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Thursday, 17 October 2019 06:31

Presidential election model that got it wrong only once in 40 years predicts Trump 2020 win

A presidential election model that incorrectly predicted just one election outcome since 1980 shows President Trump winning reelection in 2020. Moody’s Analytics released the results of its 2020 prediction model on Tuesday showing Trump winning with 332 electoral votes, an increase over his 2016 win of 306, if voter turnout remains relatively close to the historical average. The Moody's Analytics model takes into account political dynamics but weighs heavily on economic factors. If the economy remains strong and voter turnout meets the historical average or is low, the model shows Trump winning handily. In the event that voter turnout hits…

Wednesday, 16 October 2019 05:51

Four weeks to governorship election, Buhari asks senate to approve N10bn refund to Kogi state

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Senate to approve the issuance of N10.069 billion promissory note to Kogi State government for projects done on behalf of the Federal Government. His request was conveyed in a letter to Senate President, Mr Ahmad Lawan, which was read during plenary on Tuesday. The request is premised on the promissory note programme and bond issuance to certain inherited local debts and contractual obligations of the Federal Government. A promissory note is a debt instrument which one party promises in writing to pay a determinate sum of money to the other, either at a fixed or…

Monday, 14 October 2019 04:51

Edo crisis: Oshiomhole accuses Obaseki of invading his residence with thugs

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday accused Edo State government of orchestrating Saturday’s siege to his Benin home. There is a frosty relationship between the party chair, who is the immediate past governor and his ‘godson’ - Governor Godwin Obaseki - ostensibly over the governor’s second term bid. Explaining the Saturday night ‘attack’ on the chairman’s home, Oshiomhole’s spokesman, Mr Simon Ebegbulem told our correspondent on phone: “The National Chairman was in Benin on Saturday to attend a birthday party. While he was still at the party around 8pm, the state government sent thugs to his…

Sunday, 06 October 2019 05:53

Osinbajo advocates restructuring, says states should control their resources, have their police

Nigeria can become a stronger and more prosperous nation if states have more powers, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Mr Osinbajo stated this while speaking at the 59th Independence Anniversary Lecture at the Island Club, Lagos, on Friday. The vice president, who titled his lecture “the whole is only as great as the sum of its parts,” said Nigeria’s population and diverse ethnic groups has necessitated that states in the country be strengthened to enable them contribute more to national productivity and development. Osinbajo stated that this can be achieved with “stronger, more autonomous States that are able to…

Friday, 04 October 2019 06:01

Osinbajo quoted saying ‘cabals behind allegations’ against him

Founder and Presiding Bishop of the Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan, Mr Wale Oke, has said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is not corrupt. While receiving Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, led by Jadesola Ajibola, at Covenant Arena, his church in the Agodi area of Ibadan, Oke noted that when news of the N90bn illegal funding went viral, some christian elders visited Osinbajo. He said, “The VP did not only deny involving himself in any sleaze, but used the opportunity to inform us that some cabals were behind the allegations.” The renowned cleric noted that Nigerians must learn to reward committed,…

Monday, 30 September 2019 05:52

God didn’t tell me I’ld succeed Buhari; I only expressed my aspiration - Tunde Bakare

Latter Rain Church Senior Pastor, Mr Tunde Bakare broke his silence on a trending video of him claiming to be God-ordained successor to President Muhammadu Buhari. The cleric said he was only expressing his aspiration to lead the country which was within his rights as provided by the Constitution. Clarifying the “misconceptions” surrounding the video on his aspiration to become the 16th president, the lawyer-turned cleric said that the video was about one year and seven months old and was merely an expression of his aspiration. He said what God showed him was his personal business and that he had…

Thursday, 26 September 2019 05:34

Impeachment: Here’s full transcript of Trump’s telephone conversation with Ukrainian president

Declassified by order of the President MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION SUBJECT: Telephone Conversation with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine Participants: President Zelenskyy of Ukraine Notetakers: The White House Situation Room Date, Time July 25, 2019, 9:03-9:33 am EDT and Place: Residence The President: Congratulations on a great victory. We all watched from the United States and you did a terrific job. The way you came from behind, somebody who wasn't given much of a chance, and you ended up winning easily. It's a fantastic achievement. Congratulations. President Zelenskyy: You are absolutely right Mr. President. We did win big and we worked…

