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Former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to have defeated Donald Trump and will become the 46th president of the United States, capping a dramatic election that saw the president prematurely declare victory after the Democratic nominee spent months declaring him unfit for office. Mr Biden, now declared as the president-elect after his third White House bid, secured the presidency after the Associated Press on Saturday declared him the winner in Pennsylvania. Its 20 Electoral College votes put him over the 270 needed to win, stamping the Trump presidency with a 20 January expiration date. The AP had already called Arizona and its 11 Electoral College votes for Mr Biden, although other outlets waited for the full result. Counts were still ongoing in two other swing states with close margins: Georgia and Nevada.

Delta State Government has reacted to mysterious deaths that have claimed at least 15 lives in the last two weeks in Ute-Okpu and Idumesa communities in Ika North East Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Mordi Ononye, who led a team of public health officials to the affected communities with a view to unraveling the mystery, assured the people that government will do everything possible to curb the further spread. The disease has killed persons mostly within the age brackets of 18 to 25. According to the Commissioner, the state epidemiologist dispatched officials to the communities immediately the information reached the health ministry. Ononye said Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has directed an upgrade of the comprehensive health centre in Ute-Okpu to a full-fledged hospital.

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has announced the release of results of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for school candidates. Addressing newsmen in Yaba, Lagos, on Monday, Head of the Nigerian National Office of WAEC, Patrick Areghan, said of the one million, five hundred and thirty-eight thousand four hundred and forty-five candidates that sat for the examination, one million, three hundred and thirty-eight thousand three hundred and forty-eight candidates, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics. He further explained that 1,003,668 candidates obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. Areghan said the latest results indicates a marginal 1.06 per cent improvement in performance of candidates compared to last year’s results. The results of 215,149 candidates are withheld in connection with vario...

Christians in the North under the aegis of Congress of Northern Nigeria Christians have said the restructuring of the country should commence with the restructuring of the minds of Nigerians to avoid a repeat of the ongoing problems. The President of CNNC, Daniel Kadzai, said this in an interview with  The PUNCH in Abuja. Kadzai said, “We should restructure our minds before restructuring the demography of Nigeria. For the restructuring we are talking about, if we don’t restructure our minds, even when we restructure the country or our boundaries, we will still have the problems in Nigeria.So, let’s reform Nigeria, then Nigeria will be great. We’re not against restructuring of any sort but let’s restructure our minds first as Nigerians before restructuring our boundaries.” He also called on the Federal Government to institute an inquiry into the burgling and looting of COVID-19 palliatives in warehouses across the country. While decrying the politicisation of the #EndSAR...

The Lagos State Government has paid, more than N1 billion into the Retirement Savings Account (RSA’s) of 246 retirees in the state’s public service for October. Mr. Babalola Obilana, Director-General, Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. “A total of one billion, three million, three hundred and seventy-four thousand, three hundred and seventy-two Naira, sixty-eight kobo was paid,” Obilana said. He explained that the beneficiaries included employees from the mainstream service, Local Government Service, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), and other parastatals of the state government. According to him, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has consistently paid the monthly entitlements of retirees and backlog of some unpaid pension inherited from previous administrations.

Singer, rapper , lawyer and social activist , Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz , is of the opinion that Nigeria would never be the same again in the wake of the # EndSARS protests that attracted global attention. The entertainer noted that with the passion and unity exhibited by Nigerian youths in the past weeks , he was optimistic that the future of the country looked brighter . He stated this at a webinar organised by a group called We Move Naija , which was monitored by Sunday Scoop . He added , “ I have never seen a Nigeria as united as what I saw during the protests . The youths were so united . However, the question for many people now is , what next? I think it is work in progress . The struggle has by no means ended . Majority of the work lies in citizen education. People need to know their rights and what the Constitution says. For some time  , I have been informing my followers on social media about what the law says about specific issues but I decided ...

script data-ad-client="ca-pub-7087675267614492" async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script The Senate has described as, “ fallacy of the highest order , ” a statement credited to the Minister of Works and Housing , Mr. Babatunde Fashola ( SAN ) , on the state of Nigerian roads. Fashola , according to the red chamber , had alleged that the National Assembly members should be held responsible for the poor state of the federal roads in Benue State. The upper chamber accused the Minister of trying to incite members of the public against the federal lawmakers by his allegation . The Senate stated this in a statement by its spokesperson , Dr. Ajibola Basiru , titled , “ Senate debunks Minister ’s claim on budgetary allocations to road construction, ” issued in Abuja on Sunday . The red chamber said it took exception to the statement credited to Fashola , that the National Assembly should be held responsible for the dilapidate...

Popular disc jockey and music producer, Imohiosen Patrick , better known as DJ Neptune , says it is a mystery to him that one of his songs , Nobody, is still enjoying a lot of attention seven months after its release . In an interview with Sunday Scoop , DJ Neptune , also stated that though he is an entertainer, he prefers to live a quiet life . He said, “ I am a private person and only allow my work to speak for me . I am not a shy person like people think but I like to mind my business. I just want my reputation to speak for me . I don’ t think my life contradicts my profession because I have been in the music industry for 19 years and it has never been a problem for me . My fans love Neptune the performer , artiste , producer and DJ . I only try to separate my personal life from my job because I’m just not a loud person . However, I have always loved to dress very well , but people don ’t notice because I am not everywhere . ” Speaking on why he featured Big Brother Naija ( Lockdown...