BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja with Agency Report Donald Trump of the Republican Party on Wednesday, October 6, won the 2024 United States Presidential election despite dissenting voices. He defeated his closest rival, Kamala Harris of Democratic Party to poll 301 electoral votes as against the 270 benchmark needed by each candidates to secure the White House. Trump scored 301 electoral votes amounting to 74,263,792 votes, approximately 50.5%, while Harris got 226 electoral votes, amounting to amounting to 70,355,827 votes (47.9%) Jill Stein of Green Party emerged third with 0 electoral votes and got 685,139 votes (0.5%), while Robert Kennedy of Independent also secured 0 electoral college with 664,792 votes (0.5%) and placed fourth. Chase Oliver of Libertarian Party emerged fifth with 0 electoral votes and secured 601,132 votes (0.4%). In addition, Trump won in the key states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina known as the three largest battlegrounds, a situation that
BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has approved the redesign of the remaining 127 kilometres of Section I, Abuja - Kaduna dual carriageway using Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) instead of asphalt. The project was divided into three sections for ease of construction such as Abuja - Kaduna (Section I), Kaduna - Zaria (Section II) and Zaria - Kano (Section III). It was awarded to Messrs Julius Berger (Nig.) Plc on December 20, 2017 at the initial sum of N155, 748,178,425.50 billion, with a completion period of 36 months. Section II is substantially completed, while Section III is at an advanced stage of completion but Section I, which is only about 27% completed, remains in a deplorable state, worsened by continuous wear and tear, as well as rough climatic conditions. In line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration to enhance critical infrastructures and ameliorate the suffering of road users, Sect