NOVEMBER 22, 2020 US President-elect Joe Biden will on Tuesday name the first picks to be part of his administration, his chief of staff said on Sunday, declining to say what positions will be announced, according to AFP. “You are going to see the first of the president-elect’s cabinet picks on Tuesday of this week,” … Read more
NOVEMBER 22, 2020 A Pennsylvania judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump’s claims of widespread electoral fraud there, dealing a new blow to the Republican’s bid to overturn his loss in the US presidential election. The decision — announced in a scathing judgment which excoriated the Trump team’s legal strategy — paves the way for … Read more
… no widespread fraud after statewide audit. Georgia has finished its statewide audit of the razor-thin presidential race, confirming that President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump, according to a news release from the Secretary of State’s office. CNN reports that Biden beat Trump by 12,284 votes, according to the final results from the audit … Read more
NOVEMBER 18, 2020 US Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday chose House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 80, to lead the party into the Joe Biden era and preside over their narrow House majority as the most powerful person in Congress. “Congratulations to @SpeakerPelosi, once again elected by House Democrats to be our fearless leader and nominee for Speaker … Read more
NOVEMBER 17, 2020 The former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday evening took aim at President Donald Trump for his refusal to concede after losing the Nov. 3, presidential election. In an Instagram post, the former First Lady said the love of country required everyone to respect election results even when unfavourable. She wrote: … Read more
NOVEMBER 13, 2020 Joe Biden has won the state of Arizona, US media said on Thursday night, further cementing his lead in the Electoral College and flipping the state Democratic for the first time since 1996. NBC, CBS, ABC and CNN declared Biden the winner in the tight race with a lead of more than … Read more
NOVEMBER 8, 2020 Kamala Harris, on Saturday, shattered barriers to become the first woman vice president in the United States and, in a historic victory speech, told girls she would not be the last. Introducing President-elect Joe Biden in an optimism-fueled outdoor rally, Harris — also the first Black woman and Indian-American as vice president … Read more
NOVEMBER 8, 2020 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Saturday that it was too soon to congratulate Joe Biden and he would wait for “all legal issues” in the US presidential election to be resolved. “We don’t want to be imprudent. We don’t want to act lightly and we want to respect people’s self-determination … 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
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
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
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
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
NOVEMBER 4, 2020 Owolewa is a native of Omu-Aran in Kwara State He becomes the first Nigerian-US Congressman in history Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Democrat Oye Owolewa on his victory as a shadow US Representative for the District of Columbia. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Governor described his emergence as … Read more
The Electoral College count currently stands at 238 votes for Biden and 213 votes for Donald Trump as Americans, and much of the world, await the election results. In the race to 270 Electoral Votes, Democratic rival Joe Biden took an early lead on President Donald Trump and maintained it heading into the overnight hours … Read more