Gambia Row: Adama Barrow To Declare Himself President

The Gambia's President-elect, Adama Barrow, has told the BBC he will declare himself president on 18 January despite incumbent Yahya Jammeh's rejection of the election result.

He said his team was preparing for his inauguration and he urged Mr Jammeh to respect the will of the electorate.

The election commission declared Mr Barrow winner of the 1 December poll.

Mr Jammeh has launched court action to annul the result after initially accepting defeat. He even turned ing down African leaders who had flew to his country to ask him to obey the law by stepping down.

US Intelligence: Putin Was Directly Involved With Russian Interference In U.S. Election

U.S. intelligence officials say they believe Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly involved in efforts to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election, NBC News states.

NBC’s bombshell story comes days after The Washington Post reported that the Central Intelligence Agency believes Russia sought to influence the election and help secure President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Those efforts reportedly included hacking the emails of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, and providing them to WikiLeaks.

The New York Times, in an extensive report on the hacks, offered details on how the attacks were carried out and reported that Democratic House candidates were also targeted.

No Government Money Involved In Zahra Buhari’s Wedding- Presidency

The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President has said no Government fund is involved in the marriage ceremony of the President’s daughter which will officially hold tomorrow. According to Mr Shehu the President says it is a private affair and so he would be responsible for the bills. The full statement below...

Photo: Check out this Calisthenics display by corps members at Kaduna Orientation camp

Corps members showed off this Calisthenics display at the closing of 2016 Batch B (Stream1) Orientation in Kaduna State

'It Is A Dream,' Says Afghan 'Little Messi' Of Meeting His Idol

It all started with a plastic bag. Months after a boy in rural Afghanistan became a sensation for wearing a homemade Lionel Messi jersey, he's now met the soccer star and watched his FC Barcelona team play in Qatar. "I'm very happy to have met my hero. It is a dream for me," Murtaza Ahmadi said of his time with Messi. Routinely ranked as one of the best soccer players in history, Messi had already brightened Ahmadi's life back in February, when he sent several signed Argentine national team jerseys and a new soccer ball to the boy. The gifts were relayed via UNICEF, an organization that counts Messi as a goodwill ambassador. At the time, Murtaza said, "I love Messi and my shirt says Messi loves ...

Judge Napolitano: Election Fraud in Detroit Looks 'Organized, and Government Involved'

Jill Stein's recount efforts in Michigan have uncovered what looks like systemic election fraud in Detroit, where roughly 95% of the votes cast were cast for Hillary Clinton. Sixty percent of precincts in Wayne County had to be disqualified from the statewide recount because of "irregularities." According to Fox News judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano, those irregularities look "organized" and "government involved." County records prepared at the request of The Detroit News after ballot irregularities were discovered revealed that 37 percent of Detroit precincts registered more votes than voters during the election. Detailed reports from the office of Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett show

Delta State Female Lawmaker Dies In London

The member representing Warri South Constituency 1 at the Delta State House of Assembly, Mrs. Omawumi Udoh, is dead.

Sources told Punch that the lawmaker died in a London hospital after battling with a protracted health challenge on Wednesday morning. She was 56 years old.

However, dependable sources also told the media house that the fourth-term lawmaker died of a cancer-related ailment. She was of the Peoples Democratic Party.