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President Donald Trump has again made false claims about Joe Biden stealing the election results. As he made the false claims, major news channels like the NBC, BBC, Washington Post and others fact-checked him by either cutting away before he finished speaking or notifying their audiences that Trump’s claims are false. See Also Breaking News LIVE UPDATES: United States 2020 Presidential Election Results 0 Comments 2 Days Ago Trump seemed subdued and nervous during the news conference.  He said, “If you count the legal votes I easily win,” Trump said, providing no evidence for his claim. “If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.” There is no proof of this. The president further said, “I’ve already decisively won many critical states, including massive victories.” “The pollsters got it knowingly wrong. We had polls that so were ridiculous, no blue wave that they predicted… but instead, there was a big red wave.” After months of...

Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate in the US presidential election, has said he has “no doubt” he and Senator Kamala Harris will emerge victorious at the end of the votes count. Votes continue to be counted in battleground states of Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia and North Carolina. See Also Breaking News LIVE UPDATES: United States 2020 Presidential Election Results 0 Comments 1 Day Ago So far, Biden maintains an early lead of 264 electoral votes and 72,473,159 over Trump’s 214 electoral votes and 68,908,642 popular votes. Speaking from his hometown in Wilmington, Delaware on Thursday evening, Biden said, “The senator and I continue to feel very good about where things stand. We do not doubt that when the count is finished, Sen. Harris and I will be declared the winners. So, I ask everyone to stay calm — all people to stay calm.  “The process is working. The count is being completed. And we’ll know very soon. So thank you all for your patience, but we’ve got to ...

A total of 6,000 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps are to resume for the 2020 “Batch B” one-year mandatory program of the scheme across the country. Brigadier General Shaibu Ibrahim, Director-General of the NYSC, made the disclosure on Thursday, saying that the authorities had gone round the country to ensure that the facilities were ready. File photo He said, “We are prepared to deploy six thousand corps members to participate in the 2020 Batch B exercise.  “We have gone around the country to ensure that the camps are also ready.  “We are going to merge those who suspended their orientation in March to also participate for the forthcoming National orientation exercise.” According to him, the NYSC management had put in place all COVID-19 protocols in a bid to contain the pandemic to curtail community transmission in the camps across the country. “We have been interfacing with the relevant bodies such as the Presidential tmTask Force on COVID...

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks during a meeting at the French National Assembly. Teen climate change activist, Greta Thunberg, has mocked US President Donald Trump over his calls for vote counts to be stopped as he lags behind Democratic challenger, Joe Biden.  Trump has consistently mocked the science behind climate change, calling it a hoax. He recently pulled America out of the Paris Climate Agreement targeted at reducing global carbon emissions.  Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks during a meeting at the French National Assembly. AFP Thunberg and Trump do not see eye to eye. In December 2019, after she was named Time Person of the Year, Trump called her win “ridiculous” suggesting that the teenage activist take anger management classes. Trump was nominated for the same award but lost to Thunberg.  He tweeted at the time, “So ridiculous, Greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with...

Former leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students have waded in to resolve the leadership crisis currently rocking the association over an alleged bribe given to the group by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. SaharaReporters recalled that some members of the association had announced the impeachment of the President, Danielson Bamidele Akpan, and swore in Chidi Ilogebe as the new leader of the organisation. They accused Bamidele of high-handedness, fraud, misappropriation and diversion of students COVID-19 palliatives.  He was also accused of embezzling $200,000 given to the association by the NNPC. But the ex-Presidents in a meeting held in Abuja on Thursday registered their discontent with the leadership situation in the association. They also described the purpoted impeachment of Bamidele as null and void and appealed to all ‘actors to return to status quo before the acclaimed impeachment’. See Also Corruption NNPC's $200,000 Bribe Again...

The police in Ekiti State on Thursday said they had launched a manhunt for the murderers of a businessman killed in Ado, the state capital.  Mr Olanrewaju Oladapo, a 37-year-old trader was on  Wednesday evening killed by suspected gunmen in Ado Ekiti.  Oladapo, who is popularly known for his recharge card business at the Dallimore area of Ado, was killed after closing from work on the day. Several residents confirmed that the deceased was trailed by his killers before he murdered at the entrance of his residence.  Spokesperson for the police in Ekiti, Sunday Abutu, said the command had begun an investigation into the murder case.  He said although no arrest had been made, the police was gathering intelligence on the crime.  Abutu said, “The young man was shot dead while returning home at about 9:45 pm yesterday (Wednesday). “But we have started a preliminary investigation into the murder case and we shall get those who perpetrated the act arre...

