Former President Donald Trump has successfully secured several key states, particularly in the South and Midwest. Fox News reports that Trump is performing well in rural areas, which helped deliver victories to Trump in 2016 and 2020. However, election day battlegrounds are still too close to call as Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris sweep multiple states. According to Economic Times, here’s a list of the states won by Trump so far: Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Tennessee Kentucky Indiana West Virginia South Carolina North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming Kansas Iowa Harris, meanwhile, has gained support in the Northeast…
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Former President Donald Trump has won Georgia and its 16 electoral votes, according to NBC and CNN. This comes after Trump won the state of North Carolina, one of the key battleground states. Recall that President Joe Biden narrowly beat Trump in the state in 2020. In 2016, Trump won Georgia. CNN reports that Georgia is a relatively new battleground state in presidential politics. The state also determined Democrats would control the Senate in two runoff elections in 2021. Before the election, Trump and several of his advisers had been indicted for their actions in Georgia during the 2020 election.…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has called on indigenes of the state in Ondo State to vote for Agboola Ajayi, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the November 16 gubernatorial election. His call is coming even as the indigenes of the state have declared support for the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Agboola. Governor Adeleke made this call on Tuesday while in Ondo State to join the PDP candidate in the campaign tour to some local governments in the state. While on the campaign trail, he was hosted by the Osun indigenes in Akure, the state capital. Addressing the…
Popular Arise TV host, Rufai Oseni has vowed that he will never like nor support the former US President, Donald Trump. The On-Air Personality stated this in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday morning following reports that Trump of the Republican party in the ongoing election in the US is leading. DAILY POST reports that there are indications that Trump who lost his re-election bid in 2020 may succeed Joe Biden. Although it is too early to predict, Trump is said to be performing well in rural areas, where he got the major backbones for his victory…
ASHA Microfinance Bank Limited, a subsidiary of the esteemed ASA International Group—one of the largest global microfinance institutions—announces the groundbreaking appointment of Funmilola Paseda Oladoyinbo as its first female Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. This historic leadership milestone reflects the bank’s commitment to diversity and innovation in the financial sector. With over two decades of experience in the Nigerian banking industry, Mrs. Paseda Oladoyinbo has established herself as a dynamic leader with a proven track record. Her career spans significant roles at major banks, including the United Bank for Africa PLC, Access Bank PLC, Ecobank PLC, and Keystone Bank…
With 10 days to the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says the commission has never been this prepared. It also assured that before the commencement of the poll, governorship candidates, political parties, media, observers, security agencies, among others will inspect sensitive materials. While revealing that the sensitive materials will arrive in the state on Tuesday, the Chairman of the electoral body, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, assured that the election will be seamless. Disclosing this while on a visit to the council offices of the commission in the state, the INEC chairman, stressed that…
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has commended the level of progress and achievements being made by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), promising not withhold any support needed by the agency. The Committee members, who were on oversight visit, held a meeting with FIRS management at the Revenue House in Abuja, on Tuesday, and also toured the agency’s permanent headquarters in the Central Business District currently under construction. A statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the FIRS chairman, Dare Adekanmbi, said the chairman of the Committee, Honourable James Faleke, who addressed newsmen after the tour, expressed…
Republicans have won back control of the Senate after four years in the minority, Reuters reports. The development has positioned the party to play a massive role in nominations and in looming policy battles. This is regardless of whether former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris emerges victorious in the presidential race. The Fox News also reports that the party will hold at least 51 seats, enough for an outright majority. It’s not yet clear who will serve as the next Senate majority leader. Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, who is the longest serving Senate leader in history, announced…
The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party, LP, worsened, weekend, with the party failing to clinch at least one local government area in the recently conducted Abia State local government elections. The outcome of the polls is seen as an indication that the leadership crisis plaguing the LP at the national level has taken a turn for the worse. DAILY POST recalls that the party has been embroiled in a leadership crisis, with notable figures such as its former presidential candidate Peter Obi and Abia State Governor Alex Otti dumping Julius Abure’s leadership. The crisis stemmed from allegations of corruption…
Abia State chapter of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has rejected the results of the Abia State local government chairmanship and councillorship elections, vowing to seek redress in the law court. The position of the party was made known by the State Chairman of APGA, Onuoha Egbe Benon on Tuesday when he addressed the press. Benon, who said that the results released by the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) did not represent what actually happened at the polls, said that there is evidence that APGA won the polls. According to him, the decision to challenge the results were taken…