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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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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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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