United States President, Donald Trump, has lost two lawsuits challenging the ongoing electoral process in the country. Trump lost the lawsuit filed at both Georgia and Michigan. See Also Breaking News LIVE UPDATES: United States 2020 Presidential Election Results 0 Comments 1 Day Ago At the initial lawsuit in Georgia, Trump asked the judge to ensure a coastal county was following state laws on processing absentee ballots. The suit had raised concerns about 53 absentee ballots that poll observers said were not part of an original batch of ballots. County elections officials testified that all 53 ballots had been received on time. The Chatham County Superior Court judge, James Bass, dismissed the lawsuit with the hearing, which did not last for up to an hour. Similarly, Trump campaign has lost second lawsuit in Michigan where he prayed the court to stop vote counting in Michigan until the campaign’s representatives could get what it called “meaningful access” to obse...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has further postponed the conduct of by-elections in 11 states, claiming its offices and facilities were vandalised by thugs. The electoral commission had initally postponed the 15 outstanding bye-elections in 11 states of the federation earlier scheduled for October 31. While giving an update on the elections, INEC said it has further postponed them indefinitely due to the extent of damages suffered on its properties. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, however, said it will consult stakeholders to decide on a new date. He said, “The commission met today, Thursday 5th November 2020 to further review the situation and decided that the commission suffered extensive damage to and vandalization of its local government offices and facilities, including the areas where the by-elections are scheduled to hold. “It is important to consult all the critical stakeholders in the elect...

Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi Following reports of alleged unusual deaths in two communities of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area in Enugu State, the government on Thursday said it had collected samples from patients and sent to the National Reference Laboratory for investigation. Commissioner for Health in the state, Prof Emmanuel Obi, disclosed this in a statement in Enugu. Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi Obi said that there had been a number of deaths suggestive of a disease of public health importance in the area. The communities are Ette Uno and Umuopu of Enugu Ezike. The commissioner added that the ministry visited the two communities and met with the LGA Rapid Response Team, disclosing that “on-the-spot-check and outbreak investigation have revealed a number of deaths from an illness with symptoms suggestive of a disease of public health importance”. “The National Centre for Disease Control has been informed and is collaborating with the ministry to...

Donald Trump A court in Georgia has thrown out a lawsuit by United States President Donald Trump’s campaign team, asking that the county followed state laws on processing absentee ballots. According to Associated Press, the campaign had asked the court to ensure that state laws were followed on absentee ballots. Donald Trump CNN The suit had raised concerns about 53 absentee ballots that poll observers said were not part of an original batch of ballots.  BREAKING: Michigan Judge Throws Out Trump's Request To Recount Votes #Elections2020 #USElection2020 #USElectionResults FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/yojzk1cez5 pic.twitter.com/gvEiUBUaY3 — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) November 5, 2020 But County elections officials testified that all 53 ballots had been received on time. Both Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, still had paths to winning the White House by hitting the magic majority threshold of 270 of the electoral votes awarded to whi...

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has condemned its branding as a militia group by the Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Umar Muri, describing the action as mischievous. Muri had on Thursday while parading criminals before journalists at the police headquarters in Kaduna described IMN as a criminal group. “I am delighted to inform you that the command in the last few weeks, in its numerous tasks of securing lives and property of law abiding citizens of Kaduna State has succeeded in arresting one hundred and fifty-seven suspects for various crimes which include armed banditry, armed robbery, kidnapping, cattle rustling, culpable homicide, rape, shop breaking, looting of government private warehouses, theft, Shi’ite (IMN) militias to mention but a few,” the police boss said. Reacting in a statement on Thursday, Ibrahim Musa, Secretary of the Academic Forum of the IMN, said none of the group’s member was paraded to justify the commissioner’s claim. The statement read, “It is clea...

Tunde Saiki The Nigerian Television Authority, Lagos, has recently lost two workers as the station suffers neglect and continues to decay. SaharaReporters can confirm that one of the staff of the organisation is currently abandoned with partial stroke while others continue to work with uncertainty. The NTA Lagos located on Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, is in decrepit state and begs urgently for attention and upgrade.  The station, despite making revenues, has been totally neglected with workers operating in rodent infested premises, unmaintained studio and with near-obsolete equipment.  Two workers with the station reportedly died recently owing to unnatural causes relating to poor and hazardous physical studio environment. SaharaReporters gathered that in a space of five days, a member of staff and another worker on casual or contract basis died from dangerous and stressful physical work situation, aided by a non-functional clinical facility. A Manager...