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Former Lagos Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has mobilised his political associates to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election and Kadri Hamzat for governo Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-ambode-rallies-allies-for-tinubu-hamzat/

Ahead of the 2027 elections, Oyo APC chieftains, including Teslim Folarin and Bayo Adelabu, have agreed to work together for President Tinubu’s re-election Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-folarin-rallies-adelabu-oyo-apc-behind-tinubu-alli/

Tehran rallies see slogans, flag burnings and claims of US-Israeli defeats amid historic embassy takeover anniversary.

The APC Presidential Campaign Council has directed ministers and political appointees to attend only 2027 campaign rallies organised in their home states. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-apc-restricts-ministers-to-campaign-rallies-in-home-states/

Abdul El-Sayed, who is seeking a must-win US Senate seat for the Democrats, fired up a packed crowd of supporters in Detroit with a cry of "give it up for public health".

The events come as Haley Stevens opined on why she withdrew support for the US Senate Democratic nominee.

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Nigeria’s minister, Hannatu Musawa, has urged African governments to support a plan to grow the continent’s fashion economy from $30bn to $500bn. Read More: https://punchng.com/minister-rallies-african-govts-behind-500bn-fashion-economy/

Three New York City progressive Democrats are expected to win their midterm congressional races in Tuesday's election.

Ahead of the midterm elections, the US president has prioritised his in-person appearances in Republican strongholds, as he attempts to shore up support in races that are predicted to be closer than his party would like.

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has defended President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, saying that although painful, they are beginning to yield positive results. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-shettima-rallies-cross-river-voters-for-tinubu/

The US risks leaving the Iranian regime “angry and vengeful” and a lasting threat to Gulf allies unless the conflict is brought to a clear end, a senior adviser in Joe Biden's White House has warned. Amos Hochstein said Donald Trump's administration must push for a negotiated settlement with Iran, or risk leaving Gulf allies in the firing line. His comments

The risks are growing as diplomatic efforts remain stalled and Iran threatens unrestrained retaliation.

Donald Trump made a series of provocative remarks during his final Republican campaign rallies.

Polls show that Democrats are near certain to take the majority from Republicans in the House of Representatives and have a real shot at winning the currently Republican Senate.

Trump attacks Muslim politicians Abdul El-Sayed and Ilhan Omar in his two last rallies on the campaign trail.

The Wife of the Cross River State Governor, Eyoanwan Bassey Otu, has urged women in the state to remain loyal to the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2027 general elections, calling on them to mobilise support for the party at the grassroots. Otu made the appeal on Sunday during a strategic meeting with female Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-cross-

Donald Trump is back on the campaign trial after stopping in at Mar-a-Lago to throw a Halloween party. Meanwhile, judges in Alaska and California are throwing out lawsuits from his administration aimed at blocking election results.

President Donald Trump closed out the final weekend of a turbulent midterm campaign with rallies in two states he has handily won in the past while Democrats began to fracture in Michigan, risking their effort to retake the Senate.

The U.S. president could move thousands more troops out of Europe or cut NATO funding as he seeks to cement his legacy, diplomats say.

US President Trump returns to the campaign trail after taking a break at his ⁠⁠Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Saturday.

The party asserted that an alliance without consensus on leadership, common agenda and issues has no justification to continue

Kaduna Governor Uba Sani has urged residents to support President Tinubu’s re-election and Speaker Tajudeen Abbas’s return to the National Assembly in 2027 Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-uba-sani-rallies-support-for-tinubu-abbas-in-kaduna/

Tens of thousands take to the streets across Germany's biggest cities to demand better education and lower living costs.

Democrats remain ahead in national polls as Trump and candidates make their final push in the days before polling day.

Flavio Bolsonaro failed to gain power, Aleksandar Vucic was voted out of office, and even Benjamin Netanyahu's position has weakened. An unhappy US President Trump is crying electoral fraud.

President Trump is holding previously canceled rallies in the key battlegrounds of Iowa and Kansas during the final weekend before the midterms. Olivia Rinaldi has the story.

Hundreds of thousands of protesters, inspired by frustrated high school students, take to the streets across France in demonstrations over living costs and education.

