The electoral umpire in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi west senatorial rerun election inconclusive. Announcing the outcome on Sunday night, Olayinde Lawal, the returning officer, said the number of cancelled votes is higher than the margin between Smart Adeyemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Dino Melaye […]
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The senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Dr Orji Kalu, has urged people of senatorial district not to lose hope, stressing that his mandate will be re-claimed at the Court of Appeal. He was quoted to have said this in a statement signed by his media office on Monday following the nullification of his election […]
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As part of its mandate to engage electoral democracy in Nigeria, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) observed the Supplementary Governorship Elections which took place on the 27th of September, 2018. TMG deployed observers across the seven (7) polling units across the four-local government councils, namely Orolu, Ife North, Ife South and Osogbo where elections where […]
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Gboyega Oyetola, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday swept the two polling units in Ile-Ife, in Osun state, where rerun elections were ordered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to determine the winner. Ife South, Oyetola got 283 votes, while the PDP candidate got 15 votes. In Ife North(Unit 2), APC […]
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The Osun state government has declared Thursday public holiday for the governorship rerun election. In statement on Wednesday, Sola Fasure, special adviser on media to the governor, said the holiday would give room for public workers to participate in the supplementary election. The exercise is scheduled to hold in seven polling units across four local government […]
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Police in Kenya have been using “unlawful force’’ against protesters after chaotic elections last week, Amnesty International said in a strongly worded statement on Monday. The London-based rights watchdog detailed excessive police violence in parts of Nairobi and the western city of Kisumu, pointing to several fatal police shootings. The violence came after Kenya’s controversial […]
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