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Man Killed By Co-Worker After Quarrel Over Election In Brazil

Man Killed By Co-Worker After Quarrel Over Election In Brazil

September 10, 2022 6:27 am

A supporter of Brazil’s president used a knife and an axe to kill a backer of the main opposition leader after an argument about politics, weeks ahead of presidential elections, according to police.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the killing occurred on Wednesday, the day of Brazil’s independence bicentennial, near the town of Confresa, Mato Grosso state, in Brazil’s central-west region, a stronghold of President Jair Bolsonaro.

The 24-year-old suspect, who was not identified, killed Benedito Cardoso dos Santos, a 42-year-old farm worker who supports presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, police said. Da Silva, a former …

2023 Polls Stop Disgracing Nigeria, Fashola To Politicians

2023 Polls: Stop Disgracing Nigeria, Fashola To Politicians

September 9, 2022 4:35 am

Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday, condemned certain actions and comments which has been attributed to Nigerians and politicians ahead of the 2023 elections.

The former Lagos State governor appealed to citizens of the country to stop exaggerating Nigeria’s problems while putting the country up for ridicule.

Fashola made this assertion yesterday in Lagos in an address at TheNiche Annual Lecture themed ‘2023 Elections and the Future of Nigeria’s Democracy’.

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‘We can win elections without exaggerating our problems. We can do so by …

PDP Crisis Day Of Reckoning Ahead, Wike Blows Hot

PDP Crisis: Day Of Reckoning Ahead, Wike Blows Hot

September 8, 2022 3:25 am

The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the time of reckoning was near for those who continue to insist that they can take everything to themselves in opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The governor asserted that nobody has what it takes to silence him from speaking against such injustice and the demand for the right thing to be done.

Governor Wike spoke at the inauguration of Emohua campus of Rivers State University, and the flag-off of staff quarters, performed by Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State on Wednesday.

The governor said such persons would definitely account …

There Is No Threat To 2023 General Elections – IGP

There Is No Threat To 2023 General Elections – Police IGP

September 5, 2022 6:39 am

The inspector-general of police, IGP Usman Baba, has declared in emphatic terms that there was no threat to the 2023 general elections in the country.

The IGP made this delcaration during the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) in the United States of America and during his meeting with the assistant secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S, Todd Robinson.

Force PRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this stems from the robust security threat analysis carried out using global best standards to ascertain the trend of expectations for the electioneering processes.

He further stated that, “during the …

Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

September 5, 2022 6:23 am

Kenya’s Supreme Court will on Monday (today) whether to uphold or nullify the result of last month’s presidential election, a ruling that is anxiously awaited in the East African country that is scarred by previous bouts of poll-related violence.

The seven-member court are expected to rule following three days of oral arguments last week by lawyers representing the two main candidates and rival camps of election commissioners.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga, making his fifth presidential bid, says Deputy President William Ruto’s narrow win was the product of massive fraud. Four out of seven election commissioners disowned the result announced by …

Obi Is Not Seeking Foreign Funds, Labour Party Clarifies

Obi Is Not Seeking Foreign Funds, Labour Party Clarifies

September 4, 2022 6:31 am

The Labour Party, LP, has dismissed viral reports making the rounds on social media that its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, was abroad to solicit foreign funding for his campaigns.

National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Abayomi Oluwafemi, gave this clarification in an interview on Sunday.

He referred to the speculations that the party was equally seeking foreign funding for its activities as part of the antics of political opponents, who were very much intimidated by the rising profile of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate.

Oluwafemi said: ‘It is ridiculous that our political opponents have …

2023 You Are Part Of The Old System, Sowore Attacks Obi

2023: You Are Part Of The Old System, Sowore Attacks Obi

September 3, 2022 5:22 am

Ahead of next year’s Presidential elections, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, Omoyele Sowore yesterday attacked former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, saying that not the change Nigeria needs.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York Sowore said Mr. Obi was part of the old system that has crippled the nation’s fortunes.

Mr. Obi is also running for President in 2023 on the platform of the Labour Party.

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‘Peter Obi is part of the old …

Real Reason Why vote-Buying Will Continue – INEC, Others

Real Reason Why vote-Buying Will Continue – INEC, Others

September 3, 2022 5:03 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other key stakeholders in the electoral process on Friday pointed out that weak punitive sanctions against perpetrators of vote-trading and increasing poverty have been responsible for frustrations in the fight against vote-buying and selling in Nigeria.

The stakeholders raised the concern during a policy dialogue with the theme,  ‘Addressing vote-trading in Nigeria from global comparative experiences’, organised by the Electoral Forum in collaboration with the Open Society Initiative for West Africa and MacArthur Foundation.

The Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ovie Omo-Agege, represented by his Chief of Staff, Otive Igbuzor at the event, …

We Will Not Vote With Sentiments In 2023 — Northern Elders

We Won’t Vote Based On Sentiments In 2023 — Northern Elders

September 2, 2022 6:44 am

Ahead of the 2023 Presidential election, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has declared that the North will not support a candidate who seeks to benefit from strategies that exploit the ethnic and religious diversity of the region.

Speaking during a book launch in Kaduna, Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, Professor Ango Abdullahi, enumerated the qualities expected of a candidate the North will support come 2023.

He said “the North will participate in all political and electoral activities as equals and with respect to other Nigerians who respect us. The North want leaders who will lead with integrity, competence, compassion …

2023 How APC Won Kwara Guber Election With Deceit – Saraki

2023: How APC Won Kwara Guber Election With Deceit – Saraki

August 29, 2022 3:56 am

Former president of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has recalled how the All Progressives Congress (APC), which is currently in power in Kwara State, used the ‘O to ge’ campaign to depose the Peoples Democratic Party from the state by fraudulent means. 

He narrated that the campaign was rife with falsehoods and deception.

He pointed out that the approach was used to trick the state’s citizens in order to come out victorious in elections.

On Saturday, when he welcomed APC defectors in the state who had joined the PDP, Saraki gave a speech in the state capital of Ilorin.

The …

2023 We Won’t Disappoint You, INEC Assures Nigerians

2023: We Won’t Disappoint You, INEC Assures Nigerians

August 27, 2022 5:25 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised Nigerians that it would not lower the bar in the 2023 elections, in the light of its achievements in the off-season Ekiti and Osun governorship elections, and that it would be bold and courageous in prosecuting the elections.

A National Commissioner of INEC and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made the promise in Abuja during a post-election roundtable and public presentation of the final report on the observation of 2022 Ekiti and Osun Governorship Election, organised by a human rights organisation, Yiaga Africa.

The commission also maintained …

Northerners Shouldn’t Dominate Top PDP Positions - BoT Chair

Northerners Shouldn’t Dominate Top PDP Positions – BoT Chair

August 24, 2022 7:08 am

Amidst the ongoing crisis in the opposition party, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Board of Trustees has given reasons why that the party cannot allow its top positions to be dominated by Northerners.

Senator Walid Jibrin in an earlier statement had observed that the party’s presidential candidate, National Chairman and BoT Chairman were all Northerners.

In another statement on Tuesday, he said his stance has not changed despite criticism, noting that the PDP is a “national party that caters for all Nigerians.”

His comment comes amid continued rift between the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Rivers …

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