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I Have No Doubt Sen. Harris And I Will Be Declared Winners, Biden Says In New Address
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.
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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 count the votes.”
Joe Biden tweets: “Let me be clear: I campaigned as a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American president.”He maintains a lead of 264 electoral votes and 72,473,159 over Trump’s 214 electoral votes and 68,908,642 popular votes.#USElection2020LIVE: pic.twitter.com/UyTKdlC0Ci— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) November 5, 2020
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NYSC: 6000 Prospective Corps Members To Resume Camp Nationwide
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.
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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-19, NCDC and state Ministries of Health on ways of ensuring safe and efficient of the orientation course. “I am pleased to report that all our orientation camps have been prepared and remodeled with the approved safety protocols,” he added.
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Climate Activist, Greta Thunberg Mocks Trump After He Called For Vote Counts To Stop
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.
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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 a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!” So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill! mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2019
In an apparent swipe at Trump’s performance in the presidential elections, Thunberg replied a tweet by Trump, which said: “Stop the count!” In the same manner, he responded to her Time Person of the Year award.
Her tweet on Thursday reads: “So ridiculous. Donald must work on his Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Donald, Chill!” So ridiculous. Donald must work on his Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Donald, Chill! mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) November 5, 2020
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Ex-NANS Presidents Wade In To Resolve Leadership Crisis
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’.
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Comrade Danladi Sunday Oladele, first President of NANS, who spoke to journalists, said all allegations and counter allegations will be resolved internally using dialogue for the sustainance of the organisation’s unity.
Oladele, who served the association in 1980 said, “That the unity of NANS considering past sacrifices of the vision peers and current state of our nation is non negotiable. That having heard all grievances and discussing all towards amicable resolution, the meeting regrets all incidence and decided to resolve all based on merit, forgiveness of one another, atonement where necessary and organisational supremacy.
“That the crisis engulfing NANS is avoidable and all parties to the crisis should sheathe their swords and allow for peace in the interest of Nigerian students who are less than 40 years old that the NANS was founded. That the meeting frowned at the degeneracy and misinterpretation of the Charter of Demand, the original and only constitution of NANS by all aggrieved parties.
“The constitution in Article(8b) under the Convening Authority of the Senate clearly stated the period of closure for the convening of any further Senate meeting once pre-convention Senate session held. The pre-convention is deemed as the last session of the NANS Senate under the leadership of any incumbent Senate President. That session held since March, 2020. Furthermore, the stakeholders noted that opportunities for fair hearing was not adequately granted to the President over allegations leveled against him. Once investigated, he should have been referred to the congress which can only meet at the convention since the Senate can no longer sit.
“The forum also noted that the Convention Planning Committee was duly set up prior to the activities that led to the purported zoom impeachment, therefore, signaling the commencement of full transition process. That NANS cannot within the same executive structure after exhausting legitimate Senate sessions and conduct of the pre-convention Senate meeting remove, suspend or impeach any official save for congressional decision otherwise known as the NANS convention.
“That the purported Zoom Senate meeting is unknown to the constitution of NANS as well as not recognised as a legitimate means of removal, suspension or impeachment of any official let alone the NANS President. That the Zoom impeachment is illegal and constitutes an affront on the collective sensibility of stakeholders and Nigerian students, indeed misleading the entire Nigerian public. That all allegations and counter allegations be resolved internally using dialogue for the sustainance of organisational unity.
“That under no circumstance, relying on the Zone D resolution which resolved to attend a united convention, should anyone, group or stakeholder think, work for or desire a disunited leadership of NANS going forward.That the Convention Planning Committee set up by the outgoing leadership headed by Comrade Danielson Akpan is legal and fully recognised to facilitate the convention. However, the CPC could be expanded to accommodate more comrades for harmonization and solidification of the unity of NANS. That only one united ground should be adopted as convention venue where the new leadership shall emerge.
“That all ongoing police/legal cases against the leadership, and or any official(s) be henceforth discontinued for peace and unity of NANS and the upcoming generation. That the outgoing leadership should immediately convene a unity/harmonization meeting and resolve all matters within the executive council amicably, revert to status quo ante and ensure unity. That the CPC set up by the outgoing President under the leadership by Comrade Patrick Afubera should intensify efforts at ensuring an all encompassing, free, transparent and fair election to usher in a new set of leadership not later than December, 2020 in accordance with the provisions of the constitution on same. That as former leaders, we reaffirm the leadership of the NANS under Comrade Danielson Akpan as the incumbent President and urge everyone to allow the transition process to go on as planned.”
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Police Launch Manhunt For Killers Of Local Businessman In Ekiti
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 arrested.
