The Pennsylvania Republican Party asked the US Supreme Court Friday to halt the counting of late-arriving ballots in the state, as Democrat Joe Biden took a lead in the tally and was poised to defeat President Donald Trump. If Biden wins Pennsylvania he wins the presidency. The last-ditch appeal for an emergency injunction asked the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday in Abuja made virtual and 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 […]
*Rivers Govt. donates N500 million on to support the Anglican Church education development and mission fund. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has advised those agitating for breakaway of some parts of Nigeria to dump the idea and instead to begin to ask for restructuring of the country. Governor Wike stated this when the Primate […]
No fewer than 106 women will serve in the 117th U.S. House of Representatives beginning on Jan. 3, according to ABC News projections. This represents 24 per cent of the total 435 lawmakers in the lower legislative chamber. It beats the previous record of 102 women set in the outgoing 116th session, the news outlet […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, on Friday called Joe Biden the “president-elect” of the United States after he pulled ahead in key election results. “President-Elect Biden has a strong mandate to lead,” Pelosi told reporters after Biden overtook President Donald Trump in the potentially decisive state of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania would be […]
…we will appeal ruling – Nlemigbo A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri on Friday, declared Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC), for Okigwe Senatorial election. The presiding judge, Justice Tegem, in his ruling, in Suit no FHC/Ow/101/2020, nullified the election of Frank Ibezim, on the grounds that he was disqualified by […]
Kaduna state high court sitting in Zaria today, dismissed application restraining governor Nasiru Ahmed El-rufai of Kaduna state from the coronation of the new Emir of Zazzau Alhaji Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, slated for 9th Nov, 2020 The Counsel to the plaintiff Ustaz Yunus Usman, SAN had earlier requested in his application dated that 16 October […]
Donald Trump, junior, son of the US president, has asked his father to “fight to death” and “go to total war” to expose alleged election cheating and fraud. The president has alleged irregularities in the race dominated by Joe Biden, his rival. He had earlier demanded that vote counting should stop just as he filed […]
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has denied knowledge of the people posting campaign posters of him as vice presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election running with Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi. Governor el-Rufai made the denial while fielding questions from journalists after he met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, […]
A small town in northern Kentucky has elected a dog as its mayor in the ongoing US elections. According to UK INDEPENDENT, Wilbur Beast, a French bulldog, won the mayoral election of Rabbit Hash with about 13,143 votes, making it the most popular canine candidate in the history of the town. The race saw the […]
