Delta LG Polls: Security agencies assure violence-free elections
LESS than 24 hours to the Delta State Local Government Council elections, Security agencies in the State have assured the people of the State of violence fee polls.
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Niger political veterans face off in presidential vote
Niger voted Sunday in a presidential run-off between two political heavyweights that is set to bring about the first democratic transition of power in the coup-prone country’s history. The world’s poorest nation according to the UN’s development benchmark covering 189 countries, Niger is also struggling with jihadist insurgencies that have spilled over from Mali and Nigeria.
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No change if 83m Nigerians can’t elect 11,000 representatives— Shekarau
Former Governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau(Kano Central), said on Sunday that Nigerians cannot have the change they desire until the 83 million eligible voters can produce the elected 11,000 few that make them(voters) sleep peacefully.
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Central African Republic goes to polls Sunday
Voting was poised to start in presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic on Sunday, in a key test for one of the world’s most troubled nations. The poll takes place after a week of turbulence, marked by accusations of an attempted coup, the brief seizure of the CAR’s fourth-largest town and the
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Niger stages historic elections despite jihadist attacks
Voters in the Sahel state of Niger go to the polls on Sunday for an election that could seal the country’s first-ever peaceful handover between elected presidents, despite a bloody jihadist insurgency. The country has been chronically unstable since gaining independence from France 60 years ago, and is ranked the world’s poorest country according to
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2015, 2019 polls: Without Tinubu’s political dexterity, APC would’ve lost — Bakare
SERVING Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, LRA, Pastor Tunde Bakare, said on Wednesday, that without the cooperation and political dexterity of former governor of Lagos, Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, victory at the polls in 2015 and 2019 would have been impossible.
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Kogi Council Poll: APC wins all 21 LGAs, 239 wards; opposition parties kick
By Boluwaji Obahopo – Lokoja The Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, KOSIEC, has declared the All Progressive Congress (APC) winner in all the 21 local government council elections conducted on Saturday. The state electoral body also declared the APC winner of all the 239 wards. The election was contested by other political parties in the
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Venezuelans vote in elections boycotted by opposition
Venezuelans were voting on Sunday in parliamentary elections expected to place the country’s only opposition-controlled government institution in the hands of President Nicolas Maduro’s Socialist Party. “The day has come to vote for the fatherland, peace and the future”, Maduro said. More than 20 million people are eligible to elect 277 members of the National
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Campaigning winds up in Ghana ahead of Monday elections
Deafening vuvuzelas and party songs took over Ghana’s capital Accra on Saturday, the final day of campaigning ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections. Twelve candidates, including three women, are vying for the west African nation’s top job, but Monday’s vote is essentially a fight between President Nana Akufo-Addo, 76, and former head of state John
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Benin presidential election set for April 11
Presidential elections in Benin, a West African state whose long record on democracy has become tarnished by accusations of authoritarianism, will take place in April, the government announced. “In line with the constitution, the date of the first round of the presidential election… is Sunday April 11 2021,” it said in a statement Wednesday. President
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