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Biden takes presidential oath, vows to be president for all Americans
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Wednesday took the oath of office as the United States 46th President and first female Vice President respectively.
Biden emphasised unity of the country and pledged to be a president for all Americans in his inaugural address. “This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge,” he said on the Capitol steps, shortly after he was sworn in. “And unity is the path forward. And we must meet this moment as the United States of America. If we do that, I guarantee you we will not fail.”
BBC News described the event as an inauguration like no other, amid a raging pandemic, in a city that has become a fortress of fences, concrete barriers and security checkpoints.
“I will be a president for all Americans,” Biden declared.
Once at the White House, Biden is expected to sign a blizzard of executive orders that will lay out his coronavirus, immigration and climate policies.
As Biden became president, it remained uncertain whether he would have any Senate-confirmed cabinet members by the end of his first day in office.
Multiple senators and their aides said they did not know whether any of the five nominees who had hearings Tuesday would proceed to final votes when the Senate meets.
Earlier, former President Donald Trump, who refused to concede, left the White House and flew to Florida — making him the first president to skip his successor‘s swearing-in since 1869.
“We will be back in some form,” Trump told a modest crowd that showed up at Joint Base Andrews for his departure.
Vice President Mike Pence eschewed Trump’s send-off for the inauguration.
On his final full day in office, Trump granted clemency to 143 people, including former adviser Stephen K. Bannon, GOP megadonor Elliott Broidy and former Republican members of Congress; but he did not preemptively pardon himself or his family.
With about an hour left in his presidency Wednesday, Trump issued one more pardon, to former Republican power broker Al Pirro — the ex-husband of Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro.
Trump undid one of the only measures he had taken to “drain the swamp,” rescinding an executive order that limited former administration officials from lobbying the government or working for foreign countries.
A dozen members of the National Guard were removed from inauguration duty as the federal government screened troops for possible insider threats.
On his first day in office, President Biden will end Donald Trump’s “emergency” border-wall funding, scrap his travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries, roll back his order to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census and erase the “1776 Commission.”
“I’ll be driving our efforts to ensure that matters of equity and justice are fully incorporated into all that we try to do,” said Susan E. Rice, chair of Biden’s Domestic Policy Council.
Rice’s comments came in an interview with The Daily 202, in which she described the January 6 insurrection that shattered windows and democratic norms at the US Capitol as “seismic” but said it would not disrupt Biden’s early agenda.
And Rice promised “we’re going to be an administration that tells the truth” in the face of proliferating disinformation, much of it from Trump, fueling widespread Republican doubts that Biden won.
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More trouble for Yahaya Bello as immigration places him watchlist
More trouble for Yahaya Bello as immigration places him on watchlist
The Nigeria Immigration Service has ordered the arrest of former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaha Bello, if found at any entry/exit point of the country.
The NIS said on Thursday night that Yahaya Bellowas placed on its watchlist after evading arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegation of N80 billion fraud.
This notice came a few hours after the EFCC had declared the former governor wanted.
The NIS, in a letter addressed to the Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), the Inspector-General of Police, the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency as well as other formations declared that Bello had been placed on its watch list.
The letter was signed by the Assistant Comptroller of Immigration (Suspect Index), D S Umar, on behalf of the Comptroller General of the Immigration Service.
Part of the letter read, “Suffice to mention that the subject is being prosecuted before the Federal High Court Abuja for Conspiracy, Breach of Trust and Money Laundering vide letter Ref: CR: 3000/EFCC/LS/EGCS.1/TE/V 1/279 dated 18th April 2024, if seen at any entry or exit point, he should be arrested and referred to the Director of Investigation or contact 08036226329/07039617304 for further action.”
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BREAKING : EFCC declares Yahaya Bello wanted, seeks information on his whereabout
BREAKING : EFCC declares Yahaya Bello wanted, seeks information on his whereabout
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday declared former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, wanted.
The anti-graft agency said Bello is wanted for alleged offences relating to economic and financial crimes to the tune of N80.2 billion.
The EFCC called on Nigerians with information as to his whereabout to report immediately to the Commission or the nearest Police Station.
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“The public is hereby notified that YAHAYA ADOZA BELLO (former Governor of Kogi State), whose photograph appears above is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with alleged case of Money Laundering to the tune of N80,246,470,089.88 (Eighty Billion, Two Hundred and Forty Six Million, Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand and Eighty Nine Naira, Eighty Eight Kobo).
Bello, 48-year old Ebiraman, is a native of Okenne Local Government of Kogi State. His last known address is: 9, Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja.
Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its lbadan, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja offices or through these numbers 09-9044751-3, 08093322644, 08183322644, 07026350721-3, 0706350724-5; its e-mail address: info@efccnigeria.org or the nearest Police Station and other security agencies, ” a public notice issued by the EFCC read.
BREAKING : EFCC declares Yahaya Bello wanted, seeks information on his whereabout
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BREAKING: Submit yourself for probe, FG tells Ex-Kogi gov, Yahaya Bello
BREAKING: Submit yourself for probe, FG tells Ex-Kogi gov, Yahaya Bello
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has called on the immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to submit himself for probe.
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