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Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan opened up about his emotional experience following his 2015 election defeat.   Speaking at the inaugural Raymond Dokpesi Annual Diamond Lecture held in Abuja on Friday, October 25, organized by Daar Communications and the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, the event honored the late media mogul Raymond Dokpesi, who passed away in May 2023.   …

Former US President, Donald Trump told rally-goers in the swing state of Nevada that if elected, he will call Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on election night to end the war in Ukraine.   “I’m going to work on that from the day, hopefully the day that we win, which is Nov. 5th, in the evening,” …

With less than two weeks until Election Day in the US, CNBC’s latest national poll finds a margin-of-error presidential contest between Republican contestant Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris both nationally and in key battleground states, with Trump topping her on economic issues and Harris leading on character issues including honesty and the ‘fitness to be president.’   In CNBC’s …

INEC has officially scheduled the Anambra state governorship election for November 8, 2025.   Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), made this announcement during a consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja on Thursday.   Yakubu explained that under Nigeria’s electoral law, notice for elections must be published no later than 360 days before the scheduled …

Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday, October 12 , released a letter from her doctor just few weeks to the US presidential elections.   The medical record pronounced her in good health and fit for high office, in an effort to draw a contrast with her counterpart, Donald Trump. In a memo distributed by the …

U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday, October 4, that he wasn’t confident the US election in November would be peaceful, due to previous comments by Republican party contestant, Donald Trump.   “I’m confident it will be free and fair. I don’t know whether it will be peaceful,” Biden told reporters as he made the first appearance of his presidency in …

The Anambra State Government has announced a restriction of movement across the state from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2024, to ensure the smooth conduct of local council elections.   In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, the restriction aims to maintain peace and order during the electoral process organized by …

Getty Images While Trump has been forthright about his views on crypto, Harris’ position is much less clear The cryptocurrency industry is “rife with fraud and hucksters and grifters”, one of the United States’ top financial regulators has told the BBC. The chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, says the “investing public around the globe …