U.S Election We’ve sketched out the legal mechanisms that lead from Election Day to Inauguration Day. Here’s a timeline of what happens after Election Day: Nov. 3: While many millions of Americans cast their ballots in the weeks leading up to Election Day, either by mail or as an in-person absentee voter, US law says … Read more
NOVEMBER 7, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Vice President Joe Biden on his election as the 46th President of the United States. The President, in a statement on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, noted that the victory came “at a time of uncertainty and fear in world … Read more
NOVEMBER 7, 2020 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday congratulated Joe Biden “on his election” as US president and Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris “on her historic achievement”. “The US is our most important ally and I look forward to working closely together on our shared priorities, from climate change to trade and security,” … Read more
Joe Biden Joe Biden has been elected President of the United States of America. Much more than that, the democratic party flagbearer and his running mate have gone on to break records, set new ones, and open a fresh chapter in American history. TheCable has followed the election from its swift sunrise to this steady … Read more
Trump U.S. President Donald Trump has refused to concede after his Democratic 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 … Read more
NOVEMBER 7, 2020 Former United State’s Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton has thanked Americans for making Democrats presidential candidate, Joe Biden the 46th United State’s president-elect. Hilary, who lost the White House race to Donald Trump in 2016, described Biden’s feat as “history-making ticket”. In a post on her verified Twitter handle, @HillaryClinton, the former … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 7TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Group of Americans were spotted dancing to Late Fela Kuti’s song ‘Opposite people’ A large crowd of American citizens was seen waving placards, banners in the air as they demanded every vote to be counted, and in the same euphoria bursts into afrobeat musician, Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s song, titled ‘Opposite people”. … Read more
NOVEMBER 7, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden has expressed confidence that he would defeat incumbent President Donald Trump in the 2020 United States Presidential Election with a clear majority. In an address on Saturday, he explained that though votes counting dragged on from Tuesday’s election, he is leading in key battleground states. Read also: … Read more
NOVEMBER 6, 2020 The US state of Georgia, on Friday, said it will recount votes from the election in which Joe Biden has eked out a razor-thin lead over President Donald Trump. “With a margin that small, there will be a recount in Georgia,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters in Atlanta. Raffensperger, … Read more
NOVEMBER 6, 2020 Two Senate allies of Donald Trump have warned that Republicans may reject the legitimacy of vote results if they turn against the embattled president. As a few Republicans distanced themselves from Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations of fraud in Tuesday’s election, Senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz enthusiastically backed him in back-to-back appearances on … Read more
U.S Election Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has reiterated his confidence in winning the election, with counting still ongoing in battleground states. In an address to the nation on Thursday, Biden said he had no doubt he would be declared winner once all the votes were counted. Read Also: Major … Read more
Incumbent President of the US, Donald Trump, has questioned the entire election of the states, claiming that the democrats have conspired against him by ‘big tech, big money, the media, pollsters and Democrats’ Donald Trump appeared for the first time in more than 36 hours, speaking in the White House briefing room. He spelt out … Read more
NOVEMBER 6, 2020 The United States Mission in Nigeria has applauded the feat achieved by 31-year-old Oye Owolewa in the 2020 eelection. @USinNigeria made this known in a congratulatory tweet on Thursday night, describing it as ‘historic’. It wrote, “DYK – Adeoye Owolewa was the first Nigerian-American elected to Congress?! Historic numbers of young Americans … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 6TH NOVEMBER, 2020 1. US election: Report claims Trump is considering running for president in 2024. Jim Acosta, a CNN White House correspondent in a broadcast on Thursday, November 5, said some aides and advisers think Trump will lose the election. The correspondent said: “There are some aides and advisers that are beginning … Read more
President Donald Trump President Donald Trump entrenched in false claims that a count of legally cast ballots would show him winning the presidential election, using the White House briefing room to espouse claims that he is being deprived the presidency by fraud. “If you count the legal votes I easily win,” Trump said, providing no … Read more
NOVEMBER 5. 2020 President Trump had on Wednesday declared a victory prematurely and vowed to challenge the election at the Supreme Court Democrat, Joe Biden is reportedly ahead in the race for the White House with 253 electoral votes as against Trump’s 213, according to CNN projections The head of an international observer mission to … Read more
U.S Election Joe Biden, candidate of the Democratic Party in the US 2020 presidential election, says it is clear that his party will secure enough electoral votes to win the election. In an address on Wednesday, Biden thanked Americans for supporting him, saying although he campaigned as a Democrat, he would govern as an American. … Read more
Joe Biden Biden campaign senior adviser Anita Dunn stressed again this afternoon that the campaign is confident that they will receive 270 electoral votes, saying that Joe Biden will declare victory once the campaign believes they have reached that number, regardless of whether news outlets have called those races. “I think that at the end … Read more
The Trump campaign says it will “immediately” request a recount in the battleground of Wisconsin But under Wisconsin law, a campaign can’t petition for said recount until the Wisconsin Election Commission completes the canvass from county election boards. “Despite ridiculous public polling used as a voter suppression tactic, Wisconsin has been a razor thin race … Read more
U.S Election None of us have seen a year like 2020 and now it has finally snapped the tether that seemed to hold it to the realm of reality. After a relatively calm Election Day, leading into a nail-biter evening that left the result very much in doubt, President Trump did exactly what many observers … Read more