Haram terrorists in several gun trucks are presently attacking Geidam community in Yobe State, forcing many residents to flee for safety into nearby bushes. A source told SaharaReporters on Wednesday that the insurgents attacked the community around 6:00pm and began to fire sporadically at anything within sight. SaharaReporters Media The source said they were still there till when our correspondent filed the report.  He added that the people were presently running into nearby bushes to avoid being killed or kidnapped.  “Geidam is currently under Boko Haram attack, when they came into the town around 2pm, we called the security operatives about sighting them but no action was taken, exactly 6pm, they started shooting sporadically and they are still around till now,” the source said. Geidam is about 200km from Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.   Boko Haram Insurgency Terrorism Breaking News News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaRepo...

Illustration The Nigerian government has said it is planning to start administering the COVID-19 vaccine on Nigerians before the end of March. Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this in a letter sent to media executives, inviting them to a sensitisation meeting on the COVID-19 vaccines.  Illustration According to Vanguard, the letter reads, “The management of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency NPHCDA wishes to express profound gratitude for your unflinching support to the ongoing effort to stop COVID-19 transmission in Nigeria. “The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency NPHCDA with the support of our development partners, is planning to introduce COVID-19 Vaccine from the 1st quarter of 2021, to protect the citizens and stop further spread of the virus in the country.  “This is to inform you that as part of the preparator...

Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus The World Health Organisation has stated that China blocked its team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, from entering the country. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the announcement on Wednesday, January 6, saying two scientists on the United Nations team had already left their home countries for Wuhan. Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Google But they were told that the Chinese government had not approved the necessary permissions required for them to enter the country. WHO said the arrangements had been jointly agreed with China in advance. “I am very disappointed with this news,” Tedros told a news conference in Geneva. “I have been in contact with senior Chinese officials and I have once again made it clear that the mission is a priority for WHO and the international team.” Tedros said WHO was “eager to get the mission...

Khalid Abubakar Aliyu An umbrella group for the Nigerian Muslim Community, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), has criticised the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, for his Christmas message in which he lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari for his leadership style. The JNI, in a statement signed by Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, Secretary-General, and issued to journalists in Kaduna on Wednesday, described Kukah’s message as a veiled attack on Muslims and Islam and “an irresponsible and seditious Christmas message”. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu SalamTV Africa The statement said, “Though the message is disguised as political hogwash to deceive the innocent, there is no doubt that it was a poisoned arrow fired at the heart of Islam and Muslims in Nigeria, hence the need for this intervention.” The Muslim organization said the Bishop’s statement was a prepared address considering the occasion and the audience, “one cannot but agree that it was a calculated attempt to insult Is...

United States Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday told President Donald Trump that the President does not have the authority to decertify President-elect Joe Biden’s win when the Congress meets to count electoral votes.  Pence finds himself in the most precarious position of his tenure as he prepares to preside over Wednesday’s congressional tally of Electoral College votes, bearing witness to the formalisation of Trump’s election defeat.  FT At the end of the count, seated on the House of Representatives’ rostrum, Pence has the task of announcing who has won the majority of votes for both president and vice president.  Despite the pro forma nature of Pence’s role, he is under intense pressure from the president and legions of supporters to overturn Biden’s win.  New York Times reported that Mr. Pence has spent the past several days in a delicate dance, seeking at once to convey to the president that he does not have the authority to overturn the results...

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arraigned some officials of the Deeper Life High School, Uyo over the alleged assault and molestation of Don Davis Archibong, a Junior Secondary School 1 student of the school. It was gathered that some officials of the school have been detained after attending a meeting at the police headquarters in Uyo, summoned by the state Commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme on Tuesday. David Okokon, lawyer to the parents of Don Davis, said he would be in court on Wednesday for the arraignment. See Also Human Rights #JusticeForDonDavis Trends As Nigerians Demand Justice For Schoolboy Sexually Molested At Deeper Life School 0 Comments 1 Week Ago He said, “They (the police) are arraigning those people found culpable, this morning.” ACTIVISM Human Rights News AddThis :  Original Author :  SaharaReporters, New York Disable advertisements :  from 24HRSNEWS via 24HRSNEWS from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3rZr9oS vi...

Journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo, has lambasted the Muhammadu Buhari-led government over the arrest of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. According to The PUNCH, Jalingo said Sowore and the other activists locked up since their arrest on New Year’s Eve in Abuja committed no crime for protesting against bad governance. He said the human rights activist was moved from the Kuje prison to police custody on Tuesday because prison officials were afraid he would revolutionise other inmates at the facility. Jalingo said the government harasses innocent citizens who demand a better Nigeria but negotiates with Boko Haram members and bandits who slaughter scores of Nigerians at will. He said, “They arrested him (Sowore) and kept him longer than the statutory number of days and still could not bring up a charge. They are harassing him just like they have been harassing all of us. “The system is afraid of Sowore. If not so, why are they harassing him? Boko Haram is there, bandi...

The Nigeria Labour Congress has said the Nigerian government is insensitive to the plight of Nigerians by increasing the electricity tariff payable by power consumers across the country. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had on Tuesday approved a new tariff increase, noting that the hike which varies based on different consumer classes, took effect from January 1, 2021. The regulatory agency blamed N2 to N4 adjustment in tariff on inflation and movement in foreign exchange rates. But reacting to the development, Deputy President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, on Wednesday said the NERC disregarded the committee working on the new electricity tariff regime with the announcement on Tuesday. Ajaero, who is also a member of the committee headed by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, said the committee was yet to submit its report before the NERC action. The labour leader spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. He said, “There w...

Dr Haroun Hamzat, half-brother of the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, has reportedly died from COVID-19 complications. His death was announced in a statement by the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday. According to the statement, Haroun, who worked in one of the public health centres in Orile Agege Local Council Development Area, was aged 37. Though the statement didn’t reveal the cause of his dead, SaharaReporters gathered the young medical doctor died from complications arising from COVID-19 infection. He was said to have died at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba. The statement read, “It’s a dark moment in the Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State, as we announce with deep regret the death of our very young colleague, Dr Haroun Hamzat. “It’s ‘sunset at dawn’ as he was just 37 years old. He worked as a medical officer at one of the PHCs under Orile Agege LCDA until his demise. “We commiserate with his i...

Many residents of Uba community in the Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State have yet to be accounted for after Boko Haram terrorists attacked the community on Tuesday. An eyewitness told SaharaReporters that the insurgents invaded the community on gun trucks and motorcycles around 7:30pm and carted away food items from shops and houses before setting them ablaze. He added that the villagers fled into the bush while others ran to neighbouring towns. “Most of the shops on the major roads were burgled; they opened them and went away with goods and other people’s belongings. After doing this, they set the shops and some houses on fire. In fact, because they couldn’t open one of the shops easily, they shot it with a rocket launcher,” the source said. “We still have not found some of those who ran away and we have not found any corpse yet. Some came back but scores of people have yet to be found.” The attack on Uba comes barely 24 hours after the insurgents attacked a ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said there is every possibility of another strike as the Nigerian government has yet to fulfil its promises which informed the suspension of the union’s last industrial action. ASUU had suspended its nine months old strike in December albeit with a note of warning that another strike could ensue if the Nigerian government reneges on the agreement it has with the lecturers. On Monday, the union said the government had failed to honour its agreement on payment of the outstanding salaries of members ranging from five to eight months, Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) and check-off dues illegally deducted before December 31, 2020. Speaking with SaharaReporters on Tuesday, the Chairman of the University of Ilorin chapter of the union, Ajao Moyosore, said the strike was never called off but suspended. He said: “It was even a conditional suspension. Though not all the demands are to be met by December 31 but some demands were suppo...