Tag: Presidential Poll
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18 out of 91 political parties not fielding candidates in Saturday’s presidential poll [Full List]
Eighteen (18) out of the 91 registered political parties will not be fielding presidential candidates in Saturday’s elections. These parties are: Congress of Patriots (COP) Alternative Party of Nigeria (APN) Legacy Party of Nigeria (LPN) Modern Democratic Party (MDP) Movement for The Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD) New Generation Party (NGP) New Progressives Movement…
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Presidential poll: Deliver three million votes for Buhari, Tinubu tells Lagos APC
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, urged party members to work hard to deliver no fewer than three million votes for President Muhammadu Buhari on February 16. Tinubu gave the challenge while addressing party members and supporters at a stakeholders meeting in Ikeja. The party leader, who spoke…
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Ex-Tanzanian president leads Commonwealth observers for Nigeria’s presidential poll
The Commonwealth has deployed a 20-member Observer Group, led by former President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, for the February 16 Nigerian presidential election. The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, constituted the observer group following an invitation from Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), according to Commonwealth Secretariat. Josephine Latu-Sanft, Commonwealth Secretariat’s Senior Communications Officer, said members…
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Algeria fixes date for presidential poll
Algeria on Friday said its presidential elections will hold on April 18, ending speculation that the vote could be postponed. “Bouteflika has issued a decree tasking an electoral commission with preparing for the April 18 polls,’’ the presidency said in a statement. It is not clear yet, if incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who suffered a…
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DR Congo election body declares opposition candidate, Tshisekedi winner of presidential poll
Felix Tshisekedi has vowed to be the president “of all Congolese” after the Democratic Republic of Congo‘s (DRC) electoral commission declared him the winner of the country’s long-delayed elections. The result, which was announced in the early hours of Thursday, was rejected by rival Martin Fayulu, who was backed by opposition heavyweights and had led…
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APC candidate loses in Sierra Leone’s presidential poll
The candidate of the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) has been declared the winner of the March 31 Sierra Leone Presidential run-off election. According to the result announced by the Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Wednesday in Freetown, Julius Madaa Bio received 1,319,406 votes representing 51.81 per cent of the total valid…
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Opposition candidate wins Sierra Leone’s presidential poll
The opposition party’s candidate, Rtd Brig Julius Madaa Bio of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) has been declared the winner of the March 31 Sierra Leone Presidential run-off election. According to the result announced by the Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Wednesday in Freetown, Bio received 1,319,406 votes representing 51.81 per cent…