Tag: Re-election
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Fintiri speaks on his re-election after controversial gov election
Adamawa’s Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri on Tuesday in Yola expressed appreciation of voters for their overwhelming support at Saturday’s supplementary governorship election which ended in his re-election. The governor, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also commended INEC for conducting free, fair and credible elections. Fintiri scored 430,788 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Sen.…
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Gov AbdulRazaq re-elected for second term in Kwara
The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been officially declared the winner of the governorship election held on Saturday, March 18 in the state. AbdulRazaq won in the 16 local government areas in the state according to the results announced by INEC on Sunday.
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Osun: We didn’t work against Oyetola’s re-election – APC faction
A faction of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has denied the allegation that its members voted against Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, during the July 16 governorship election in the state. The Chairman of the faction, Mr Rasaq Sanisile, while addressing a news conference on Wednesday in Osogbo, said that it was the mismanagement of the…
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Osun gov, Oyetola says confident of re-election victory
Oyetola says confident of re-election victory
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Why I tested, sacked teachers in Kaduna despite threats of losing re-election – El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained how he was willing to sacrifice his second term ambition in order to give children from his state quality education.
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Chadian president Idriss Deby wins re-election, extends 30-year rule
Chad’s long-ruling President Idriss Deby Itno was re-elected to a sixth term with 79.32 percent of the votes cast in April 11’s election, according to provisional results from the electoral commission on Monday. Former prime minister Albert Pahimi Padacke came in second with just 10.32 percent in the presidential vote, while turnout was 64.81 percent,…
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Ex-Gov Aliyu confirms all 19 Northern Governors worked against Jonathan in 2015, gives reasons
Former governor of Niger State, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu on Friday said that northern governors rose against former President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid in 2015 because of the perceived threat of his victory to the north. Aliyu said in Minna that the northern governors felt at the time that their part of the country…
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Portugal President Rebelo de Sousa wins re-election
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been re-elected for a second five-year term in Portugal’s presidential election in the first round, according to official results from the electoral commission. With 99 per cent of the votes counted, the 72-year-old conservative politician and former TV journalist and law professor received 61 per cent of the votes…
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Tanzanian opposition kicks as President Magufuli wins re-election by landslide victory
Tanzanian President John Magufuli claimed 84 percent of votes cast in Wednesday’s election, to post a resounding victory, which the opposition quickly denounced as fraudulent. His main challenger, the Chadema party candidate Tundu Lissu, 52, won only 13 % of the vote. The opposition complained the election was riddled with irregularities such as ballot box…
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Israel’s Netanyahu secures fifth term as Prime Minister
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, secured a clear path to re-election on Wednesday, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamentary majority and his main challenger conceding defeat. With more than 99 per cent of votes counted, ballots cast by soldiers at military bases will be tallied over the next two days, the Prime…