US elections

November 16, 2022

Trump makes official his intention to run for president again in 2024

Former US President Donald Trump has announced his bid for the White House in 2024. This announcement comes at a time when some members of the Republican party hold Trump personally responsible for the lackluster performance of the party in the midterm elections that took place last week. On Tuesday night, when addressing an audience... Read More

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November 4, 2020

#AmericaDecides exposes the obvious flaws in our electoral process

If you have been paying attention to current events all over the world since this past week, you no doubt by now are aware of one of the biggest events currently unfolding, the presidential election of the United States of America. With an election so big, and a lot of international interests at stake, it’s... Read More

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Think tank linked to Putin developed plans to sway US elections

by Itunuoluwa Adebo A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump’s favor. According to Reuters , US officials described two confidential documents from the think tank as providing the framework and rationale for what U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded was an... Read More

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“We must fight them!” | President Trump draws new battle line with the Freedom Caucus

By Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump is not taking the “defeat” of the Republic Healthcare replacement bill lightly. He is now vowing to fight the 32 members of the Freedom Caucus who blocked the bill. The tweeting President said early Thursday via his twitter account: [READ ALSO:] Mystery buyer purchases Donald Trump’s Childhood home for $2.14m “The... Read More

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“There is no place I’d rather be… other than the White House” | Hillary Clinton gives charged speech, urges Americans to resist Trump (WATCH)

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Former Secretary of state Hillary Clinton took the stage at a diversity conference in San Francisco on Tuesday making the most political comments since she lost the 2016 presidential election. “There is no place I’d rather be than here with you,” Clinton said, then added: “Other than the White House.” During her... Read More

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November 28, 2016

Reading Material: What you should be reading if you work in media content (9)

1. Because post-Trump, rigorous and in-depth reporting is more a necessity than ever before: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/us/politics/donald-trump-international-business.html 2. What is “the truth”?: https://medium.com/thoughts-on-journalism/its-a-tricky-thing-this-truth-stuff-d32150e8b5cc#.t2yeuvwnk 3. Facebook, fake-news, and media vs. tech: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38106131 4. Football Facebook?: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/28/big-football-clubs-take-on-facebook-with-new-social-media-network 5. Are we all just in one huge echo chamber: https://medium.com/@girlziplocked/the-kkk-isnt-reading-the-new-york-times-op-ed-pages-978f358503be#.vpb5wxenr

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November 14, 2016

Oh no Hillary! The FBI Director’s letters aren’t the reason you lost…

At least not the sole reason. American news sites – Politico, The Guardian UK, The New York Times are some we have read – report that Secretary Clinton has blamed her Wednesday night’s loss on the two letters written by FBI director, James Comey about her indiscretion with the e-mails. In the New York Times, Clinton... Read More

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November 14, 2016

Reading material: What you should be reading if you work in media content (8)

1. It’s been quite the sobering week, hasn’t it? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/us/elections/to-our-readers-from-the-publisher-and-executive-editor.html 2. On Facebook and fake news: http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/13/13613566/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-misinformation-hoax-media 3. If video is the future, Virtual Reality is what? http://fortune.com/2016/11/10/imax-50-million-virtual-reality-investment/ 4. More lessons (or questions) from the US elections: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/what-normalization-means 5. Twitter will figure this thing out, somehow. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-twitter-advertising-idUSKBN1361ZF Have a great week, people!

Cover Stories, The Media Blog

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November 13, 2016

Wole Soyinka: I gave no specific date for tearing my green card

Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has called those making an issue over his decision to tear his green card “noisome creatures” who are ignorant of most issues they comment on. Soyinka made the remark on Saturday in a statement he signed titled, “Red card, green card– Notes towards the management of hysteria”. He said, “Let... Read More

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INEC

November 12, 2016

YNaija Analysis: What can INEC learn from the US elections?

The US is such a big country. It is 10 times the size of Nigeria, spread over 9 time zones, with over 130 million people voting in the general elections. Yet, their election process every four years is conducted seamlessly and the results begin to trickle out mere hours after most polls across the country... Read More

Cover Stories, Featured

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November 10, 2016

Anti-Trump protests hit American cities

Protests have arisen in at least ten cities over the emergence of Donald Trump as President-elect of the United States. Protests were underway in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, D.C., Portland, Ore., St. Paul, Minn. and several other cities. The protesters are carrying placards with inscriptions such as “Not my President”, “Deport... Read More

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November 9, 2016

Donald Trump’s acceptance speech as U.S president-elect

President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump few minutes ago spoke to the American people in an acceptance speech. Trump called on unity in the nation, as he said he would be the president of all Americans. Read full speech below: Thank you. Thank you very much. Sorry to keep you waiting complicated... Read More

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November 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton calls Trump, concedes defeat

Democratic candidate in the U.S. presidential election Hillary Clinton has called President-elect Donald Trump, according to reports. Clinton has also conceded defeated to the next President of the United States, who won over 270 of the electoral college votes in a close election.

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November 9, 2016

#AmericaDecides: Trump wins Pennsylvania, leads Clinton 264-215 votes

Donald Trump just needs six votes to become the next president of the United States. The Republican candidate Trump has won the 20 electoral votes in Pennsylvania taking his total to 264 as against Clinton’s 215.

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November 9, 2016

#AmericaDecides: Trump wins Florida, leads Clinton with 196-131 electoral votes

Republican nominee Donald Trump has won the swing state of Florida taking all the 29 electoral votes. Trump currently leads his opponent, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton by 196-131 electoral votes. Trump also won another swing state Ohio in his race to become the 45th President of the United States of the America.

