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June 12 Implement Abiola’s Manifesto, Family Appeals To FG

June 12: Implement Abiola’s Manifesto, Family Appeals To FG

June 13, 2022 4:42 am

The family of the winner of the annulled June 12 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola, has appealed to the Federal Government to implement the manifesto of the late politician as a way of honouring him.

This, the family believes, would give succour to the less privileged in the country.

The Head of the Abiola Family, Murtala Abiola, made this appeal while addressing newsmen during the annual prayer session for the late business mogul at their family compound in Gbagura, Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State.

According to Murtala, Abiola’s ‘Farewell to Poverty’ manifesto proffered solutions about how to provide succour …

Buhari Wouldn’t Have Become President Without Me – Tinubu

Buhari Wouldn’t Have Become President Without Me – Tinubu

June 3, 2022 4:10 am

Ahead of next week’s primary election, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bola Tinubu, has claimed that without his support, President Muhammadu Buhari would have lost the 2015 election.

Speaking to APC members in Ogun State on Thursday, Tinubu stated that, ‘If not me that led the war from the front, Buhari would not have emerged as the president. He contested first, second and third times, but lost. He even said on television that he won’t contest again.

Read Also: Nigerians Will Flourish If I Am Elected President – Tinubu

He continued; ‘But …

APC Primary Committee Members Escape Mob Attack In Taraba

APC Primary Committee Members Escape Mob Attack In Taraba

May 30, 2022 5:38 am

The Police Command in Taraba State has rescued members of the Primary Election Committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC) sent to conduct the elections for the party’s senatorial tickets in the state.

The members were reportedly ambushed and almost lynched by aggrieved party members on Saturday for allegedly conniving with a faction of the party to manipulate the outcomes of the exercise.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the committee members who were led by Muhammad Alkali were on their way from Yola in Adamawa when they were stopped at a point – some a few kilometres to …

Lebanon Votes In First Election Since Outbreak Of Crisis

Lebanon Votes In First Election Since Outbreak Of Crisis

May 16, 2022 5:04 am

Lebanon went to the polls yesterday for its first election since multiple crises dragged it to the brink of failed statehood, with the ruling elite expected to comfortably weather public anger and restore normalcy.

The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon.

However, observers have been warned not to expect any seismic shift, with every lever of power firmly in the hands of traditional sectarian parties and an electoral system rigged in their favour.

After an underwhelming campaign stifled by the …

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 …

EU

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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