Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
The United States Embassy in Abuja released a statement on Wednesday morning, threatening to sanction those who may attempt to rig or perpetrate violence in the upcoming polls in Anambra, a state in southeastern Nigeria. The governorship election in Anambra is scheduled to take place on November 6, 2021.