About 70,000 police and gendarmes were deployed across the country after French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez warned of a "very high risk" of disorder, especially after dark on Halloween.

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PARIS (AP) — Thousands of mostly young protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday in a third consecutive weekend of demonstrations over living costs and education.

<p>More than 160,000 people across Germany are expected to join demonstrations on Saturday, organisers say, as a youth-led movement inspired by protests elsewhere in Europe takes to the streets to demand better education and lower living costs.</p> <p>The protests follow a wave of Gen Z-led demonstrations across Europe this year. In Serbia, student-led activ

France is bracing for a third weekend of protests coinciding with Halloween, with shops boarded up and authorities scrambling to prevent a repeat of the street violence that swept the country two weeks ago.

President Trump has been going back and forth on whether he will hold rallies in Kansas and Iowa scheduled for this weekend. Florida State Senator Joe Gruters joins "The Takeout" to share his thoughts.

The Republican president will now visit Iowa and Kansas for back-to-back campaign rallies on Sunday. Both events had previously been canceled for a slew of telerallies.

President Trump reversed course on his decision to cancel this weekend's rallies in Kansas and Iowa. CBS News' Cristian Benavides has more.

The president has added events in Kansas and Iowa a day after the Republican Party claimed the rallies were not necessary because the party was in a strong position there.

President Trump's planned rallies in Kansas and Iowa are back on. Meanwhile, political campaigns are increasingly turning to AI. CBS News' Kathryn Watson has more, and Taurean Small reports on Alaska's Senate race. Plus, VoteHub data scientist Zachary Donnini looks at election data.

The decision marks a sharp reversal after the US president said he didn't feel like he had to hold the events.

President Trump is changing plans for rallies in Kansas and Iowa and holding virtual events. This comes as midterm elections are just days away. Weijia Jiang has the latest.

President Trump will no longer campaign in person for Republican candidates in Kansas and Iowa on the last weekend before the midterm elections. CBS News' Weijia Jiang reports.

Pelicans earn first victory over still-winless Kings as Hawks withstand late push to hold off Cavaliers.

Trump and Vance had canceled planned appearances across three states, reducing in-person campaigning in the final days before the midterm election.

Trump cancels Kansas and Iowa rallies, opting for telephone events across nearly 20 states over the weekend.

<p>US President Donald Trump is scrapping two of his last <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2038966">midterm election</a> rallies, his Republican Party said Thursday, as the 80-year-old leader lashed out at a reporter who asked if he was “sick of travelling”.</p> <p>“You’re sick to ask that question. You are sick,” Trump told the reporter after returning to

The president will phone into nearly 20 “tele-rallies” in the final days of the campaign instead of travelling to Kansas and Iowa, saying he no longer needs to.

Senate races in both states are considered toss-ups and could be key in either party’s path to control of Congress.

President Trump has been holding hours-long rallies for G.O.P. candidates nearly every day for weeks.

President Trump canceled his rally in Iowa, opting for a telerally instead. He also spoke at a rally in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Thursday afternoon, where he campaigned for Republican Senate candidate Darline Graham. CBS News' Fin Gómez reports and Nicholas Reynolds, a politics editor for The Post and Courier, has more on South Carolina's Senate race.

The Republican National Committee has announced broadcasts in nearly 20 states after Trump nixes final rallies.

US President Donald Trump has backtracked on the cancellation of two rallies for the US midterms.

US President Donald Trump is scrapping two of his last midterm election rallies, his Republican Party said.

The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has mobilised support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, empowering youths with farm tools. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-oyo-apc-rallies-support-for-tinubu-empowers-youths-with-farm-tools/

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introdu...

President Tinubu’s daughter, Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, has launched a movement to rally market leaders for her father’s 2027 re-election, targeting 10m votes. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-tinubus-daughter-rallies-market-leaders-for-fathers-re-election/

Holding South Carolina is essential if Republicans have any hope of keeping their Senate majority.

President Trump held a rally in Ohio in support of Sen. Jon Husted. Meanwhile, former President Obama rallied Democrats in Georgia for Sen. Jon Ossoff. Weijia Jiang reports.