“We have moved his remains to the hospital’s morgue and it would also help us further in our investigation but no stone will be left behind to unravel the killers.
“I can confirm to you that a manhunt has been launched already by our intelligence team to get the culprits.”
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US Election: Donald Trump Loses Lawsuit In Georgia, Michigan
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.
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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 observe the process.
BREAKING: Michigan Judge Throws Out Trump’s Request To Recount Votes#Elections2020 #USElection2020 #USElectionResultsFOLLOW LIVE UPDATES: pic.twitter.com/gvEiUBUaY3— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) November 5, 2020
Ruling from the bench, the judge said the ballot counting was already finished, Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson, has issued a directive about access for poll watchers in another recent court case, and there is no legal basis for Benson to provide access to surveillance video of drop-boxes.
Trump campaign team has also said it will be contesting the election result from Nevada.
Trump’s campaign and the Nevada Republican Party claimed that as many as 10,000 people in Nevada cast a ballot despite no longer living there.
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INEC Forced To Further Postpone By-elections After Offices, Facilities Were Vandalised By Thugs
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 electoral process before deciding on a definite date for the conduct of the by-elections.
“Consequently, the commission will consult with political parties and civil society organisations on Tuesday 10th November 2020 and then with the media and Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) on Wednesday 11th November 2020.
“The commission will thereafter meet again with the Resident Electoral Commissioners On Thursday, 12th November 2020 to decide on a date for the conduct of the by-elections.”
The commission also promised to deliver a transparent election as it appealed to all stakeholders to continue to cooperate with it in efforts to conduct credible elections under a safe and conducive environment.
Recall that thugs had gone on a rampage following the shooting and killing of peaceful #ENDSARS protesters by the Nigerian Army and police in different parts of the country.
The thugs destroyed and razed government buildings in anger over the killing of armless protesters.
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E2%80%99ve-sent-patients%E2%80%99-samples-investigation-enugu-government-says Strange Deaths: We’ve Sent Patients’ Samples For Investigation, Enugu Government Says
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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.
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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 investigate and control the reports.”
Obi urged members of the public not to panic as the ministry was handling the emergency.
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E2%80%99s-suit-absentee-ballots Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit On Absentee Ballots
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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.
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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 #USElectionResultsFOLLOW LIVE UPDATES: 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 whichever candidate wins the popular vote in a given state.
But momentum moved to Biden, who made a televised speech from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, saying that “when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners.”
By flipping the Northern battlegrounds of Michigan and Wisconsin, and also winning formerly pro-Trump Arizona, Biden reached 264 electoral votes against 214 so far for Trump.
To reach 270, Biden hopes to add the six electoral votes from Nevada, where he had a small and shrinking lead, or even better, the larger prizes of hard-fought Georgia or Pennsylvania.
However, Trump has so far accused his opponent of electoral fraud and threatened court action.
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E2%80%99 Shiites Caution Kaduna Police Commissioner For Branding Group As ‘Militia’
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 clearly a mischievous and deliberate attempt at blackmail to not only mention the Islamic Movement in a row of renown crimes, but to also insinuate that it is a militia, a false accusation the Kaduna State Government had failed to prove before the state High Court despite all efforts. It is pertinent for the peaceful Islamic Movement engaged in purely religious activities to condemn such act of falsehood of branding it as criminal and also insinuating that it is a militia. Lest the Police Commissioner forgets, the meaning of a militia is a military force that is raised from the civil population to engage in rebel or terrorist activities in opposition to a regular army.
“In this wise, it is worth educating him to set the record straight that the Islamic Movement in Nigeria under the revered leadership of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky is a religious movement aiming to establish divine guidance and salvage the souls of people and not to kill them. The movement uses knowledge and logic and does not need or use arms in achieving its lofty goals. So it is a deliberate mischief to label it as a militia.
“More so, the newsmen present at the press briefing didn’t actually take the commissioner serious on his false claims about the Islamic Movement as none of the followers of the movement was paraded on that day along with the various crime perpetrators to justify his unfounded claim. We are forced to believe that the Police Commissioner, having understood the level of crimes against humanity committed against followers of the movement, and the instruction to put in place a judicial committee to investigate such crimes in the state, false branding of the Islamic Movement might provide them with a soft landing.
“The police in Kaduna have severally extra judicially killed followers of the movement peacefully protesting and exercising their constitutional rights to assembly and association. The Movement therefore, by this statement, sets the records straight that it is not, and will never be a militia group, does not and will never have any criminal tendencies.
“We use this opportunity to renew our call for the unconditional release of our revered leader Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, his wife and many others, a reason why several of our colleagues have been extra judicially killed by the trigger happy police on the streets of Kaduna.”
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