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

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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. “This is a fraud on the American public.” The Republican, who according to initial results is in a neck-and-neck race with Democrat Joe Biden, said he would go to court and “we want all voting to stop.” He appeared to mean stopping the counting of mail-in ballots which can be legally accepted by state election boards after Tuesday’s election, provided they were sent in time. The issue could become crucial in the states still tabulating votes in a very tight contest. Democrats are widely thought to have cast mail-in ballots more than Trump’s supporters. Trump made his premature victory claim — unprecedented for a US president — shortly after 2:20 a.m. (0720 GMT), as states across the huge country worked to count the votes. A …

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

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Abuja (Precise Post) – 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 manager Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement as the election remained undecided. “Never before in our history has a president of the United States sought to strip Americans of their voice in a national election.” The comments came shortly after Trump delivered an extraordinary speech from the White House, in which he claimed that “we did win this election” despite neither candidate reaching the electoral vote threshold for victory. “We want all voting to stop,” Trump said, appearing to mean halting the counting of mail-in ballots, which can be legally accepted by state election boards after Tuesday’s election — provided they were postmarked in time. Several battleground states were still up in the air early Wednesday when Trump spoke, …

Entertainment

BBNaija Dorathy marks birthday with sultry pictures

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Reality TV star and first runner-up of Big Brother Naija Season 5, Dorathy Bachor has set Instagram on fire with spanking, jaw-dropping sexy pictures to mark her birthday today. The heavy- chested star started the celebration some two days ago, dropping a series of pictures to announce her birthday with raunchy pictures which in no small way amplify her God-given features. Dorathy turns 25 today and on her Instagram page, she says: “2020 has been a blessing in disguise, looking back at 24 and I cannot be more grateful to God for how far he has brought me. My name is NDIDIAMAKA and I’m a living proof that patience is indeed a virtue.” Source

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Trump’s tweets, Biden’s address: Candidates predict victory in knife-edge election

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Democrat Joe Biden claimed Wednesday he was winning America’s knife-edge election, but President Donald Trump shot right back by predicting his own victory and accusing his opponent of trying to “steal” the vote. Appearing before supporters in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, after midnight, Biden said “we believe we’re on track to win this election.” “Keep the faith, guys, we’re going to win this.” But Biden, 77, warned that because of unprecedented use of mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic getting final results would “take a while. ” Seconds later, Trump tweeted his rebuttal, saying: “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election.” The Republican president, who was watching results come in with staff at the White House, said he would shortly deliver a public statement. “A big WIN!” he tweeted. The dramatic clash, which stoked fears of electoral chaos, came after early results showed the two candidates largely retaining states already in their column, but without delivering the kind of knock-out blow that could decide the final tally quickly. – Results confusion – Adding to …

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Corps members to undergo new COVID-19 tests before orientation – NCDC

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For safe re-opening of the National Youth Service Corps orientation camps across the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said all corps members will be tested using the new antigen-based test. The centre disclosed that the process of procurement of the antigen-based test was almost complete. Speaking at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, the NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said, “We will test everyone (corps members) and that will enable us to keep our camps safe and also help us understand what is going on in the rest of the country.” Ihekweazu also revealed that the government had launched Infection Prevention and Control call vanguard in all the states, noting that young people interested in IPC were being trained for self-management and self-regulation in the camps as they opened. Ihekweazu said, “We know that corps members are normally young mobile population. Again, we are counting on not only the young people going to camps but parents; so we need the parents to support young people to do what they have to do. …

Politics

FG clamps down on #EndSARS promoters, freezes accounts

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There were strong indications on Tuesday that the Federal Government had begun a clampdown on promoters of #EndSARS protests by freezing their bank accounts. Some #EndSARS promoters, who spoke separately to The PUNCH, said their banks informed them that the Central Bank of Nigeria had directed that their accounts should be frozen. Last months, youths calling for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police protested for two weeks in major cities of the country. On Tuesday, some promoters of the protests said their accounts had been frozen for the past two weeks. The CBN, according to multiple complaints received by The PUNCH, reportedly instructed banks to place a ‘Post No Debit’ restriction on the accounts. The banks, it was learnt, were able to implement the directive by tracking the ‘narration’ of transactions. Bank transactions that included the narration #EndSARS or End SARS were immediately flagged while such accounts receiving funds were frozen. Speaking to The PUNCH, a pharmacist, Bassey Israel, who was in charge of the #EndSARS medical team in Port Harcourt, said his account with …

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Joe Biden leads with 238 electoral votes; Trump at 213

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The Electoral College count currently stands at 238 votes for Biden and 213 votes for Donald Trump. In the race to 270 Electoral Votes, Democratic challenger Joe Biden took an early lead on President Donald Trump and maintained it heading into the overnight hours of Tuesday to Wednesday morning’s wee hours, FOX 2 reported. The former vice president was at 238 overnight holding a lead over Trump’s 213 but some key battleground states remained up in the air like our own Michigan, along with Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina – leaving Trump within striking distance. Biden is projected to win Arizona (11), California (55), Connecticut (7), Colorado (9), District of Columbia (3), Delaware (3), Hawaii (4), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (11), Minnesota (10), New Hampshire (4), New Jersey (14), New Mexico (5), New York (29), Oregon (7), Rhode Island (4), Vermont (3), Virginia (13), and Washington (12). He also picked up a single vote from Nebraska’s second district but lost the other district. Trump is projected to win Alabama (9), Arkansas (6), Florida (29) Idaho (4), Indiana (11), Iowa (6), Kansas …

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COVID-19: Nigeria Records 137 New Cases on Tuesday -NCDC

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By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 137 new cases of COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported. In its report released via twitter handle account, the NCDC said the new cases were recorded in 16 including the FCT out of the the 36 states of the federation. The states and their fresh infections are as follows; Lagos-60Abia-21FCT-18Rivers-13Kaduna-5Oyo-4Edo-3Delta-2Imo-2Kano-2Ogun-2Bauchi-1Gombe-1Nasarawa-1Niger-1Osun-1 The health agency noted that this latest report brought total confirmed cases to 63,173 out of which 59,634 have been discharged with death toll risen to 1,151 across the country. See the total confirmed cases below: