PDP chieftain, Bode George, has condemned calls by some Nigerians, for President Buhari to resign from office because of his ill health. George in an interview with pressmen in Lagos yesterday, described the call as inhumane. According to the former South West chairman of PDP, it is only the president and his managers who could determine if he is incapacitated and therefore should resign.

“You see, I don’t support the call by some people that the president should resign because of his health. Even though I have always been on different camps with the president, I do not think it is right for anybody to have evil thoughts towards him. He is ill and we can only wish him good health and pray for him. Calling him to resign because of this is getting beyond politics. He is a human being and only God knows the appointed time for everyone. The holy book says we should always pray for people in authority. I think the president deserves everyone’s prayers, not comments that could even outrage some people and create unnecessary tension" he said.

‘Our First Steps In Office Created Problems’- APC Admits

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, finally met with the National Working Committee NWC, of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, 18 months after his controversial inauguration as head of the Upper Chamber.

This was even as the ruling party effectively took responsibility for some of the problems confronting it. Saraki, who arrived at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja at about 2:05pm, was accompanied by the Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, his deputy, Bala Ibn Na’Allah and Chief Whip, Prof. Olusola Adeyeye.

The meeting started at about 2:21pm and lasted only seven minutes before journalists were excused. The two sides subsequently went into a closed-door session which lasted for over two hours.

Saraki spoke for less than 30 seconds, but pledged loyalty to the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led NWC, saying his team was at the party to “listen” to its leadership. He said facing the chairman: “We are here to listen and we are at your service at all times. Thank you sir.’’

However, when at the end of the meeting he was pressed to speak on its outcome, Saraki said they had a frank discussion with the party and agreed to bury any perceived wrong, so the party and nation could move forward.

“Formally, we both bared our minds, told ourselves hard truths and at the end of the day, we accepted that certain things were not done. We accepted to move forward, work closely with the party in the interest of the party because of Nigerians that believe in our party.

“We need to work closely together and we are hopeful that a new chapter is being opened today and we are committed to the hopes and aspirations we gave Nigerians who came out to vote a year and half ago,” he said. Earlier, Chief Odigie-Oyegun said the meeting became necessary in order “to discuss house-keeping issues”.

He said though the meeting was late in coming, it was better late than never as it would afford the two sides the opportunity to discuss issues afflicting the party.

Fayose: Democracy on trial in Ondo State, INEC has merged with APC

At the early hours of Friday, information came in that the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof Kayode Soremekun, who was the INEC Returning Officer in the recently concluded Edo State governorship election that is still a subject of litigation, will also serve as the Returning Officer for the Ondo State election.

The questions that came to my mind were; is Prof Kayode Soremekun the only Vice Chancellor in Nigeria? Is FUOYE the only federal university in Nigeria? Is Ekiti the only State where INEC can find Returning Officers?

Definitely, INEC is up to a sinister game on the Ondo State election and it is obvious that the electoral commission is working with the All Progressives Congress (APC).

This belief was further made manifest by the response of Prof Soremekun to a SMS and a call, saying that he was only being used as decoy by INEC.

This was further corroborated by the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ondo State, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, who said on television that identities of those to be used as Returning Officers are being kept secret.

Obviously, it is clear beyond any doubt that INEC is only trying to make a volte-face, after its sinister motive of using the same people it used to rig the Edo State election was exposed.

Electoral process should an open book that anyone can read. Sadly, less than 24 hours to the Ondo State election, INEC is telling Nigerians and the entire world that identities of those to serve as Returning Officers are being kept secret.

Why should those that will conduct election be hidden from Nigerians? Is election now a secret affair?

The sad reality confronting the electoral process in Nigeria today is that apart from the APC, other political parties are now contesting elections against INEC.

It is clear that the Returning Officers already have fake results that they will announce to Nigerians as they did in Edo State.

Evidently, democracy in Nigeria has suffered a serious setback and it will take the insistence and resistance of the people of Ondo State for their votes to count tomorrow.

Furthermore, to sustain the planned rigging, names of some judges seen as trusted enough to give the APC favourable judgment have been compiled to be used as members of the Election Petition Tribunal. In other words, the election tribunal has been constituted even before the election is held.

I therefore urge the people of Ondo State to be extremely vigilant.

When they go out tomorrow to cast their votes, they must stand by their votes. They must follow their votes from the polling stations to the ward collation centres, local government collation centres and the State collation centre.

My dear people of Ondo State, if they tell you to leave the State collation centre at any time that collation will be suspended as they did in Edo State, resist it. Stay awake all night on Saturday till final result is announced.

INEC must be reminded that is has a duty to Nigerians and not APC. The people of Ondo State must be the one to elect their own governor, not INEC.

Therefore, tomorrow’s election must be free, fair and credible. Nigerians must remember there is no alternative to democracy, we must salvage it together.

US Election Results 2016: Trump victory writes new chapter in US history

Donald Trump is a hugely effective communicator.

Sir Elton John apparently said of him he's the best live performer who doesn't sing and doesn't play a musical instrument. He communicates brilliantly clearly.

But one thing that might have been lost on some of his audience was his promise to deliver "Brexit plus, plus, plus".

The reasons why Britain pulled out of the EU have not been a central concern to many Americans, but what it signified to Donald Trump was something important.

If a country as boring, sensible, "small c" conservative was going to vote for Brexit - with all the uncertainty it would bring - he was sure that the American people could also be persuaded to make their own leap.

I went with Donald Trump to the re-opening of his Turnberry golf course on Scotland's west coast, the day after the Brexit vote.

He gave a news conference on the ninth tee, just alongside the Atlantic Ocean. That day the 3,000-mile stretch of water between Britain and America never seemed shorter. It was when he became convinced that the American people would rally to his message of MAGA - Make American Great Again.

Donald Trump recognised the fury of blue collar America that felt the country was heading in the wrong direction; the concern of people who felt that immigration had got out of control, that trade deals had left American workers at a disadvantage, that Democrats would try to take away their guns, and skew the Supreme Court in a more liberal direction.

And he recognised maybe an overriding narrative that the country was changing too fast and in ways that the politicians in Washington didn't recognise or care about.

So his message as the political outsider, that he would tear down the walls of the establishment and use the left over bricks and masonry to build a wall along the southern border, resonated.

The campaign in the final weeks was turbulent in all directions.

He came through the Access Hollywood tape scandal. Women came forward to say that he had made unwanted advances to them. There were Twitter storms of varying intensity.

Hillary Clinton would have problems of her own with the intervention of the FBI in this campaign. Who knows what impact that had?

One thing that never wavered throughout all this was the huge crowds turning up at Mr Trump's rallies, believing that he was the answer to their prayers.

That gave the billionaire businessman an unshakable confidence that the pollsters and analysts and the media were not seeing what he was seeing: many more people would turn out to vote for him than the conventional instruments of political measurement would acknowledge.

Mr Trump was right again. His support was consistently understated.

And so in the pages of American history, a new and astonishing chapter has been written. A man with no experience of government in any shape or form, and who's never held elected office, is the next President of the United States. He's confounded his critics and detractors.

And Mr Trump will go to the White House with a clean sweep, and huge power - the presidency, a Republican Senate and Republican control of the House of Representatives.

He's got the means to deliver. He'll be able to get his appointee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. He won't have the deadlock that Barack Obama had to contend with.

He's promised to make America great again. Now he's got to deliver.

[Breaking News] Trump grabs the world by the p***y in shocking ‘election win’

Donald Trump shattered expectations on Tuesday with an election night victory that revealed deep anti-establishment anger among American voters and set the world on a journey into the political unknown.

The Republican nominee has achieved one of the most improbable political victories in modern US history, despite a series of controversies that would easily have destroyed other candidacies, extreme policies that have drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle, a record of racist and sexist behaviour, and a lack of conventional political experience.

Marine Le Pen's Front National issues chilling warning over Donald Trump win: 'Their world is collapsing. Ours is being built'

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right Front National party, has congratulated Donald Trump on his likely election victory.

“Congratulations to the new President of the US, Donald Trump, and the American people – free!” she tweeted as the Republican candidate edged towards the 270 Electoral College votes needed to reach the White House.

Her father, Front National (FN) founder Jean-Marie Le Pen called Mr Trump the “President of the People”, adding: “Today, the United States, tomorrow, France. Bravo!”

US Election: Donald Trump supporters celebrate victories in key swing states

Florian Philippot, the party’s vice president, tweeted a photo of Ms Le Pen with the caption: “Their world is collapsing. Ours is being built.”

He claimed the world’s “oligarchy” had been “defeated for a second time after Brexit”.

Other senior FN members were also sharing their excitement, with secretary general Nicolas Bay calling the expected result “the victory of the people against the elites”.

The party has been dogged by accusations of racism, anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism, with Mr Le Pen being expelled for his comments on Holocaust gas chambers.

Right-wing politicians across Europe were reacting to the probable defeat of Hillary Clinton, including Dutch Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders, who wrote: “The people are taking their country back [in the US]. So will we.”

Nigel Farage, who spoke at a Trump rally in August, was hailing the second “great political revolution” of 2016.

“I thought the Brexit was big but boy, this looks like it’s going to be bigger,” the Ukip leader told ITV News.

The comments came before the result of the US election was officially decided, but odds swung dramatically in Mr Trump’s favour after he won key battleground states.

As her widely expected victory looked ever-less likely, Hillary Clinton tweeted: “Whatever happens tonight, thank you for everything.”

Celebrities tweet their worry and anger about the possibility of Donald Trump winning the US Election

Hillary Clinton had the support of far more celebrities than Donald Trump did during the race for the White House.

Many famous faces, including Miley Cyrus and Whoopi Goldberg said or hinted they would even move to Canada if Mr Trump won the election.

As Mrs Clinton's chances of winning look slimmer and slimmer, many celebrities have tweeted their frustration and worry that Donald Trump may be the next president.

Lady Gaga and JK Rowling are among those who worried about the possibility of President Trump

Canada immigration site crashes as Donald Trump edges closer to clinching White House win

The official website for Citizen and Immigration Canada stopped working earlier this evening, indicating a huge number of American citizens are looking to leave the country as the results of the presidential race come in.

The site usually offers ways of applying to live in or become a citizen of the country — but those wanting to jump ship have been left disappointed by an error message.

When clicked, the page appears to take a long time to load before redirecting to a white page that reads: “Connection reset by peer.”

Google searches regarding immigration to Canada has skyrocketed over the course of the evening, increasing four times over the hours since the polls closed.

Citizen and Immigration Canada has yet to comment on the outage.

Canada’s immigration website isn’t the only thing Trump’s success appears to have crashed, with markets across the globe heading in the same direction.

Currencies have plummeted as the results have been announced over the evening, with the Mexican peso crashing in value in response to the increasing chance of a Trump victory.

And the consistently stagnant euro has surged more than two per cent against the dollar over the past few hours.

A victory for the billionaire property tycoon now appears all but certain, with Trump taking swing states Ohio, North Carolina and Florida over rival Hillary Clinton’s Virginia win.

The candidates are in a dead heat over Michigan, which would guarantee a seat in the Oval Office for Trump won.

Trump is currently on 265 electoral college votes, while Clinton lags way behind on 218.

Total global disbelief as Trump widens margin over Clinton

As Donald Trump scored crucial victories in key states, putting his campaign on the verge of an upset win over Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, the world was already making it clear that a victory for the billionaire businessman would be the wrong result.

Trump entered the 2016 presidential race as an underdog. If he pulls it off, Trump's victory Wednesday over Clinton would mean that from a global perspective, the worst fears of this contentious U.S. election may stand a chance of being realized.

"After Brexit and this election, anything is now possible. A world is crumbling before our eyes. Vertigo," France's ambassador to the U.S. Gerard Araud tweeted as it became clear that the billionaire businessman was on the verge of winning the presidency.

Trump has touted a vision of American foreign policy that would represent a fundamental break with decades of received diplomatic wisdom, including making U.S. military support for NATO, a cornerstone of global security since World War II, conditional on the financial support of the alliance's members.

His behavior during the before and during campaign— in his speeches, statements and rants on Twitter at 3 a.m. — personify a raft of negative stereotypes about American behavior and character: brash, impulsive, racist, crass, obsessed with wealth, lacking respect and understanding for the wider world.

Chinese state media were quick to cast the election as the embodiment of America’s democracy in crisis in contrast to China’s perceived stability under authoritarian rule. "The majority of Americans are rebelling against the U.S.’s political class and financial elites," the official Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily said in a commentary.

Billionaire populist Donald Trump is poised for a possible shock victory over Hillary Clinton in a historic US presidential election. News look.

World Awakes to Shock and Uncertainty at Prospect of a Trump Presidency

The world awoke on Wednesday to the increasingly likely possibility that Donald J. Trump might achieve a stunning upset to become the next president, defying most polls, which showed Hillary Clinton with a modest if steady lead. Such a victory could upend international relations. 

Criticisms of trade and immigration were central to his candidacy; Mr. Trump has professed admiration for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and once called climate change a Chinese hoax; he has criticized the American-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; and he has demanded that the nation’s allies foot more of the bill for their defense. (Follow our Politics briefing for the latest from the election.)

Monitors displaying election news at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo on Wednesday. CreditYuya Shino/Getty Images

With markets in a swoon over a likely Trump victory, the Bank of Japan and the country’s Finance Ministry announced that they would hold an emergency meeting to discuss the surging yen and the plunging stock market.

“No matter which candidate is elected, the United States-Japan alliance is the key for United States-Japan diplomacy, and Japan will keep working closely with the United States for peace and prosperity, for Asia-Pacific and the world,” Yoshihide Suga, the chief cabinet secretary, said at a regular morning news conference in Tokyo.

Asked about the Trans-Pacific Partnership — a proposed multilateral trade deal that the Obama administration began negotiating with 11 other countries but that neither Mrs. Clinton nor Mr. Trump supports — Mr. Suga noted that last November, the United States “confirmed that they will aim to ratify it as soon as possible.” He added: “We understand that President Obama is making full efforts to pass the bill within this year.” Japan, he said, would “of course” pass the trade bill.

A cardboard cutout of Donald J. Trump in the background as people watch the presidential election at an event at the United States Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday. CreditJason Lee/Reuters

China

The prospects of a Trump victory are being greeted with ambivalence in China, which has grown more assertive both at home and abroad during the presidency of Xi Jinping. Chinese officials had worried about the unpredictability of a Trump White House, while they were expecting a more hawkish United States policy toward Beijing on issues like the South China Sea if Mrs. Clinton was elected.Continue reading the main story

Huge cake shaped in form of Donald Trump's head as Trump closes in on White House after taking key states

A cake is shaped in the form of Donald Trump's head Credit: PA

A cake in the shape of Donald Trump's head has been delivered to the Republican's election headquarters.

The cake, baked by 24-year-old Melissa Alt, was sent to the Hilton Midtown hotel in Manhattan as counting in the US election got underway.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are awaiting the verdict of US voters as one of the most divisive elections in modern American history reached its climax.

Tens of millions of voters have cast their ballots to choose their 45th president.

Trump is projected to take the key states of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina

The US dollar has sunk and the Asian stock markets have slammed into reverse as the election remains close

Nigel Farage told ITV News the world is on the verge of two political revolutions

Republicans are projected to retain the House of Representatives, according to NBC

A candidate needs to win 270 electoral college votes to take office

Clinton hopes to make history as first woman president

There is little left for the Democratic nominee to do but to await word on whether she has succeeded in her bid to become the first woman to serve as US president.

Her campaign picked a suitably symbolic location for her election night party - the Jacob K Javits convention centre in New York City, which, in a nod to the potentially historic outcome, offers a glass ceiling.

Casting her ballot at an elementary school near her home in suburban New York, Mrs Clinton acknowledged the weight of the day, saying: "So many people are counting on the outcome of this election."

It was a relatively calm election day compared with Mrs Clinton's hectic final few days day on the campaign trail.

The former US secretary of state and New York senator dashed through battleground states and campaigned with a star-studded cast of celebrity supporters.

The eve of the election included an emotional rally in Philadelphia with her husband, Bill Clinton, as well as president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, featuring performances by Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen.

Lady Gaga capped the day by serenading thousands of supporters before the Clintons took the stage for a 1am rally in Raleigh, North Carolina.

After the divisive rhetoric of the campaign against her Republican rival Donald Trump, Mrs Clinton sought to offer a positive closing message.

She told supporters in Pittsburgh they "can vote for a hopeful, inclusive, bighearted America".

In a buoyant mood, she also greeted voters who cried out "we love you," telling them: "I love you all, too ... absolutely."

Some good news boosted Mrs Clinton's spirits in the final moments of the campaign. On Sunday, FBI director James Comey sent a letter to US congress, explaining that the bureau had found no evidence in its hurried review of newly discovered emails to warrant criminal charges against Mrs Clinton.

The late October announcement of a fresh email review rocked the race just as Mrs Clinton appeared to be pulling away from Donald Trump in several battleground states.

The update from the FBI may have come too late for some. In the nine days between Mr Comey's initial statement until his "all clear" announcement on Sunday, nearly 24 million people had cast early ballots - about 18% of the expected total votes for president.

Campaign aides projected confidence in the final moments. They said they felt good about Nevada, where they said support for Mrs Clinton in early voting was strong.

They were also encouraged by the strong Latino turnout in Florida and felt they took a strong lead in Michigan and Pennsylvania into election day, when the bulk of votes are cast in those states.

Leading up to election day, Mrs Clinton made stops in Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio and New Hampshire - often flanked by star guests. Jay Z and Beyonce performed with pant-suited backing dancers in Cleveland, James Taylor serenaded New Hampshire voters and Katy Perry sang Roar in Philadelphia.

Mrs Clinton also campaigned with Khizr Khan, the father of a slain US army officer whose indictment of Mr Trump at the Democratic National Convention was an emotional high point for the party.

Her last two days on the campaign trail felt almost like a Clinton family reunion, with some of her closest confidants jumping on the campaign plane for her final hours.

Even Huma Abedin, her embattled personal aide caught up in the email controversy, jumped on the plane for the midnight rally in Raleigh.

Source: AP

Trump takes Florida, Ohio, NC in battle for White House

Donald Trump moved within reach of the White House Tuesday night, capturing crucial victories over Hillary Clinton in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, a remarkable show of strength in an unexpectedly tight race for the presidency.

Trump also battled for a breakthrough in the upper Midwest, a region that reliably backed Democrats in presidential elections for three decades. His victories left Clinton with a perilously narrow path and no margin for error in battleground states where votes were still being counted.

As the race lurched past midnight, neither candidate had cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. Trump stood at 244 to Clinton's 215.

The uncertainty sent Dow Jones futures and Asian markets tumbling, reflecting investor alarm over what a Trump presidency might mean for the economy and global trade.

As Clinton's team anxiously waited for results to roll in, the candidate tweeted to supporters, "Whatever happens tonight, thank you for everything."

Clinton, a fixture in American politics for decades, was hoping to become the first woman to serve as commander in chief. Her race against Trump, a celebrity businessman with no political experience, was among the nastiest in recent memory, exposing and deepening the nation's economic and racial divides.

Exit polls underscored the deep divisions that have defined the 2016 contest. Women nationwide supported Clinton by a double-digit margin, while men were significantly more likely to back Trump. More than half of white voters backed the Republican, while nearly 9 in 10 blacks and two-thirds of Hispanics voted for the Democrat.

If Trump pulls off the stunning upset, he could well find himself governing with a Congress fully under Republican control. Democrats' path to retaking the Senate majority narrowed as the GOP held onto key seats in North Carolina, Indiana and Florida. Republicans also extended their grip on the House.

Democrats, as well as some Republicans, expected Trump's unconventional candidacy would damage down-ballot races and even flip some reliably red states in the presidential race. But Trump held on to Republican territory, including in Georgia and Utah, where Clinton's campaign confidently invested resources.

Clinton carried Virginia, Nevada and Colorado. Her fate hinged in part on wins in Michigan and Wisconsin, states where her campaign spent little time during the general election in anticipation of comfortable victories.

The 45th president will inherit an anxious nation, deeply divided by economic and educational opportunities, race and culture. The economy has rebounded from the depths of recession, though many Americans have yet to benefit. New terror threats from home and abroad have raised security fears.

Clinton asked voters to keep the White House in her party's hands for a third straight term. She cast herself as heir to President Barack Obama's legacy and pledged to make good on his unfinished agenda, including passing immigration legislation, tightening restrictions on guns and tweaking his signature health care law.

But she struggled throughout the race with persistent questions about her honesty and trustworthiness. Those troubles flared anew late in the race, when FBI Director James Comey announced a review of new emails from her tenure at the State Department. On Sunday, just two days before Election Day, Comey said there was nothing in the material to warrant criminal charges against Clinton.

Trump, the New York real estate developer who lives in a gold-plated Manhattan penthouse, forged a striking connection with white, working-class Americans who feel left behind in the changing economy and diversifying country. He cast immigration, both from Latin America and the Middle East, as the root of many problems plaguing the nation and called for building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

"I see so many hopes and so many dreams out there that didn't happen, that could have happened, with leadership, with proper leadership," he said by telephone on Fox News before casting his own ballot in Manhattan. "And people are hurt so badly."

Seven in 10 Americans who went to the polls Tuesday said immigrants now in the country illegally should be allowed to stay, while just a quarter said they should be deported. More than half oppose building a border wall, according to the exit polls, which were conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research.

The Republican Party's tortured relationship with its nominee was evident right up to the end. Former President George W. Bush and wife Laura Bush declined to back Trump, instead selecting "none of the above" when they voted for president, according to spokesman Freddy Ford.

Trump set both parties on edge when he refused to say in the third and final debate whether he would accept the election's results, citing with no evidence the possibility of a rigged outcome. His statement threatened to undermine a fundamental pillar of American democracy and raised the prospect that his fervent supporters would not view Clinton as a legitimate president if she won.

Asked Tuesday in an interview with Fox News if he would accept the election results, Trump continued to demur, saying "We're going to see how things play out."

Most problems that did pop up at polling places Tuesday appeared to be routine — the kinds of snags that come every four years, including long lines, machines not working properly and issues with ballots or voter rolls.

Even before Tuesday, almost 45 million people had cast ballots for president. Many expressed relief the end was in sight after an election season in which personal attacks often drowned out the issues.

Clinton has denounced Trump for calling Mexican immigrants "rapists" and promoting a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., and for his long line of remarks about women that culminated in an audio in which he bragged about grabbing their genitals. Her campaign was hoping high turnout among Hispanics push her over the top in states like Florida and Nevada.

"I grew up in a Hispanic family, and the way that Donald Trump has referred to illegal immigrants — being from illegal immigrants, I took that to heart," said Angel Salazar, a 22-year-old sanitation associate from Oklahoma City. "I don't like anything that he said. I don't like his views. So I voted for Hillary Clinton because she supports us."

BREAKING: Supreme Court Confirms Seriake Dickson As Bayelsa Governor

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress’ candidate in the last governorship election in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva.

The seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Tuesday unanimously affirmed the election of the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Governor Seriake Dickson, who was returned as the winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Delivering a summary of the lead judgment, Justice Muhammad said he would give his reasons for his decision ‎on November 18.

The apex court delivered the judgment after a marathon hearing of various cases filed with respect to the dispute over the last year’s governorship election in Bayelsa State.

