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Seven election workers were killed early Sunday in Niger’s troubled western Tillaberi region when their vehicle hit a mine, the area’s governor told AFP. The blast also injured three of the workers, who included the heads of polling stations, Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella told AFP. The accident came as Niger holds a presidential election runoff between
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By Chinonso Alozie Senator Samuel Anyanwu, who represented Imo East Senatorial district, Tuesday alleged that the ongoing revalidation/registration exercise of new members by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the country, was a plot to rig the 2023 general elections for their party. Anyanwu who spoke to newsmen in Owerri said he was reacting to
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it was reviewing its adopted technologies for elections, with the view of introducing new ones to improve conduct of the elections ahead of 2023. The INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity Department (VEP), Mr Nick Dazang, disclosed this at a workshop for the department on
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The President, Christian Association of Igbo Ministers, Solomon Okorie, on Saturday, confirmed that Ohanaeze leadership would be handed over to the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, South-East Zone, for two months within which they would organise the election of new leadership.
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The Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI) says arrangements have been concluded to begin the education of voters aim at correcting the recurring anomalies before, during and after elections.
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo will on January 5, open his defence at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in the ongoing alleged certificate forgery suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against him. The trial judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, adjourned the matter on Monday for Obaseki to open his defence on Jan. 5, after
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Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera has won an outright election victory after a tense first round of voting in the country, the electoral commission announced on Monday. The December 27 presidential election, which coincided with legislative polls, took place as a coalition of armed rebel groups renewed an offensive that left thousands unable
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Anambra State chairman of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Okeke Ogene, on Wednesday, clarified the issue of the venue of the next election of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation.
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The government of Central African Republic on Saturday accused former president Francois Bozize of an attempted coup ahead of next week’s elections, after three main rebel groups merged and threatened to march on the capital Bangui. The newly consolidated rebels occupy a huge chunk of the country and their surprise announcement heightened tensions ahead of
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The president of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has accumulated 36 years in power, will seek a fourth term in elections due next March, the country’s ruling coalition said on Thursday. “Every party in the presidential majority opted, or will do so shortly, for President Sassou Nguesso’s candidacy,” said Pierre Moussa, acting
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