Biden’s Promise: America is Back(wards)

With President Donald Trump all but conceding to the transition team that will take over after January next year, interest now shifts to President-elect Joe Biden’s choices for cabinet.  On the national security front, the imperial-military lobby will have reasons to be satisfied.  If Trump promised to rein in, if not put the brakes on […]

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THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020: FACTS, DISPUTES, AND DELUSIONS 1. It’s understandable that President Donald Trump and his supporters are shell-shocked by the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election. According to the vote tallies confirmed (but not yet formally certified) so far, as well as media projections and “calls” on the basis of […]

Biden totally rigged US elections – Trump laments

United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump has acknowledged that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden won the November 3 presidential poll, but reiterated his claim that the vote was “rigged.” “He (Biden) won because the election was rigged,” Trump wrote on Twitter yesterday, not referring to Biden by name. But, former White House Adviser John Bolton […]

As US Witnesses Huge Increase in Mail-in Ballots, HRW Says COVID-19 Pandemic Adds to Normal Delays in Vote Tally

A global rights group, Human Rights Watch says a huge increase in mail-in ballots in the US because of the COVID-19 pandemic added to normal delays in the vote tally, with results in several states too early to call. Early in the morning of November 4 President Donald Trump falsely claimed that he had won […]

Nigeria; the matter no pure

It’s not only Nigerians that deserve a new Nigeria; Nigeria also deserves New Nigerians! Let me start my admonition with the story below, as carried by Fox News American hostage rescued in West Africa by SEAL Team 6 in daring raid The rescue took place earlier Saturday in northern Nigeria An American hostage has been […]

Baron Trump recovers from COVID-19 — Melania Trump

 U.S. President Donald Trump’s youngest child, Baron, also contracted COVID-19 but has recovered, according to his mother and First Lady, Melania Trump. In an article on the official website of the White House titled, “My personal experience with COVID-19,” Mrs Trump also disclosed that she had also tested negative. “It was two weeks ago when […]

Donald, Melania Trump quarantining after testing positive for coronavirus

 U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for the coronavirus and will quarantine, he wrote on Twitter early on Friday. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Trump wrote. The White House physician said Trump […]

Outrage as police kill another black man in US

There was serious outrage in the Los Angeles area of US on Tuesday after police shot dead another black man. The man has been identified as 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee. He was riding his bicycle when Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies tried to stop him for an unspecified vehicle code violation on Monday. He fled on foot, […]

Trump pardons convicted bank robber amid RNC convention

U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned a convicted bank robber, Jon Ponder, who is now running a post-prison assistance programme. A pre-recorded video of Trump signing an executive order for the pardon, with Ponder standing beside him, aired on Tuesday night. Coming amid the Republican National Convention, the president’s move is seen by some as […]

Biden leads Trump by 9 points in poll ahead of Democratic convention

A day before the start of the Democratic national convention where Joe Biden is expected to be formally nominated presidential candidate, an NBC News and Wall Street Journal poll on Sunday shows Biden leading U.S. President Donald Trump by 9 points. Fifty-one per cent of polled voters said that they would vote for Biden over […]