
In the United States, a team of Arise News Correspondents, led by the Chairman and Editor in Chief Of Thisday and Arise News Channel, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, are on the ground for a robust coverage of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the Country’s 47th President.
The team includes Arise News International Correspondent Adefemi Akinsanya, Senior News Correspondent, Ohi Odiai, and award winning Cameraman Opeyemi Adenihun.
According to Obaigbena, the Team was invited by a close Trump Surrogate who was a former staff of Arise News.
President-elect- Donald Trump, told thousands of supporters on Sunday, that he would impose severe limits on immigration on his first day in office, at a victory rally inside a packed Washington arena.
The event marked his first major address in Washington since his speech on Jan. 6th 2021, that preceded the U.S. Capitol insurrection.
Trump also touted TikTok’s return during the rally on Sunday, barely 14 hours after a law banning the app nationwide took effect. Trump said America has no choice but to save Tiktok while suggesting that the country will own 50% of the company in what he referred to as a joint venture.
TikTok welcomed users back with a notification that said: Thanks for your patience and support. As a result of President Trump’s efforts, TikTok is back in the U.S.!
Videos of Americans distressed over the ban has since gone viral on social media.
Meanwhile, Space X founder, and billionaire businessman Elon Musk, joined Donald Trump on Stage during the victory rally.
Time magazine’s new inauguration-issue cover features Donald Trump briskly clearing President Joe Biden’s belongings from the desk in the Oval Office with his arm, sending Biden’s signature aviator sunglasses flying.
Time magazine previewed the new cover in a post on X on Sunday, touting its cover story entitled Donald Trump’s Disruption is back.
In the United Kingdom, the leader of the country’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has yet again denigrated Nigeria, saying that Nigeria destroys lives and that she does not want the consequences of the country’s terrible government to play out in Britain. Badenoch spoke last Thursday while delivering her first speech of the year.
A former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi has decried the severe hardship faced by low-income earners in Nigeria, while condemning exorbitant Point of Sale charges affecting petty traders, and pledged to write a letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Peter Obi made the comment when he donated N30 million Naira to Paul University, Awka, a tertiary institution owned by the Anglican Church in Anambra State, in line with his promise to support educational institutions in Nigeria.
In Niger State, governor Umar Bago has prohibited heavy-duty trucks from using the one-way route through Dikko Bridge following a tanker explosion that killed 87 people on Saturday, January 18th, when a tanker conveying petrol crashed in the area.
The governor made the announcement when he visited the explosion site at Dikko Junction. Bago expressed sadness over the loss of lives, describing the incident as pathetic.
Social media was awash with reactions over the weekend after the Transmission Company of Nigeria announced that the Presidential Villa has been thrown into darkness over rising cases of theft of electricity cables by Vandals.
TCN, as well as the minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, confirmed that a 132kV transmission line and underground cables supplying power to central parts of the Federal Capital Territory and its environs were vandalized.
Nigeria is stepping into the international scene in a cricket tournament for the first time in history and the women’s under-19 cricket team, “The Junior Yellow Greens” have made a landmark achievement by qualifying for the ICC under 19 Women’s T20 World Cup which is currently taking place in Malaysia.
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