Tag: US Congress

  • Gov Ortom Upbraids Presidency Over Negative Comments on Kukah’s Address to US Congress

    Gov Ortom Upbraids Presidency Over Negative Comments on Kukah’s Address to US Congress

    By Isaac Kertyo, Makurdi

    Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has disclosed that the approach the Presidency has adopted in engaging Nigerians on issues would aggravate the myriad of challenges bedeviling the country.

    Ortom who lampooned the Presidency for making inflammatory comments over Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah’s address to United States Congress on Foreign Affairs during the weekend, argued that Bishop Kukah is not the first Nigerian to address Foreign audience regarding security situation in Nigeria.

    He noted that in 2015 President Muhammadu Buhari was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress when he delivered a speech in London where he disclosed that Boko Haram has put Nigeria on the terrorists map killing more than 13,000 of the country’s Nationals.

    The Governor pointed out that if the man seeking to govern the country could give such statistics why would his aides now launch media attack on a clergyman who is drawing the attention of the global community to the pligt of helpless Nigerians.

    Ortom urged the Presidency to listen to the voices of the citizens and resist the temptation of silencing those who have genuine love for the country and are contributing for the peace and Unity of the nation.

    He contended that the presidency may not be aware that Nigerians are facing harsh economic conditions and many are being killed by bandits, Herdsmen and other terrorists groups because those saddled with the responsibility of telling it the truth have refused to do so.

  • BREAKING: US Congress officially confirms Joe Biden as president

    BREAKING: US Congress officially confirms Joe Biden as president

    The United States Congress has confirmed Joe Biden as the country’s President.

    Lawmakers who officially confirmed Biden as the country’s 46th president and Kamala Harris as Vice President, were under heavily-armed guard after police regained control of the Capitol in Washington.

    Biden had defeated the US outgoing President, Donald Trump in the last presidential election.

    Despite the defeat, Trump had vowed never to concede defeat.

    He had claimed that Biden rigged the presidential election.

  • US Congress Votes To Override Trump Veto Of Defense Bill

    US Congress Votes To Override Trump Veto Of Defense Bill

    The US Congress on Friday dealt Donald Trump a humiliating blow, voting in his final weeks in office to override his veto of a sweeping defense bill — the first time lawmakers have done so during his presidency.

    With more than 80 of the 100 senators voting to override, well more than the two-thirds required, the Republican-controlled Senate approved the $740.5 billion National Defense Authorization Act to fund the military for fiscal 2021.

    The Democratic-led House of Representatives had voted 322 to 87 on Monday to override Trump’s veto.