Thursday, 26 September 2019 05:32

Letter Democratic senators sent to Ukraine urging it to investigate Trump resurfaces

Amid Democratic finger-pointing over allegations that President Donald Trump sought to drag Ukraine into America’s domestic politics, a letter from 2018 has emerged that shows Democrats doing exactly that. The letter from Sens. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Dick Durbin of Illinois and Patrick Leahy of Vermont was cited Wednesday in a column by Marc Thiessen in The Washington Post. The letter was an effort to persuade Ukraine to supply information that Democrats wanted for the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016. The May 4, 2018, letter did…

Wednesday, 25 September 2019 05:47

Atiku gives Supreme Court 66 reasons to remove Buhari and declare him president

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Mr Atiku Abubakar, have made good their vow to exercise their right of appeal, as they formally approached Supreme Court to set aside judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal had dismissed their petition against the result of the February 23, 2019, election that returned President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office. The appeal, predicated on 66 grounds, claims judgment of the tribunal occasioned a miscarriage of justice. But in a swift reaction, All Progressives Congress (APC) dismissed the decision of PDP and Atiku to go to the…

Wednesday, 25 September 2019 05:41

In extraordinary step, Pelosi announces Democrats will open formal impeachment inquiry

Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that House Democrats would launch an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, an extraordinary step that came in the wake of a whistleblower complaint that Trump sought to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival for personal gain. “The President must be held accountable,” Pelosi said in a televised statement outside her office on Capitol Hill, against a pointed backdrop of six American flags. “No one is above the law.” After months of wavering, House Democrats have inched closer and closer in recent days to beginning a full-fledged impeachment process. On Tuesday the floodgates finally…

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Wednesday, 25 September 2019 05:40

Trump greets impeachment inquiry with confidence, irritation

Fifty-eight floors above Manhattan, President Donald Trump watched his legacy change and his political future grow more uncertain. The president, back in his hometown of New York for the U.N. General Assembly, was taking “executive time” at his Trump Tower penthouse late Tuesday afternoon when Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House was launching a formal impeachment inquiry against him. Pelosi’s move increases the odds that Trump will become the third U.S. president to be impeached. It was a step more than 2½ years in the making, and one that moves the president further down the path of self-styled political…

Wednesday, 25 September 2019 05:39

Impeaching a U.S. president - how the process works

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday launched an official impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump after he encouraged a foreign leader to conduct a probe that could damage a political rival. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, announced the investigation at a news conference, declaring “no one is above the law.” There has been a groundswell of support among Democratic Party lawmakers for the move following Trump’s public admission that he asked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate the son of presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden. Trump wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that the July 25…

Saturday, 21 September 2019 06:00

Tribunal judgment: Nothing will stop me from reclaiming my mandate - Atiku

Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 presidential election, Mr Atiku Abubakar, has said that Nigeria must return to being Africa’s bastion of democracy, where rights to freedom of speech and freedom after the speech, are guaranteed. In a letter, he personally signed to thank Nigerians for their support and solidarity, the former vice president, emphasised that Nigerians must stand together to pursue this just cause all the way, so that the judiciary is not afraid to do its job and have to be wary of blackmail, intimidation, and victimisation. He stated: “I write to personally thank…

Thursday, 19 September 2019 05:49

Israeli vote leaves Netanyahu’s political future in doubt

After a decade of mesmerizing world leaders, subduing his rivals and eking out dramatic election victories, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future is suddenly in doubt. With near-final results from Israel’s election on Tuesday, he has been left well short of the parliamentary majority he had sought — not only to continue in power but also to fend off a looming corruption indictment. With over 90% of the votes counted late Wednesday, challenger Benny Gantz’s centrist Blue and White party captured 33 seats in the 120-seat parliament, to 32 seats for Netanyahu’s conservative Likud. That leaves neither party poised to…

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