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by Scott Wilson and Philip Rucker In early spring, President Obama’s veteran campaign staff in Chicago confronted the question that would ultimately determine the presidency: how to run against Mitt Romney? The choice discussed on frequent calls between the White House and One Prudential Plaza was whether to campaign against Romney as a flip-flopper —... Read More
Here’s the full transcript from Mitt Romney’s concession speech on Wednesday morning, Nov. 7, 2012. ROMNEY: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you so very much. (APPLAUSE) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I have just called President Obama to congratulate him on his victory. His supporters and his campaign... Read More
by Timothy Stanley   I suspect that the Republicans nominated Romney partly because he spent so much money acquiring the nomination but also because his personality seemed suitably vague. To be assigned to report on his rallies carried all the thrill of being asked to submit a 10,000-word critical analysis of a church picnic. His... Read More
by Isi Esene The US presidential election had been too close to call right from the start. The Republican candidate, Mitt Romney took it straight to the wires with the presidential of the United States, Barack Obama. After the Mitt Romney concession speech, the wait was for Obama to make his acceptance speech which was... Read More
by Gbemisola Abiola A beyond the surface scrutiny of her political system mirrors out ‘incriminating evidence’ which apparently plays against the common rhetoric, that the light of perfection cast on America’s democracy somewhat fades. In four out of every five conversations about the American elections, the greatness of America’s democracy is touted. Never mind that... Read More
by Isi Esene Yemi Oyeniyi, a 33-year-old auto-mechanic residing in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has reportedly absconded after his wife delivered triplets. We learnt the family already had two children before the triplets. Oyeniyi was said to have been very uncomfortable after seeing the result of a scan which had earlier shown that his wife was... Read More
by Isi Esene Governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday warned anyone coming to Lagos with the intention of living in the city to endeavour top keep abreast of it extant laws because the government has every intention of enforcing its laws no matter whose ox is gored. He said his government has a duty to enforce the... Read More
by Isi Esene A 21-year-old student of the University of Lagos was reportedly pushed from the third floor of the multi-storey 1004 Flats building in Lagos, following a disagreement with an individual she met on the social media networking site, Facebook. The young lady, Akabugu Nkiruka, who sustained multiple injuries in the fall, said she... Read More
A Pennsylvania electronic voting machine has been taken out of service after being captured on video changing a vote for President Obama into one for Mitt Romney, NBC News has confirmed. The video was first posted on Youtube by user “centralpavoter.” It shows a voter’s finger repeatedly pressing the button for Obama, but a check... Read More
by Gil Troy With many pollsters declaring today’s presidential election “too close to call,” Americans face the third of four nail-biting Election Days since 2000. Barack Obama’s decisive 2008 win now seems to be the 21st-century anomaly. In 2000, I left CTV studios in Montreal at 2:00 in the morning, without having called the election... Read More
by Isi Esene Terry G deserves a custom dictionary with the dizzying frequency he dishes out song title slang. The recent one is ‘Lantazonto’, the title of one of his new tracks. The others are ‘Gbagaun Style’, his remix of  Psy‘s ‘Gangnam Style’ and, ‘Street’ which features rapper, Vector. Listen to the songs write here…... Read More
Chris Brown is going to spend another year on supervised probation, according to a California judge who made a decision on the case. Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg and thhe prosecutors found themselves confused by a “cryptic” spreadsheet of the hours that Brown has served as a condition of his probation. Brown is on supervised... Read More
A couple arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of killing their 15-year-old daughter with acid have claimed it was ‘her destiny.’ Mohammad Zafar and his wife Zaheen were arrested by police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir for the attack on their daughter Anusha, who died in hospital two days later after suffering horrific acid burns. Police say that... Read More
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