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US election: Biden launches transition website

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2020

Votes are still being counted across the United States but Democrat Joe Biden has launched a transition website “so that the Biden-Harris Administration can hit the ground running on Day One”. On the website, buildbackbetter.com, is the short statement, “The American people will determine who

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Former football coach, Tuberville wins senate seat in US

Daily Dispatch November 4, 2020

Tommy Tuberville, who used to be a college football coach has now won election in the US to become a senate member. He won against Democratic candidate Doug Jones in Alabama despite being a greenhorn in politics. The 65-year-old quit being a football coach in 2016 and disclosed he was inspired to join politics after […]

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US election: Faleti loses bid to become Missouri Secretary of State

Daily Dispatch November 4, 2020

A Nigerian-American, Yinka Faleti, has failed in his bid to become the Missouri Secretary of State in the 2020 US election. The outcome of the election monitored showed that Missouri Secretary of State, Jay Ashcroft of the Republican party was re-elected. However, Faleti said he would “continue to fight” for the development of Missouri. He […]

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US Election: Trump Bid To Stop Vote Counting ‘Outrageous’- Biden Camp

Daily Dispatch November 4, 2020

Joe Biden’s White House campaign slammed President Donald Trump’s threat to try to stop the election vote count as “outrageous” early Wednesday, saying its legal team was ready to prevent such an “unprecedented” act. “The president’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect,” Biden campaign

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Breaking: Trump Claims Victory, Says He Will Dispute Election Count At Supreme Court

Daily Dispatch November 4, 2020

President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed he had won the US election, despite the final results not yet being given, and said he would go to the Supreme Court to dispute the counting of votes. “We did win this election,” Trump said in an extraordinary speech from the ceremonial East Room of the White House. […]

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9 Nigerians running in Tuesday’s U.S. elections

Daily Dispatch November 1, 2020

By NAN No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state, and local levels. NAN reports that besides the […]