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  • Mauritanian president re-elected for second term

    Mauritanian president re-elected for second term

    Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has been re-elected to office after winning 56.12 per cent of the vote, provisional results showed.

    His main rival, Biram Dah Abeid, an anti-slavery human rights activist, came in second place after winning 22 per cent of the vote.

    Hamadi Sidi Mokhtar of the Islamist Tawasul Party got 12.76 per cent.

    Elections were held on Saturday in Mauritania, a former French colony in north-west Africa.

    Results were announced late Sunday after 99 per cent of the votes were counted.

    Before the announcement, Abeid alleged that there was fraud, and riot police dispersed his supporters demonstrating against the results using tear gas, witnesses said.

    Mauritanians were hoping the president will work on improving their living conditions, decrease unemployment, and fight corruption and poverty.

    Ould Ghazouani, 67, has promised to focus on supporting the youth during his second term.

    Ould Ghazouani, a former defence minister, was elected in 2019 in the country’s first peaceful transition of power.

    His predecessor Mohamed Ould Abdel-Aziz took office after a 2008 military coup.

  • 2023 Gubernatorial Elections: Checkout all the winners declared by INEC at a glance

    2023 Gubernatorial Elections: Checkout all the winners declared by INEC at a glance

    Winners have emerged from Nigeria’s March 18th Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has so far secured 14 governorship seats.

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won governorship seats in seven states, while the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) wrestled power from the APC in Kano state, according to results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    Eight governors have been re-elected for a second term. They are: Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe (APC), Seyi Makinde of Oyo (PDP), Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos (APC), Dapo Abiodun of Ogun (APC), Bala Mohammed of Bauchi (PDP), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara (APC), Mai Mala Buni of Yobe (APC) and Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno (APC).

    The new Governors-elect are: Umo Eno of Akwa-Ibom (PDP), Dikko Radda of Katsina (APC), Umar Bago of Niger (APC), Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto (APC), Umar Namadi of Jigawa (APC), Uba Sani of Kaduna (APC) and Kefas Agbu of Taraba (PDP).

    Others are:  Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta (PDP), Hyacinth Alia of Benue (APC), Bassey Otu of Cross River (APC), Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi (APC), Sim Fubara of Rivers (PDP), Abba Yusuf of Kano (NNPP) and Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau (PDP).

    INEC’s National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, announced on Monday that the Commission had suspended further collation of governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu states, where thugs reportedly disrupted the election process.

    “Arising from the meeting, the Commission took the decision to suspend forthwith further collation of the Governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu States”, he stated, adding that this will allow for a thorough review of results from the affected areas.

    In Adamawa State and Kebbi states, the elections have been declared inconclusive. While Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa (PDP) has polled 421,524 votes to maintain a clear lead ahead of his closest rival Aishatu Dahiru (APC), famously known as Binani who has 390, 275 votes, the election was declared inconclusive due to the margin of votes.

    The INEC state collation and returning officer, Muhammadu Mele of the University of Maiduguri, said elections were not held in 47 wards, affecting 69 polling units and it is widely believed that Binani, a former senator who is very popular, stands a good chance of becoming Nigeria’s first female Governor.

    “So, this gives us a margin of 31,249. The total number of PVCs collected in places where elections were not held amounted to 37,016,” Mele said.

    The electoral law provides that where the margin between two candidates is lesser than the total number of collected PVCs in areas where elections were not held, the election is to be declared inconclusive.

    As for Kebbi state, the election was declared inconclusive due to overvoting.  The state’s collation and returning officer, Yusuf Sa’idu of the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, said that the figures of results got from some polling units exceeded the number of accredited voters.

    “When we checked the results, the two leading political parties in this contest, APC and PDP, polled 388,258 and 342,980 votes respectively. When we look at the difference, it stands at 45,278,” Sa’idu said.

    All the elected Governors have extended open hands of fellowship to lovers and opposition political parties, promising an inclusive government towards the development of their States.

  • Gianni Infantino re-elected as FIFA’s president

    Gianni Infantino re-elected as FIFA’s president

    Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of football’s world governing body Fifa for a second term.

    The Swiss-Italian, 49, was re-elected until 2023 without opposition at Fifa’s annual congress in Paris.

    He succeeded Sepp Blatter in 2016 and has increased the number of teams at the 2026 World Cup and proposed key changes to the Club World Cup.

    Ex-president Blatter was in charge for 17 years until he was banned amid a corruption scandal in 2015.

    Infantino’s re-election was marked by a round of applause, after rules were changed earlier in the day to no longer require a vote from Fifa’s 211 members if only one candidate was standing.

    In a lengthy speech at the congress, Infantino focussed on the relative calm of his first term in charge compared to the situation he inherited.

    “Nobody talks about crisis at Fifa any more or rebuilding it from scratch,” he said.

    “Nobody talks about scandals or corruption, we talk about football. We can say that we’ve turned the situation around.

    “This organisation has gone from being toxic, almost criminal, to being what it should be – an organisation that develops football and is now synonymous with transparency, integrity.”