Voters in key states face long lines, equipment failures

Tens of millions of Americans descended on the polls today as election watchdogs reported hours-long lines, sporadic equipment failures and confusion about polling places — but few signs so far of violence or voter intimidation.

Problems cropped up in key battleground states such as Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania — states that could decide whether Hillary Clintonor Donald Trump wins the presidency. Most appeared to be the types of issues that occur during every election, rather than evidence of the "rigged election" that Trump warned his supporters to expect.

Donald Trump Ends His Campaign By Getting Booed While Voting For Himself

Donald Trump received a less-than-warm welcome at the polls on Tuesday morning when he arrived to cast his ballot.

The GOP presidential nominee, who voted at PS 59, a public school in midtown Manhattan, has been trailing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in his home state’s pre-election polls.

Earlier in the day, anti-Trump protesters were arrested at the school.

Clinton, meanwhile, received a round of applause when she voted earlier Tuesday in Chappaqua, New York. Watch her historic vote below:

Voters braved long lines to vote in New York, where polls close at 9 p.m. 

The Huffington Post presidential forecast model gives Clinton a 98 percent chance of winning. Read more of our live election coverage below: 

In a conference call with reporters, the Election Protection Coalition described reports in several states of voter intimidation or voting machine malfunctions. They have received a substantial number of calls from voters of color, and many of the calls have concerned polling sites not opening on time, broken voting machines and registration issues.

The EPC has heard from a number of voters across the Sunshine State. At the Hollywood Public Library in Broward County, at least one woman did not vote because she was intimidated by a group outside. In Jacksonville, someone entered a polling site and refused to leave. In Miami-Dade County, people were shouting at voters through megaphones.

Eventually, the person who refused to leave the Jacksonville polling site was removed.

Meanwhile, voters in Massachusetts and across Pennsylvania have experienced long lines and machine breakdowns. In Pittsburgh, one polling place had only a single working machine.

Election Day: Americans choose between Clinton and Trump

After nearly two years of bitterness and rancor, America will elect its 45th president Tuesday, making Hillary Clinton the nation's first female commander in chief or choosing billionaire businessman Donald Trump, whose volatile campaign has upended U.S. politics.

The winner will inherit an anxious nation, angry and distrustful of leaders in Washington. They'll preside over an economy that is improving but still leaving many behind, and a military less extended abroad than eight years ago, but grappling with new terror threats.

Clinton enters Election Day with multiple paths to victory, while Trump must win most of the roughly dozen battleground states up in order to clinch 270 Electoral College votes. Control of the Senate is also at stake, with Democrats needing to net four seats if Clinton wins the White House.

Like millions of Americans, Clinton and Trump planned to cast their votes Tuesday morning. The Democrat was heading to a polling place near her home in Chappaqua, New York, while the Republican was voting in Manhattan.

The candidates blitzed through the battleground states on Monday, accompanied by their families, political allies and celebrities. Clinton was expected to greet one more crowd in the early hours of Tuesday morning when her campaign plane lands in suburban New York.

In the campaign's final hours, the Democrat was buoyed by FBI Director James Comey's weekend announcement that he would not recommend criminal charges against her following a new email review. The inquiry had sapped surging Clinton momentum at a crucial moment in the race and risked damaging Democrats running in down-ballot races.

Clinton never mentioned the FBI review Monday and appeared to already have an eye on the challenges waiting after election. She bemoaned the caustic election season that sparked so much division, saying she'd come to "regret deeply how angry the tone of the campaign became."

The centerpiece of Clinton's final campaign swing was a massive rally on Philadelphia's Independence Mall, where she was joined by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, as well as President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.

"We know enough about my opponent, we know who he is," Clinton said as she addressed the 33,000-person crowd, her largest of the campaign. "The real question for us is what kind of country we want to be."

Clinton left for her home in Chappaqua, New York, after greeting supporters upon landing at Westchester airport at approximately 3:30 .a.m. EST.

Trump closed his improbable presidential bid in trademark style: flying across the country in his now-familiar private jet and headlining packed rallies filled with enthusiastic supporters. As he surveyed the crowd in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he declared: "It's been a long journey."

Trump ended his marathon final day of campaigning with a final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he implored his supporters to get out and vote.

"If we don't win, this will be the single greatest waste of time, energy and money in my life," he told them. "We have to win."

Trump's final event at a local convention center was surprisingly staid, with none of the theatrics of an earlier rally in a packed arena in New Hampshire that featured laser lights and smoke machines.

The businessman was aggressive to the end, slamming Clinton as the "face of failure." Having made the new FBI review a centerpiece of his closing case to voters, he argued that the Democrat was being protected by a "totally rigged system."

"You have one magnificent chance to beat the corrupt system and deliver justice," Trump implored his supporters. "Do not let this opportunity slip away."

Heading into Election Day, nearly 45 million people had already cast ballots in advance voting. About half of those votes were cast under the shadow of Comey's initial announcement of a new email review.