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November 8, 2016

“We should just cancel the elections and give it to Trump” | Our 5 most ridiculous Trump quotes

It’s election day in the United States! The much awaited elections that might actually see a first female President of the United States. Or a President Donald .J. Trump. Honestly, with these last set of polls before the elections predicting a very close race; closer than we expected after the tape scandals, at least. Before... Read More

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November 8, 2016

#AmericaDecides: Donald Trump casts vote in New York

Republican candidate, Donald Trump on Tuesday cast his vote near his home in New York accompanied by his wife, Melania, his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner and the couple’s daughter Arabella. Trump hopes to defeat Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party to become President of the United States. When asked if he would... Read More

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November 8, 2016

#AmericaDecides: Hillary Clinton touches down in New York on election day (WATCH)

As America elects a new President on Tuesday, the Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton returned to her home state, New York. A 84-second video footage released by CNN shows Clintonwho served the state as Senator for eight years waving to supporters as she alighted from the plane. Clinton who wore an all red outfit arrived the... Read More

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November 3, 2016

Peregrino Brimah: As Wikileaks destroys Hillary, its time to return to handwritten letters

by Peregrino Brimah The Wikileaks revelations from the Podesta emails have been horrible. You can’t look Hillary in the eye after seeing all of that. I doubt anyone with a conscience can put their thumb down for her with all that filth. DNC chair had to resign for rigging the party primaries against Bernie Sanders, Donna... Read More

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October 21, 2016

The Media Blog: Has Donald Trump finally launched Trump TV?

We saw it and we wondered too. Just before the last United Stated presidential debate began after midnight our time. Donald Trump launched an owned content platform – via Facebook Live. Politico http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/10/donald-trump-appears-to-test-out-tv-venture-230023#ixzz4NbfDJFqU notes what stands out about this. 1. The viewers who came But on Donald Trump’s Facebook page, which had already livestreamed a... Read More

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October 20, 2016

U.S Presidential Debate: Trump definitely lied! We just don’t know which…

The final presidential debate in the US election has just ended and this one might actually be the best of all three debates so far as both candidates brought on full character, especially with the choice of words used against each other. For Republican candidate, Donald Trump, not much has changed since the last debate... Read More

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October 17, 2016

Entertainment Roundup: Davido on ThisDay Style magazine cover | Beyonce and Nicki Minaj challenge crowd at Tidal concert | More stories

Here are some stories from yesterday and others that unravelled while you slept – and are now buzzing this morning. Davido is everything a star should be in new photos Just days after releasing the video to his latest single “How long” featuring international singer, Tinashe, a song which has been getting positive attention, Davido... Read More

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October 10, 2016

These 3 men are rooting for Donald Trump despite the odds…

Donald Trump is a rolling ball of hot mess! Your opinion and that of millions of Americans… Sexual comments, racist remarks and all the other stuff regardless, these people will not denounce their loyalty to the Republican candidate. We don’t understand what they see, but we don’t have to, really. Even the devil has fans,... Read More

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October 9, 2016

America braces up as Hurricane Trump approaches…

Hurricanes are huge tropical storms that begin to appear as summer turns to fall. Storms cause damage and flooding but once the wind speed of a storm reaches or exceeds 75 miles per hour, then it becomes a hurricane. According to experts, there is no way to stop a hurricane. The second presidential debate in... Read More

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Good news for Hilary Clinton as billionaire media mogul, Bloomberg endorsement looms

Hilary Clinton, presidential candidate for the Democrats in the upcoming United States election would gladly welcome any endorsement whatsoever she gets with the recent developments in the build up to the election. Hilary was overtaken by Donald Trump, the controversial Republican candidate in CNN’s polls following the leaking of over 20,000 Democrat emails casting a... Read More

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November 12, 2012

How the youth vote prevented Mitt Romney from becoming president

by Tyler Kingkade When candidate and party platforms are built upon restricting access to equal rights whether it be marriage, fair pay, or an even-handed criminal justice system, they will lose. Mitt Romney lost the youth vote by a huge margin, and with it, he lost the presidency. Sixty percent of young voters who cast... Read More

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November 11, 2012

TICKER: Meet the US election’s biggest loser, spent $54 million on Romney’s campaign

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson gambled more than $54 million on Tuesday’s elections. And he lost. The quixotic chairman of the Las Vegas Sands gaming company rose to the top of campaign giving in 2012, gaining notoriety for almost single-handedly staking the campaign of Republican primary contender Newt Gingrich and then continuing to make audacious contributions... Read More

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November 11, 2012

Hauwa Gambo: All I want to say is, thank you, America (YNaija Frontpage)

Whether the rest of the world hates America’s guts or not, they have to admit those guys know how to run a democracy! On Wednesday, the Olympics of politics finally drew to an end as Barack Obama, candidate of the Democratic Party for the United States Presidential election retained his place as his country’s 44th... Read More

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November 10, 2012

TICKER: Mitt Romney was “shellshocked” by loss, wife and VP pick’s wife cried as Romney congratulated Obama on phone

As Republicans search for reasons why they came up short in Tuesday’s elections, anonymous Mitt Romney advisers have described what it was like to be with the former governor as he came to terms with his loss. “He was shellshocked,” one adviser told CBS News. Another unnamed senior adviser explained that as returns came in... Read More

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November 8, 2012

WATCH: President Obama’s grandmother does a victory dance in Kenya

by Rachel Ogbu After results from the US election turned out in President Barack Obama’s favour, Sarah Obama, his step-grandmother in Kenya went into a victory dance. She said she never doubted his victory. Sarah Obama who is 90 years old led villagers in the western Kenyan village of Kogelo in a dance to celebrate... Read More

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