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Monday, 07 December 2020 05:26

Bye-elections for vacant legislative seats held across the country last Saturday. Here are the results

Candidates of All Progressives Congress and People Democratic Party on Sunday displaced candidates of other parties and won the 15 bye-elections held on Saturday in their stronghold states. In Lagos, candidate of All Progressives Congress, Tokunbo Abiru, won the Lagos East senatorial bye-election. Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer for the bye-election, Ademola Oremosu, on Sunday announced that Abiru polled a total of 89,204 votes to defeat his closest rival, Babatunde Gbadamosi of Peoples Democratic Party, who got 11,257 votes to emerge second among candidates from 12 political parties. Abiru won in all the five Local Government Areas in the…

Sunday, 06 December 2020 04:55

Buhari continues to lose support in his political base up North. Here’s what the leaders are saying about the president

The festering insecurity across the 19 northern states has turned the northern establishment, comprising elders, academics, promiment clerics, traders, farmers and a segment of the public against President Muhammadu Buhari. Cutting across parties and faiths, the regional leaders, who hitherto were supporters of the president, told Daily Trust on Sunday in exclusive interviews that Buhari had woefully failed in meeting the yearnings and aspirations of the region, thus the calls for his resignation. The gale of the calls for the president’s head was aggravated by the recent massacre of rice farmers in Zabarmari village in Jere Local Government Area of…

Wednesday, 02 December 2020 04:48

Yakubu secures second term as INEC chair

Senate yesterday confirmed reappointment of Mahmood Yakubu by President Muhammadu Buhari, as Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second term of five years. The president has also sought the approval of the Senate to appoint two commissioners for the commission. All Progressives Congress (APC) welcomed Yakubu’s confirmation, saying that although the country’s electoral processes are not perfect, marked improvements have been recorded in a series of recent elections conducted by INEC. Yakubu, who was confirmed after the consideration of a report by Senate Committee on INEC during plenary, received the support of all senators, including those of…

Saturday, 21 November 2020 05:23

APC govs visited ex-president Jonathan last night on his 63rd birthday. No single PDP gov attended. What’s ’cooking’?

Governors of All Progressives Congress (APC) held a private meeting with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja Friday evening. No single member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was present. Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe state and acting national chairman of APC, led the governors to Jonathan’s residence in Abuja. David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi who recently defected to APC from PDP; Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi and chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum; and Abubakar Badaru, governor of Jigawa, were at the meeting. Also in the team was Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, former presidential liaison officer to the national assembly. It is…

Sunday, 15 November 2020 05:07

Thousands rally in Washington DC to protest election results, show support for Trump

Thousands of Trump supporters rallied around the nation’s capital Saturday to contest the election results and back the president's allegations that the election was invalid due to widespread voter fraud. The demonstration on Saturday came just one week after media outlets projected President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election. The event, which was billed under many names including the Million MAGA March and Stop the Steal DC, started off in earnest at Freedom Plaza near the White House before noon. President Trump himself drove by the group in his motorcade shortly after 10 a.m. on his way…

Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:23

INEC announces final date for conduct of pending bye-elections in 11 states

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed December 5 for conduct of 15 pending bye-elections in 11 states. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the Commission, Festus Okoye disclosed this in a statement issued Friday in Abuja. The statement reads; “Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) met today Friday, November 13, 2020 and among other things reviewed the outcome of its quarterly engagements and consultations with critical stakeholders in the electoral process, and further reviewed the security situation and other challenges regarding the 15 pending bye-elections in 11 States. “It will be recalled that the Commission met…

Thursday, 12 November 2020 05:12

Ebonyi gov finalises arrangement to dump PDP for APC

National Working Committee Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) has officially informed leadership of Ebonyi state chapter of the party of the planned defection of governor David Umahi to the party. The state chairman of APC, Eze Nwachukwu dropped this hint on Wednesday. Nwachukwu said that he was officially informed in Abuja. He explained that the meeting held on Wednesday was attended by national leaders of the party. “I’m just coming out from a meeting held in Abuja where I was officially informed of Governor Umahi’s plan to dump the opposition party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to our…

