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Thousands Of Soldiers On Alert Ahead Of Philippine Elections

Thousands Of Soldiers On Alert Ahead Of Philippine Elections

May 9, 2022 3:07 am

No fewer than 60,000 security forces in the Philippines were on Sunday placed on alert to safeguard ballots and polling stations on the eve of the presidential election after police reported four people killed in an outbreak of violence last weekend.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that elections are a traditionally volatile time in the country which has very lax gun laws and a violent political culture, but the national police said this season has been comparatively peaceful.

In one of the worst incidents, four people were killed Saturday in a gun battle between armed supporters of mayoral rivals …

2023: Embrace Equity And Justice, Ohanaeze To Northern Elders

2023: Embrace Equity And Justice, Ohanaeze To Northern Elders

May 2, 2022 2:48 am

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide have admonished to the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), to embrace equity and justice by standing with the South East region to produce the next Nigeria president in 2023.

Ohanaeze made this call through the National Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Alex Ogbonnia, while reacting to the statement made by the NEF that the presidential race should be thrown open in 2023.

The Apex Igbo group postulated that in ‘1994, some Nigerian patriots conceived an article of faith and principle of rotation of power that guarantees equity and inclusiveness for all the diverse components of the country.’…

More Deaths As Benin Election Protests Continue

More Deaths As Benin Election Protests Continue

April 10, 2021 1:52 am

A 2nd death was reported on Friday after troops opened fire with live rounds to ‘clear’ a protest in central Benin just days before President Patrice Talon seeks re-election.

The incumbent president, Talon, a cotton magnate who was first elected in 2016, is expected to cruise to an easy victory in Sunday’s ballot with most of his main opponents exiled or disqualified, however, some of the government’s pre-election moves have elicited protests which are mostly coming from opposition bastions mostly in the centre and north of the country.

On Thursday, troops stationed at the protest ground fired tear gas and …

US: Russia Warns Of ‘Scary Consequences’ Over Trump Ban

Donald Trump Suggests Delay To 2020 US Election

July 30, 2020 5:33 pm

US President Donald Trump on Thursday floated an unprecedented delay to the 2020 election — which polls show him losing — but the suggestion drew cross-party fire and has virtually no chance of being accepted.

Trump, who faces Democrat Joe Biden on November 3, has no constitutional authority to change the date, which is set by law.

His mere airing of the idea, however, broke with presidential custom, adding to tension in a country ravaged by fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and set on edge by bitterly partisan politics.

Trump’s rationale was his claim, not backed by evidence, that large-scale …

COVID-19 - Will Trump Delay The Presidential Election

COVID-19: Will Trump Delay The Presidential Election?

April 19, 2020 2:30 pm

As the coronavirus pandemic grinds much of the US economy to a halt, it is also playing havoc with the American democratic process during a national election year.

Primary contests have been delayed or disrupted, with in-person polling places closed and absentee balloting processes thrown into doubt. Politicians have engaged in contentious fights over the electoral process in legislatures and the courts.

In November voters are scheduled to head to the polls to select the next president, much of Congress and thousands of state-government candidates. But what could Election Day look like – or if it will even be held …

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Mozambique: EU Condemns Elections

February 14, 2020 4:23 pm

“EU observers detected numerous irregularities and malpractice both ahead of election day and during polling, counting and the tabulation of results. Irregularities included the unconcealed inflation of the voter register in Gaza and an under-registration of voters in other provinces, and the restriction of independent monitoring by opposition party agents and established independent national observer groups,” declared the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) in its final report released today (12 Feb).

“EU observers also noted ballot-box stuffing, organised multiple voting, intentional invalidation of votes for the opposition, altering of polling station results with the fraudulent addition of …

We Are Ready To Conduct Election In Abi/Yakurr – INEC

January 25, 2020 7:15 am
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Cross River State is ready to conduct re-run election in Abi/Yakurr federal constituency in Cross River State.

NAN gathered that the Commission has received sensitive materials for the court ordered rerun elections in slated to hold in Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency on Saturday, January 25, 2020.

The materials were handed over to INEC officials by the Branch Controller, Central Bank of Nigeria, Calabar, Chuks Sokari on Friday. The materials included ballot papers, Forms EC 8A, EC 8D, EC 8E, among others.

Speaking while handing over the materials at CBN premises along Calabar Road, INEC

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INEC Gives Update On Sokoto Rerun Election

January 16, 2020 11:41 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to collaborate with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other agencies to ensure transparency in the conduct of rerun elections in Sokoto State.

The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Abubakar Sadiq, stated this on Thursday at a stakeholders meeting preparatory to the election for four political seats scheduled on Jan. 25, 2020.

Sadiq said training of workers for the election had begun to ensure that they carry out their duties diligently.

He urged politicians to play the game by the rules, stressing that INEC would be transparent in its dealings

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Suspense As Kogi Awaits Supreme Court Ruling On Gov Tussle

Nigeria Election: 7 Govs Know Fate Today At Supreme Court

January 13, 2020 4:39 am
The election of governors of seven states in Nigeria will be affirmed or cancelled on Monday as the Supreme Court has hinted on readiness to deliver judgement.

The Supreme Court, at the weekend, sent a hearing notice to the lawyers.

This was same as last week when the judgement on some states were delivered after similar notices were sent out.

The states and governors are Sokoto – Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Imo – Governor Emeka Ihedioha, Kano – Abdullahi Ganduje, Plateau – Simon Lalong, Benue – Samuel Ortom, Bauchi – Bala Mohammed and Adamawa, Ahmadu Fintiri.

Last Wednesday, the apex court 

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Trump Outpaces Democratic Rivals In Election Fundraising

January 2, 2020 3:02 pm

Donald Trump’s re-election team on Thursday revealed that he sits atop a staggering campaign war chest, underlining the scale of the challenge facing the US president’s Democratic rivals at the start of an election year.

The sprawling Democratic field meanwhile lost another candidate when Julian Castro, the only Hispanic in the 2020 field, announced he was ending his bid.

That leaves 14 candidates still in the running to take on Trump — and competing for much-needed donations that keep a campaign’s all-important ground game and advertising operations going.

In the fourth quarter of 2019, even as Trump was mired in …

S/Court Upholds El-Rufai’s Election As Kaduna Governor

December 18, 2019 12:22 pm

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the election of Nasir El-Rufai as Governor of Kaduna State.

Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna State had in November dismissed an appeal by Isah Mohammed Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the verdict of the election petitions tribunal which affirmed El-Rufai’s victory at the 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.

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The court had ruled that El-Rufai was duly re-elected as Governor of Kaduna State.

Recall that the gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, lost at …

2019 Election: Wike Under Fire Over Death Of 42 Ijaw Sons

December 16, 2019 7:17 am

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, has attacked Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, over the killing of 42 of their sons and daughters during the 2019 general elections.

The IYC launched the attack in a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Alfred Kemepado.

The IYC, in the statement reminded Wike that 42 of its kinsmen in Rivers State died in the violence that characterized the election that made him a governor.

The youths, who issued the statement at Harry’s Town, expressed disappointment that despite their death, Wike had yet to give them befitting burials.

They also said that Wike was …

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