Tag: election
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Guber Polls: DSS cautions parties, supporters to play by rules in Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa
The Department of State Services (DSS) has cautioned key political actors and their supporters in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States to conform to the rules of engagement and specifically the electoral law during the conduct of Saturday’s gubernatorial elections. Director, Public Relations and Strategy, of the DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya, gave the advice in a…
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Edo 2024: Eromosele seeks support of Edo indigenes in Lagos
The governorship aspiration of Chief Executive Officer of Mudiame International Limited (MIL) and Founder of Mudiame University, Irrua (MUI), Edo State, Prof. Sunny Eboh Eromosele, received a major boost at the weekend in Lagos. This comes as members of Idumabi Development Association (IDA), Lagos branch, set up a “Contact and Mobilisation sub-Committee,” to rally supports…
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Imo,Kogi, Bayelsa polls: We’re deploying 46,084 regular and adhoc staff
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission would be deploying about 46,084 regular and ad hoc staff for the November 11 off-cycle governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo states. Speaking at a meeting with state Resident Electoral Commissioners in Abuja, the INEC chairman also…
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Liberians vote as George Weah seeks second term
No fewer than 2.4 million voters in Liberia are eligible to cast their ballots on Tuesday in a general election in which President George Weah is seeking a second term after the first six years. Weah, 57, who turned to politics after a successful soccer career, said he needs more
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After disputed election: Zimbabwe President appoints son as Deputy Finance Minister
Despite the dispute in his election, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday appointed his son as the deputy finance minister and retained Mthuli Ncube as the finance minister as he battles to rescue the country’s ailing economy. The 80-year-old leader is under pressure to rebuild an economy hit by lack of foreign investment, unemployment, high…
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Tsunami In Edo! PDP clinches all 18 LGAs election
It was Tsunami the heartbeat of the nation as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clinched all 18 Local Government Areas in the Edo State local government election held on Saturday, according to results released by the state independent electoral commission.
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JUST IN: Presidential Election Petition Tribunal fixes date to deliver judgement on September 16
Four weeks after it adjourned for judgement, the Presidential Election Tribunal has finally fixed a date to make public its judgment. A competent source disclosed on Sunday, that the five-member tribunal which sat at the Court of Appeal complex in Abuja from May 8 to August 1, has agreed on September 16 as the judgment…
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Tribunal fires Lagos LP HoR member, replaces him with APC candidate
The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos has nullified the election of the member representing Ojo Federal Constituency, Seyi Sowunmi of the Labour Party. The court on Thursday, August 24, 2023, declared former Secretary of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Honourable Lanre Ogunyemi as the winner of the…
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Tribunal fixes date for Kaduna gov, Sani to defend his election
The Kaduna State Governorship Election Tribunal has fixed Saturday, Aug. 5, for Gov. Uba Sani, INEC and the All Progressive Congress (APC) to open their defence in a petition filed against the governor’s election. Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate
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PEPC: Fireworks as President Tinubu defends election victory today
President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday, open his defence at the Presidential Election Petition Court,(PEPC) to defend his victory at the Feb. 25 presidential polls. This is in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku.