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United States (US) Donald Trump’s campaign said Friday that “this election is not over” as his challenger Joe Biden edged closer to victory in the cliffhanger White House race. “This election is not over,” a statement from campaign general counsel Matt Morgan said while making further allegations of irregularities. ALSO READ: Biden gets more security as
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United States (US) 2020 campaigns cost some $14 billion, a record sum showing that parties are increasingly willing to spend big on races to express visceral opposition to their rivals — even when their chances are slim. The enormous cost of this year’s presidential and legislative elections is nearly double the cost of 2016’s races,
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By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE campaigns of political parties ahead of the September 19th governorship election took a twist Tuesday as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP alleged of plots by the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC to cause mayhem in Uzairue, Etsako West local government area which the party said led to it
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Vows to resist forces fighting to stop his people-centric projects The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has resumed his ward-to-ward campaign for re-election as governor in the September 19 gubernatorial poll, noting that he will vehemently resist forces fighting to stop his people-centric projects in
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One of the United States largest labour unions is unveiling plans to invest $150 million in a nationwide campaign to help defeat the nation’s President, Donald Trump, a sweeping effort focused on eight battleground states and voters of colour who typically don’t vote. The investment marks the largest voter engagement and turnout operation in the
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By Komi Kueviakue The campaigns for Togo’s Presidential elections kicked off on February 6, two weeks ahead of the voting scheduled to take place on February 22. The seven political parties and their candidates vying for the seat are : 1) ADDI (Alliance des Démocrates pour un Développement Intégral) led by Aimé Gogué; 2) MCD
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has on Tuesday sent an open invitation to Nigerians, seeking for their presence at its mega rally at OX Bow lake pavilion, Yenagoa, Bayelsa state on the 6th of November.
Read MoreSince the advent of democracy in 1999, the link between party financing and corruption in Nigeria has become more like Siamese twins. It is difficult to separate. They cut across political divides, whether perceived as “saint party” or a “sinner party”, progressives or conservatives. Perhaps, this may be the reasons why people of integrity, technocrats, professionals, and retired civil servants appear to distance themselves from party politics as they do not see it as an avenue through which they can make their contributions to the building of a nation because of the presumption that politics is for those who have the wherewithal different from integrity and expertise.
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What really do Nigerians make of President Mohammadu Buhari’s or for that matter, any politician’s promises? Stretch this further and you would come to the question whether politicians whom we vote into offices are actually ever evaluated on how much they kept their election campaign promises.
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Unknown gunmen, on Tuesday, abducted Mr Monday Aighobahi, the Director General (DG) of the campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for the Ovia Federal Constituency of Edo, Mr Dennis Idahosa.
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