Ahead of the United States, US, Presidential election, President Joe Biden stirred controversy when he wore a red cap belonging to the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump. Biden wore the Make America Great Again, MAGA, cap at an event to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. During a visit to firefighters in Pennsylvania…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday charged the newly constituted Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) to be independent and transparent in its conduct of local government election in the state. The PDP Chairman in the state, Mr. Chigozie Igwe, made the call in a chat with journalists in Awka. Igwe was reacting to…
Forecaster who has predicted almost every election since 1984, says Kamala Harris will likely win the election in November. Allan Lichtman, who correctly predicted Trump would win in 2016 and Biden in 2020, says his forecasts point to a Harris win. Lichtman uses ’13 keys’ to make his predictions: The “keys” are: – party mandate–…
The chairman of the Labour Party in Imo State, Calistus Ihejiagwa, has said that the party would not take part in the forthcoming September 21 local government election in the state. Ihejiagwa said this during the Labour Party’s stakeholders meeting in Owerri, the Imo State capital at the weekend. “We cannot participate in any election…
Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2024 Edo State election, is facing fresh allegations of age falsification. Documents submitted to Nigeria’s Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), have shown discrepancies in the date of birth of the lawmaker, who is seeking a to be the number one citizen of Edo…
President Joe Biden has endorsed his deputy, Kamala Harris, to be the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party for the November presidential election. PREMIUM TIMES reports that Mr Biden withdrew from the race Sunday evening following criticisms from members of his party over his cognitive abilities. He announced his withdrawal from the race on X…
Former Nigerian presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has disclosed that the United States, Republican presidential running mate, James David Vance, once called the party’s presidential candidate, Donald Trump, “American Hitler.” Omokri said Vance had viciously attacked Trump in the past, saying he’s never a “guy” of the former president. The former US president had named Vance,…
New York prosecutor Matthew Colangelo has accused former United States President Donald Trump of corrupting the 2016 election in his criminal hush money trial. The prosecutors said Trump broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model. In the first-ever trial…
The Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has described as justifiable the judgements rendered by the different courts in the petitions that arose from the 2023 general elections. Speaking in Yola on Saturday, NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau, said the judges rendered justice in those decisions. “Wherever there is justice, there also is commendation as the people would…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 17 political parties have fielded candidates for the 21 September Edo governorship election. INEC stated this in a statement by Sam Olumekun, its national commissioner and chairperson, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja on Wednesday. Mr Olumekun said that the 17 parties had successfully uploaded their candidates’…