Clinton is banking in part on high turnout — particularly among Obama's young, diverse coalition of voters — to carry her over the finish line Tuesday. Roughly half the states with advance voting have reported record turnout, including Florida and Nevada, which have booming Hispanic populations, a possible good sign for Clinton.

In Florida alone, Hispanic participation is up by more than 453,000 votes, nearly doubling the 2012 level. Black turnout is up compared to 2012, but that share of the total vote is lower due to bigger jumps among Latinos and whites, according to University of Florida professor Daniel Smith

In Nevada, where more than three-fourths of expected ballots have been cast, Democrats also lead, 42 percent to 36 percent.

Trump has eschewed the kind of investments in voter data and ground operations that propelled Obama to the White House and have been emulated by Clinton. His campaign was instead banking on the enthusiasm of his supporters to motivate them to show up to vote.

The Republican touted the "movement" he's created, but also warned it would all slip away with a loss Tuesday.

"Today is our Independence Day," Trump said in Grand Rapids. "Today the American working class is going to strike back."

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Clinton, Trump sprint across U.S. as campaigns react to email case

Arriving here after midnight, Donald Trump promised a raucous crowd that he would end trade deals supported by “crooked Hillary,” scrap the Affordable Care Act and dramatically restrict the arrival of refugees in communities that don’t want them.

“When I’m elected president, we will suspend the Syrian refugee program, and we will keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. We’ll keep them out,” the Republican nominee told hundreds of people packed into a barn at the Loudoun County fairgrounds, with even more listening from outside.

The stop was Trump’s fifth since Sunday afternoon, several of them in Democratic strongholds he is trying to wrest away from Hillary Clinton in hopes of creating a path to victory on Tuesday.

After starting his day in Iowa, where polls show him ahead, Trump stumped in Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania, all states that have gone for Democrats for more than a quarter century. Until recently, polls had showed Clinton with a comfortable lead in Virginia as well.

Clinton, meanwhile, campaigned in Pennsylvania, where she maintains a lead, and in Ohio and New Hampshire, two battleground states that could go either way. Clinton has maintained a narrow lead nationally and has several more plausible scenarios than Trump for winning in the Electoral College.

The candidates’ frenzied pace Sunday came as news broke that, after an expedited review of newly discovered Clinton emails, FBI Director James B. Comey had affirmed his decision that she should not face charges related to her use of a personal server as secretary of state.

During Trump’s Michigan rally — a state a Republican presidential candidate last carried in 1988 — he said Clinton was “being protected by a rigged system, it’s a totally rigged system.”

“Hillary Clinton is guilty,” Trump said. “She’s knows it. The FBI knows it. The people know it. Now it’s up to the American people to deliver justice at the ballot box on November 8th.”

Comey’s announcement on Oct. 28 that the FBI was scrutinizing newly discovered email reinvigorated Trump’s campaign in the closing stretch of the race, and polls in multiple battleground states have tightened since then.

Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri reacted to the FBI news on the campaign’s flight to a Cleveland rally, telling reporters: “We are glad to see that ... [Comey] has confirmed the conclusions he reached in July, and we are glad that this matter is resolved.”

Clinton is using the closing days of the race to try to both shore up support in states like Michigan and Pennsylvania where she has been leading and to tip the balance in other swing states.

Clinton appeared Sunday night in New Hampshire, where the race has tightened considerably.

“This election is a moment of reckoning,” Clinton told her crowd in Manchester. “It a choice between division and unity. ... What’s really on the ballot is what kind of country we want for our children and grandchildren.”

Clinton was introduced at the rally by Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father of slain U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who died while serving in the 2004 Iraq War.

Khan, who spoke at the Democratic National Convention and was later criticized by Trump, posed a pointed set of questions to Trump about whether his son, a Muslim, and other minorities would have a place in his America.

“Would anyone who isn’t like you have a place in your America, Mr. Trump?” Khan said. “On Tuesday, we’re going to prove America belongs to all of us.”

Clinton said that Khan’s family “exemplify the values that make America great.”

Folk singer James Taylor performed at the rally ahead of Clinton’s appearance.

Clinton appeared earlier Sunday at a rally in Cleveland, where she was introduced by Cleveland Cavaliers basketball star LeBron James, part of an effort to spark enthusiasm in Ohio, a state where polls have showed Trump leading.

“I want an America where everyone has a place, where everyone is included,” Clinton said there. “And I know there is a lot of frustration, even anger, in this election season. I see it, I hear it, you know, I’m a subject of it. I get it. But anger is not a plan. Anger is not going to get us new jobs.”

The more optimistic look toward the future was a script her campaign had hoped to use as a springboard past the exceptional rancor of the last several months of her contest with Trump, but it had been muted somewhat by the uncertainty surrounding the renewed FBI inquiry and the tightening polls.

