US 2020 Election: Nigerian-American, Nnamdi Chukwuocha wins a state legislative seat

 

Nigerian-American, Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha has won a state seat in the Delaware House of Representatives.

 

Chukwuocha first won the seat in 2018 unopposed and has now won reelection to the Delaware legislative seat today, November 4.

 

                   

 

Chukwuocha was born November 16, 1970 and is an American politician and poet.

 

 He is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District. He is also the current Poet Laureate of Delaware, along with his twin brother, Al Mills.

Congrats to him.

We’re ending estimated electricity billing – President Buhari

 

President Buhari has pledged his administration's determination to end the estimated billing regime in electricity supply.

 

President Buhari made the pledge via his Twitter handle today November 4. The President said the first phase of one million free meters distribution in some parts of the country is already underway.

 

According to him, 6.5 million meters, which would be locally sourced in the Presidential Mass Metering Initiative, would meet the national deficit and impact an estimated 30 million homes across the country.

 

“Under the first phase of the Presidential Mass Metering Initiative, we are making funding immediately available for DisCos to roll out 1,000,000 Meters in the first phase, at no cost to consumers. Deployment has already started in parts of Kano, Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja.

Future phases of this Metering Initiative will help us fully meet the 6.5 million deficit of meters nationwide, and will impact an estimated 30 million consumers. All meters under this program will be sourced from local manufacturers and in-country stock, to create jobs.

We are committed to ending estimated billing in all forms in Nigeria, and ensuring that Nigerians pay only for the electricity they consume''

Iyabo Ojo alleges that she's being threatened after saying she will no longer support APC and PDP

 

Actress Iyabo Ojo has alleged that she is being threatened after saying she will no longer support the APC or PDP in any election. 

 

Recall that the actress had days ago, stated that she will no longer campaign for the two major political parties as she campaigned for an end to bad governance. 

 

In a new post she shared, she alleged that someone sent her a message on celebrities not taking on government and the need for her to calm down. The actress also wondered if "we are now threatened into silence". 

 

Iyabo Ojo wrote; 

 

So this morning I wake up to a message from a friend in the Media, he said someone sent this to him
.
Now, if you are close to Iyabo Ojo, advise her to calm down. Smart celebrities who have brains don't take on governments ooo.
I was somewhere and her name was mentioned. 
Are we now threatened to silence?

 

Erica gave you the fame you enjoy. If you want to stay relevant, stick to her- actor Uche Maduagwu tells Kiddwaya

 

Following rumors of their breakup, actor Uche Maduagwu, has warned Kiddwaya to stick with Erica so he doesn't lose his fame.

 

According to Maduagwu, Erica ''gave'' Kidd the fame he enjoys now. He said this via his Instagram page. Read his post below

#Kiddwaya, pride goes before a fall spiritually without #erica, you are just a rich mans child, #stargirl gave you the fame you now enjoy because she is the content and you are just the komkom, so empty without #elite support on #instagram and twitter so why not humble your muscular ego? Erica does not need you, her sacrifice kept you longer in #bbnaija5 or do you think it was your fathers money that did it?If you want to stay relevant hold erica wrapper tightly like mercy chewing gum ex boyfriend did.

US Presidential election: President Donald Trump falsely claims victory, heads to supreme court (video)

 

President Donald Trump falsely claimed early Wednesday November 4, that he had won the US presidential election, even though millions of legitimate votes were yet to be counted and a half-dozen battleground states were still not called.

 

The incumbent US President described the vote counting as a "major fraud" in a speech at the White House.  He also disclosed that he will be heading to the Supreme Court. 

 

Trump said; 

 

“This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country.

“We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election.

“A very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise [people who voted for me] and we won’t stand for this. 

“We were getting ready for a big celebration. We were winning everything, and all of a sudden it was just called off.

“We’ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court, we want all voting  to stop."

 

It is however unclear what Trump meant by “going to the Supreme Court,” given that the nation’s highest court is rarely the first judicial venue for a case, but rather it reviews lower court rulings.

 

The US President has not won re-election as of now, and key swing states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin remain too close to call. 

 

 

Joe Biden on the other hand called for patience from the American people as counting in the US election might go on for days. The frontrunner said his campaign was "on track to win this election."

 

Speaking at his campaign HQ in Delaware, Biden said:

 

"We feel good about where we are. We really do.

"I'm here to tell you tonight we believe we're on track to win this election. We knew because of the unprecedented early vote and mail in vote, it was going to take a while and we'd have to be patient...and it ain't over til every vote is counted.

"But we feel good about where we are.

"We could know the results as early as tomorrow morning, but it may take a little longer.

"It's not my place or Donald Trump's place to decide the outcome of this election. That's down to the American people."

FG seeks fresh $1.2bn loan from Brazil

 

The Federal Government of Nigeria is seeking a loan of $1.2bn from Brazil to finance agricultural programmes in the 2021 budget.

 

A request for approval has also been transmitted to the National Assembly, according to Punch.

 

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, made this known when she appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance in Abuja on Tuesday, November 3. to defend the budget proposed by her ministry.

 

Ahmed disclosed that the Federal Government sent a request to the National Assembly to approve the loan from the Brazilian government to address issues in the agriculture value chain as Nigeria.

 

Ahmed also said the Federal Government would acquire 100,000 hectares of land in each state for food production, adding that link roads would be built in such locations to provide access for farmerAs to move farm produce to markets and reduce post-harvest losses.

 

Chairman of the committee, Mr James Faleke, had asked the finance minister about diversification of the economy.

 

Responding, Ahmed said, "For borrowing to improve industry, we are before the parliament. I request for the approval for loan that we call the Green Imperative Programme which is for loan of $1.2bn from the Brazilian government.

 

"It is a programme that is addressing the whole of agricultural value chain from mechanisation, production, processing and selling. It is meant to lend to businessmen for tractors, plants at all levels."

 

Giving updates on the 2020 budget implementation from January to September, Ahmed said, "As of the end of Q3 2020, FGN’s revenue available for budget funding (excluding GOES) was N2.83tn, 70 per cent of target.

 

"FGN share of oil revenues was N1.20tn (representing 158 per cent performance, over and above the prorated sum in the revised 2020 budget) while non-oil tax revenues totalled N927.47bn (76 per cent of revised target)."

Joe Biden flips Arizona, first Democrat to win state since 1996

 

Joe Biden has become the first Democrat to win a Presidential election in Arizona in 24 years. 

 

With his win, Biden denied President Donald Trump 11 pivotal electoral votes that were once reliably Republican. 

 

While Trump ran up the score in rural Arizona, Biden carved a path through fast-changing Maricopa County, where Phoenix and its suburbs supply some 60 percent of the state’s electorate. It was the largest county in America to go to Trump in 2016, but it is also at the center of twin trends reshaping Arizona politics: disaffected suburbanites migrating away from the Republican Party and Democratic-leaning Latinos turning out in greater force with every election.

 

The southwestern state broke its own records with early voting, marking a significant turnout with 2.6 million votes having been cast before Election Day.

 

Biden also picked up an Electoral College vote in a Nebraska congressional district that voted for Trump four years ago. The president hadn't converted any new territory by early Wednesday morning.

 

Republicans breathed another sigh of relief when must-win Ohio was added to Trump's column.