Author: Chronicle Editor

Donald Trump and Joe Biden each claim to be ahead in the US presidential election, even as the final outcome hangs on a razor’s edge and both sides ramp up for legal action. The Trump campaign is challenging vote counts in the key states of Wisconsin, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan. The BBC projects Mr Biden won Michigan. US media forecast he took Wisconsin. No result has emerged in Pennsylvania. Winning all three of these Rust Belt states would hand Mr Biden victory. Democratic candidate Mr Biden stopped short of declaring he had won, but said he was confident he was…

Republican David Andahl, who died from Covid-19 in October, won his election to the North Dakota state legislature on Tuesday. Andahl, a “Trump Republican” according to the Grand Forks Herald, ran a primary challenge against a powerful Republican and won earlier this year. He was then endorsed by influential figures like Gov. Doug Burgum, who won re-election on Tuesday. He was elected to the state House of Representatives for the 8th District alongside fellow Republican Dave Nehring, North Dakota election officials declared. Andahl was 55 when he died on October 5, less than a week after he was admitted to the hospital…

Manchester United suffered a chastening night after conceding an embarrassing opening goal as they were humbled by Champions League rookies Istanbul Basaksehir. Basaksehir, formed only in 1990, claimed their maiden Turkish Super Lig title last season and had not scored a goal or claimed a point in their opening two games in the competition. They could not have wished for an easier way to get off the mark as United’s defence went missing, allowing former Chelsea and Newcastle striker Demba Ba to run clear from the halfway line and fire past Dean Henderson. United’s defensive efforts for the second goal…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a total of N87.538 billion for road projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Oyo, Benue and Nasarawa states. This was disclosed to State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Addressing correspondents after the meeting, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), accompanied by his FCT counterpart, Mallam Mohammed Bello, and the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said his ministry presented two memoranda to Council and that both were approved. He said Council…

A mob on Wednesday set ablaze a 14-seater bus after the driver of the vehicle rammed into a motorcyclist at Idi Ape area of Ibadan, killing the rider on the spot. Two other persons also sustained varying degrees of injuries in the process. According to unconfirmed sources, the driver of the van, who escaped been lynched was accused of passing through one way when he rammed into the motorcyclist and another oncoming vehicle. The intervention of the officials of the Oyo state security outfits codenamed Operation Burst saved the whole incident from degenerating into another crisis in the axis. No…

Ms Esther Agbaje has been elected to represent District 59B in the Minnesota House of Representatives on the platform of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the US Democratic Party. The 35-year-old daughter of an Episcopal priest and a librarian, both Nigerian immigrants, defeated Republican Alan Shilepsky and Green Party candidate Lisa Neal-Delgado to represent downtown and north Minneapolis in the state House. Agbaje, 35, has a law degree from Harvard, a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and has experience working in the US State Department, experience working with city government, and accolades at a prestigious law…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday presented a budget of N29,861,694,947 billion to the National Assembly for its operations in 2021. A breakdown of the estimate indicates that N24,407,559,975 (Twenty-four Billion, Four Hundred and Seven Million, Five Hundred and Fifty-nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and Seventy-five Naira) is earmarked as personnel cost, N3,600,773,354 (Three Billion, Six Hundred Million, Seven Hundred and Seventy-three Thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty-four Naira) as overhead, while N1, 853, 361, 618 (One Billion, Eight Hundred and Fifty-three Million, Three Hundred and Sixty-one Thousand, Six Hundred and Eighteen Naira) is projected for capital expenditure. Presenting…

Democrat Oye Owolewa has been elected as a shadow US Representative out of the District of Columbia on Wednesday. Owolewa, a PhD holder in Pharmacy from the Northeastern University, Boston, beat his closest contenders by more than 70 per cent of the votes cast. The Democrat contender polled 82.65% of the votes, which represents 135,234 votes against Joyce Robinson-Paul, who had 15,541 votes, and Sohaer Syed with 12,846 votes. The victory of Owolewa was announced by ABC 7 News via its Twitter handle early on Wednesday morning. #ElectionNight: Trump, Biden in tight race “Democrat Oye Owolewa will be elected as a…

Results are pouring in from across the US and all focus is on the key battleground states that will decide the election. Mr Trump has been projected to win Florida, Ohio, Texas and Iowa and there are tight races under way in Arizona, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. How Trump kept hold of Florida With almost all the votes counted, Mr Trump has been projected to win the closely-fought state of Florida, with 51% of the vote compared with Mr Biden’s 48%. The President gained two points on his victory in the state in 2016, while Mr Biden failed to improve upon the tally recorded by Hillary Clinton. Exit poll estimates…

The outcome of the US presidential election is on a knife edge, with Donald Trump so far doing much better than the pollsters predicted. Both Mr Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden are running neck and neck in a number of swing states. The president is projected to have held the must-win state of Florida – a major boost to his re-election bid. But Mr Biden could snatch Arizona, a once reliably conservative state. The vote caps a long and bitter race. We feel good about where we are. We believe we are on track to win this election.…