Twitter has permanently suspended Donald Trump’s account two days after the siege at the Capitol that led to the death of five people and a few hours after he tweeted that he will not be attending Biden’s inauguration. Twitter explained why they took the decision in a statement they released a few hours ago. “After…
A court in east Zhejiang Province on Tuesday sentenced 17 people to prison for smuggling more than 23 tons of pangolin scales into the country from Nigeria. The scales, worth more than 180 million yuan (US$27.9 million), were smuggled by the gang from Nigeria in three batches in 2018 and 2019, according to the intermediate…
Former attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke has contracted Coronavirus. Adoke who told The Cable that he has gone to Dubai in United Arab Emirates for treatment, disclosed that he is asymptomatic. He said; “Two days to my return trip to Nigeria, I went for the mandatory COVID-19 test. A day to the…
The European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) have finally agreed a post-Brexit trade deal, ending months of disagreements over fishing rights and future business rules. The UK is set to exit EU trading rules next Thursday – a year after officially leaving the 27 nation bloc. It will mean big changes for business, with…
British singer-songwriter, FKA Twigs has sued her ex-boyfriend, actor Shia LaBeouf for allegedly abusing her physically and infecting her with an STD during their relationship. The pair dated between 2018 and 2019. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles, on Friday accuses the American actor of sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress. The singer-songwriter cited multiple incidents…
Time magazine has jointly named President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris its “Person of the Year.” Time’s editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says Biden and Harris won the honor for “changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a…
Donald Trump on Wednesday, Dec 9, asked the US Supreme Court to let him join a long-shot lawsuit by Texas seeking to overturn his election loss by throwing out the voting results in four states. The litigation also drew support from 17 other states. In a court filing, Trump asked to intervene in the Texas lawsuit, the latest litigation…
Romania’s prime minister Ludovic Orban on Monday December 7, resigned following a narrow election defeat to the left-leaning populists. Romania’s opposition Social Democrats took a surprise lead over the governing National Liberals after a parliamentary election but appear less likely to emerge on top in what promises to be prolonged post-election wrangling to form a new coalition…
The United States Attorney General, William Barr, is considering leaving his post before January 20, the day President Donald Trump leaves office, according to a new report by CNN.According to CNN, a source reveals that Barr, a Trump loyalist, is not happy with Trump, writing that Barr “is not someone who takes bullying and turns…
Dr. Scott Atlas, a radiologist who gained US President, Donald Trump’s attention by pushing science-defying advice about COVID-19, has resigned from the White House coronavirus task force after a controversial four months during which he repeatedly clashed with other members of the coronavirus task force. Atlas, a neuroradiologist with no expertise in infectious diseases or…