Day: November 7, 2020

Americans have rejected Trump – Obama, Clinton hail Biden’s victory

Aoko Benjamin

  The emergence of Joe Biden as oldest President in America’s history signified a total rejection of Donald Trump, former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, have said. The duo said this at different fora thanking Americans for making Democrats candidate Biden 46th United State’s president-elect. While Obama in a tweet said that Americans have spoken clearly with Biden as their choice, Hilary, who lost Donald Trump in the 2016, described the Biden’s feat as “history-making ticket”. In her speech on Twitter handle @HillaryClinton, the former…

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‘Why the Rich, Educated are not safe from Depression, Suicide, Crimes’

Francis KOKUTSE

Ahunanya, PhD   What played out last week in Tanzania where results of Presidential election were rejected by a candidate also came up in the United States of America, a democracy that first adopted its constitution in 1788! Globally recognised emotional intelligence Coach and Deputy Director at Nigerian Army School of Finance and Administration, Lagos, Nigeria, Dr. Stella AHUNANYA, in this no-holds-barred interview with Platforms Africa opens up on why people, regardless of age, colour, educational qualification, class and status, react to defeat and victory same way making them susceptible…

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Fuel tanker explosion kills Two, burns 47 vehicles on Lagos Expressway

Gbenga Adeoti

A 33,000 litres fully loaded tanker has exploded on an expressway connecting Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, to other parts of the country. The explosion, which occured around 12:47 am Saturday on the Kara bridge of the popular Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Platforms Africa gathered, killed and burnt corpses of the tanker driver and his motor-boy beyond recognition. The bridge is notorious for accident. It has witnessed several of such in recent times. “The petrol-laden truck crashed, caught fire and exploded at about 12:47am this morning,” a motorist who simply identified himself ad…

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Okonjo-Iweala’s selection as WTO DG postponed “untill further notice”

Aoko Benjamin

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has postponed a general council meeting set for Monday, November 9, where members were expected to review whether to select their next Director- General (DG), Bloomberg reported yesterday. According to the news outlet, the decision will delay the WTO’s ability to confirm Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the first African and first woman to lead the organisation in its 25-year history. The statement obtained by Bloomberg said that the meeting would be postponed until further notice and that the chairman of the WTO general council will…

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What if Trump loses and refuses to concede US election?

Wonuola Olujobi

Donald Trump has falsely declared victory and vowed to go to the Supreme Court to stop vote the 2020 election – confirming some Americans’ worst fears that he would undermine the democratic process. So what happens if the president loses and refuses to leave the White House? On Friday Andrew Bates, a spokesman for Joe Biden’s campaign, said: “The United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House.” This isn’t the first time the question has become one of national importance: Each time the president…

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