Sunday’s event was Clinton’s last scheduled visit to Ohio, where she trails despite heavy emphasis on turning out black voters in Cleveland. James was part of that effort, as were husband and wife singers Jay-Z and Beyoncé, who performed a get-out-the-vote concert with Clinton on Friday night.

In attempt to cobble together the 270 electoral votes needed to win, Trump has new targets in his sights in historically Democratic states including Michigan, Minnesota and New Mexico.

Once thought to be safe for Democrats, Michigan has become a last-minute battleground, with Clinton heading to Grand Rapids on Monday, the campaign announced this weekend. President Obama, who won Michigan twice, will campaign in Ann Arbor on Monday. And former president Bill Clinton made a stop in Lansing on Sunday after visiting churches in Flint.

Clinton began her day Sunday by campaigning in Philadelphia after attending a get-out-the-vote concert in the city on Saturday night. And she will return to the state for two rallies on the eve of Election Day, a sign that the Keystone State is among the battlegrounds where her lead over Trump has dwindled in recent days.

Her campaign announced that rock star Bruce Springsteen would join her at a Philadelphia rally that will also include President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.

Clinton also deployed a full slate of high-level surrogates around the country on Sunday, including Obama, who appeared in Kissimmee, Fla., and poked fun at Trump.

“Apparently his campaign has taken his Twitter,” Obama told the crowd at Osceola County Stadium. “In the last two days, they had so little confidence in his self control, they said we’re just gonna take away your Twitter. Now, if somebody can’t handle a Twitter account, they can’t handle the nuclear codes.”

Trump started his five-state swing in Sioux City in eastern Iowa, close to the Nebraska border. Nebraska is one of two states that can split its electoral votes between candidates, and in 2008, one electoral vote from the Omaha area went to Obama.

Trump’s stop in Northern Virginia on Sunday night came as Republicans see new hope in a state where Clinton has long held a comfortable lead.

He promised “massive” tax cuts for the middle class and to rebuild inner cities that he said in some cases are “worse than war zones.” And Trump decried NAFTA and other trade deals that he said are robbing the country of jobs.

“We are living through the greatest jobs theft in the world,” Trump said. “We will stop the jobs from leaving Virginia, that I can tell you.”

At an earlier rally Sunday in Minneapolis, Trump told the crowd that Clinton was taking the Democratic leaning state of Minnesota for granted by not visiting it.

Trump also warned about a local immigrant population: Somalis, most of them Muslims, who have left their war-ravaged country and settled in large numbers around Minneapolis.

“You don’t even have the right to talk about it. You don’t even know who’s coming in. You’ll find out. You’ll find out,” Trump said. He mentioned a recent stabbing case, in which the suspect is a man whose parents brought him from Somalia when he was three months old. “You’ve suffered enough in Minnesota.”

In Michigan, rock star Ted Nugent, a native of the state who in a 2012 Facebook post called for Clinton to be tried and hanged for treason, provided entertainment at the rally, declaring it was “good to see the real Michigan together.”

When Trump took the stage, he ticked off a series of trade deals that he said had devastated the state. He falsely claimed that Clinton is supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a pending deal supported by Obama.

Clinton previously backed the deal while secretary of state but has since come out against it.

Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign continues to use its huge financial advantage over Trump to press its case to swing voters on the airwaves.

The campaign on Sunday released two national ads appealing to moderate and Republican voters to reject Trump and embrace Clinton. Both ads feature straight-to-camera testimonials from Republican military veterans who say they cannot vote for their party’s nominee, citing Trump’s comments about women. Another two-minute ad was set to air Monday night, aimed at reaching about 20 million people, according to a campaign aide.

Wike bribed one of the arrested judges over Rivers governorship election – APC

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that the State Governor, Nyesom Wike held a secret meeting with one of the Supreme Court Justices recently arrested by security agencies with the aim of perverting justice in his governorship election case.

Recall that some judges were recently arrested by security agencies over alleged corruption across the country.

Chairman of the River State APC, David Ikyanya in a statement claimed that the meeting between Wike and the judge, whose name was not mentioned was held in Owerri, Imo State.

The statement reads in part, “Again, we stand by our earlier statement on the ignominious roles of the governors of Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Delta States, and the Senate Minority leader in the pervasion of the course of justice at the apex court and the subsequent failed attempt to pin the Justices’ travails on Amaechi. In the days ahead, more details will continue to come out.

“For instance, it is already in the open that Governor Nyesom Wike held a secret meeting in a hotel in Owerri, Imo State with one of the Supreme Court Justices that was arrested by the Directorate of State Services (DSS).

“The agenda of that meeting was for the apex court Justice to assist Wike to get a favourable judgment and pervert the course of justice in the Rivers State governorship election matter that was then about going to the apex court.”