Tagged: donald trump
Conrad Omodiagbe
US: Supreme Court Makes Its Decision
Months after its November polls, the US Supreme Court has officially rejected a handful of cases related to the 2020 election, including disputes from Pennsylvania that had deeply divided the justices just before the election. The cases the justices rejected involved election challenges filed by former President Donald Trump and his allies in five states […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Nigeria Learns From The US Presidential Election
Weeks after the world witnessed the hotly contested US Presidential elections, Nigeria seems to be gearing up for the 2023 general elections with notes from its American counterparts. The 2020 US Presidential elections will go down in history as one of the most controversial moments in political history. While polling numbers and figures from the […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
What Nigeria Can Learn From The US Election
After what seemed like a never-ending vote-counting period, the United States 2020 presidential elections might be over. While the outgoing president and Republican candidate, Donald Trump, has filed suits aimed at overturning the results of the polls, this historic election offers the electorate in Nigeria with useful lessons ahead of the country’s 2023 general elections. […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
US: Surge in Early Voting with 4 Million So Far
Early voting numbers ahead of the November 3 US Presidential Elections seem to indicate a high interest in the polls. Over 4 million Americans have voted in what is set to be a tight race between incumbent President Donald Trump and his opponent, Joe Biden. According to figures provided by the United States Elections Project, […]
Farida Adamu
Donald Trump and a Democracy on Life Support
The American President, Donald Trump, appears to be against democracy. On May 25, George Floyd, an unarmed 46-year-old black man was murdered after a white officer, Derek Chauvin, used his knee to pin Floyd’s neck to the ground for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged with third-degree murder after protests […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Facebook Ready for 2020 US Elections
Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has stated that the social media platform is prepared to handle and prevent misinformation, as well as other attempts made by foreign states aimed at influencing the US election results in November. Zuckerberg made this known in a televised interview with the BBC, where he revealed that he was “pretty confident” […]
Farida Adamu
On Trump’s Impeachment Inquiry; What we Know
The president of the most powerful nation in the world sits on the brink of impeachment for letting foreigners dabble in United States politics. With enough votes from Congress, he could be the third president in American history to get impeached. What Did Trump Do? President Trump is on the line for abuse of presidential […]