Tuesday, 10 November 2020 04:41

Peru’s president has been removed from office. This is why and how it happened

Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra, who drove a tough anti-corruption campaign in office, was removed by the opposition Congress on Monday in an impeachment trial over allegations of bribery, the second such trial he has faced in two months. The abrupt removal of centrist Vizcarra, 57, means he joins a long list of Peruvian politicians ensnared in allegations of corruption and throws the world’s no. 2 copper producer into political turmoil ahead of planned elections next year. Vizcarra, who has no party representation in Congress, has long battled lawmakers over his anti-corruption agenda. Vizcarra last year dissolved Congress amid a tense…

Monday, 09 November 2020 05:14

19 APC govs have so far gone to Lagos in the wake of #EndSARS protests. This is why only one of them visited Tinubu

Only one of the 19 governors who are members of All Progressives Congress (APC) has visited the leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, weeks after the #EndSARS protests. Aside the attacks on his business interests, including two media outfits, the former Lagos State governor was in the eye of the storm during the #EndSARS protests. The former governor was under intense fire as he was accused of being one of the sponsors of the protest. Speaking during a Channels TV programme, Tinubu said some people lied to the presidency that he was behind the protests. Multiple sources around the national…

Sunday, 08 November 2020 06:05

Joe Biden projected winner of US presidential election

Joe Biden has won the race to become the next US president, defeating Donald Trump following a cliff-hanger vote count after Tuesday's election. The BBC projects that Mr Biden has won the key battleground of Pennsylvania, propelling him over the 270 electoral college vote threshold required to clinch the White House. The Trump campaign has indicated their candidate does not plan to concede. Mr Biden said it was now time for America to "unite and heal". "With the campaign over, it's time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation," he said.…

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Sunday, 08 November 2020 06:04

This election is far from over – Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump has refused to concede after his Democratic Party challenger, Joe Biden, secured the required number of electoral college votes to win the presidential race. In a defiant statement shortly after Biden was projected winner, Trump said the election was “far from over”, and criticised Biden for “rushing to falsely pose as the winner”. “Biden has not been certified as the winner of any states, let alone any of the highly contested states headed for mandatory recounts, or states where our campaign has valid and legitimate legal challenges that could determine the ultimate victor. “Legal votes decide…

Sunday, 08 November 2020 06:03

‘This isn’t over!’: Trump’s supporters across US reject election results

Chanting “This isn’t over!” and “Stop the steal,” supporters of President Donald Trump protested at state capitols across the country Saturday, refusing to accept defeat and echoing Trump’s allegations that the Democrats won by fraud. From Atlanta and Tallahassee to Austin, Bismarck, Boise and Phoenix, crowds ranging in size from a few dozen to a few thousand — some of them openly carrying guns — decried the news of Joe Biden’s victory after more than three suspense-filled days of vote-counting put the Democrat over the top. Skirmishes broke out in some cities. In Atlanta, outside the state Capitol in the…

Saturday, 07 November 2020 02:15

INEC publishes 2019 election report, recommends electronic voting, others

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)on Friday in Abuja made a virtual public presentation of its “Report of the 2019 General Election”. The commission also made a public presentation of the “Review of the 2019 General Election: Report of the Commission’s Retreats and Stakeholder Engagements”. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, while presenting the two reports said that the “Report of the 2019 General Election” has 13 Chapters covering major issues. These according to him include challenges associated with preparation and conduct of the election, lessons learnt, and specific recommendations for addressing them. Yakubu said the second report, “Review of the 2019 General…

Thursday, 05 November 2020 04:37

Anxiety, tension in tight US presidential election

Weary from one of the most bruising U.S. presidential races in modern times, Republican and Democratic voters alike were in a state of high anxiety on Wednesday with the election outcome still unsettled a day after polls closed. President Donald Trump’s declaration of victory in the early hours of Wednesday, as ballot counting continued in several pivotal states, roiled supporters of Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Biden supporters expressed heightened fears the Republican incumbent might not accept the election result if he were to lose. Many of those in Trump’s voter base, meanwhile, echoed his unsubstantiated allegations of widespread electoral tampering.…

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