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2023: I Won’t Disappoint All Nigerians Urging me to Run for President – Yahaya Bello

15May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: I Won’t Disappoint All Nigerians Urging me to Run for President – Yahaya Bello

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has expressed resolve to heed the call by many Nigerians asking him to run for President in the 2023 presidential election. Bello disclosed this on Friday when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He said, “Nigerians, the youth and women, and all Nigerians, including very objective elites are asking me to run for President in 2023. “And I believe it is high time that we look into capacity, who can do the job, who is going to unify this country. And I think they are seeing something in me that they are asking me to come and unite and fix this country." However, his claim has attracted reactions from a cross-section of Nigerians, who have asked him to define the distributive determiner 'All' as used in his statement, SaharaRepor...

President Talon of Benin Wins Controversial Re-election with Wide Margin

14Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News

President Talon of Benin Wins Controversial Re-election with Wide Margin

President Patrice Talon of Benin easily rode to victory for a second tenure in office, interim results obtained on Tuesday suggested, following the election that took place during the weekend. Talon, criticized for clamping down on his opponents, was first elected as the country’s president in 2016. He contested the Sunday election against less popular opponents as the majority of his main rivals were either in exile or disqualified from contesting the poll. He emerged victorious with 86.3 percent of the vote cast, the electoral commission said while announcing preliminary results, his opponents, Alassane Soumanou and Corentin Kohoue garnered 11.29 and 2.25 percent respectively, AFP reports. The final result must be verified by Benin’s constitutional court. Critics say the West Af...

Chad President Vies for Sixth Term in Power

11Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News

Chad President Vies for Sixth Term in Power

President Idriss Deby Itno of Chad is set to contest for his sixth term in office in the oil-producing Central African country. Deby who has been in power for three decades has campaigned on the promises of building schools, paving roads, and improving standard of living in the country that is battling underdevelopment. Large billboards of Deby flood the streets of the capital, N’Djamena and he is in pole position to clinch victory in the first round given that two of the prominent opposition candidates withdrew from the race as part of a boycott and a third man considered a top contender chose not to run. The only remaining opposition candidate with the resources to campaign outside the capital is Albert Pahimi Padacke, a one-time Deby ally who served as prime minister from 2016 ...

Abia Bye-Election: APC Candidate Kicks, Asks for Fresh Poll

28Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Abia Bye-Election: APC Candidate Kicks, Asks for Fresh Poll

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the ongoing Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency bye-election, Mr Mascot Kalu, has called for fresh polls in some areas citing violence eruption. Kalu, who is the younger brother of Chief Orji Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Senate, said this while interacting with reporters at the Eziama High School Ward 01, Unit 014. He said, “We have reports of malpractice at Abia Polytechnic, vote-buying at Item Hall but here at Eziama, it has been peaceful. “We had a vigorous campaign and are hopeful we will emerge victoriously but it is the people that will decide at the end of the day,” Kalu said. He denied the allegation that APC engaged the military to disrupt voting in some wards. According to him, the military operatives only...

Nigerian Political Space is Dubiously Spiritual – Kukah

8Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Religion

Nigerian Political Space is Dubiously Spiritual – Kukah

The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kuka has said that Nigerian politics operates in an environment that is dubiously spiritual, alleging that Nigerian politicians don’t believe they can win an election by merit of their hard work, but depend on prayer for the success of their political enterprise. He said this on Sunday in an interview with academic and historian, Toyin Falola. The cleric called on religious leaders to abase themselves before politicians and to reject the political class from making a mockery of their faith. He expressed worry that religion has been sacrificed on the altar of sycophancy, adding that faith without reason breeds religious extremism and a situation where people kill in the name of God. Kukah said, “Nigerian politics as you can see from ...

7Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

APC Candidate Wins Jigawa by-election

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammad Adamu, has won Saturday’s State Constituency by-election in Kafinhausa Jigawa State. Adamu got 14,924 votes to defeat the other candidates in the poll. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the election took place in the 120 polling units in the area. The result was declared by Prof. Ahmed Kutama, the Returning Officer, at the collation centre in Kafinhausa Local Government Area. Kutama said the APC candidate defeated his closest rival, Garba Muhammad Tambale, of the Peoples Democratic Party, who polled 8,612 votes. The electoral officer declared Adamu the winner, having secured the highest number of votes. The candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, Usman Isyak, finished third with 72 votes.

Respect me or Face Stiff Opposition, Fayose Warns Makinde

25Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Respect me or Face Stiff Opposition, Fayose Warns Makinde

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has threatened to work against Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State if the governor does not stop disrespecting him. Fayose in a live interview with Punch said “If Governor Makinde continues to disrespect me, I will work against him.” The South-West zone of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been embroiled in a crisis with Fayose and Makinde engaged in a leadership tussle. The opposition party boasts of Makinde as its only governor in the South-West region while the All Progressive Congress, APC, controls the other five states. Fayose boasted that he was one of the arrowheads that worked for the emergence of Makinde as the Oyo State governor in the 2019 election. The former Ekiti State governor warmed Makinde to retrace his s...

Uganda Election: President Museveni Wins Sixth Term in Office

16Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Uganda

Uganda Election: President Museveni Wins Sixth Term in Office

The incumbent president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office, the Electoral Commission announced on Saturday. Chairperson of the Commission, Justice Simon Byabakama disclosed that Museveni won the election with 58.64 of the total votes. Byabakama also said that Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine finished second with 34.83 per cent of the tallied votes. Patrick Amuriat, who vied under the Democratic Change party was the second runner up with 3.24 per cent of the tallied vote. The victory extends Museveni’s rule for another five-year term since he came to power in 1986.

Uganda Election: President Museveni in Early Lead, Preliminary Results Suggest

15Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Uganda

Uganda Election: President Museveni in Early Lead, Preliminary Results Suggest

Uganda’s incumbent President Yoweri Museveni has taken an early lead in the presidential poll, according to preliminary results released on Friday morning by the electoral umpire, African News Today has gathered. Reuters reports that after 13.6% of votes were counted, Museveni had garnered 1,536,205 votes, or 65.0%, while main opposition candidate Bobi Wine got 647,146 (27.4%), the commission said. The main opposition candidate, Wine, who has rallied young electorates with his message of change, in a tweet on his Twitter handle on Friday said he was optimistic of victory despite “widespread fraud and violence” during the poll. President Museveni who had led the East African country for 34 years had yet to make a statement at the time of filing this report. Recall that the gover...

Niger Votes in Search of First Democratic Transition

27Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Economy, Elections, News, Security

Niger Votes in Search of First Democratic Transition

Niger heads to the polls on Sunday (today) in an election that is expected to pave way for the first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents in a country battling insecurity. Reports say Mohamed Bazoum, former interior minister, the ruling party’s candidate is in pole position to replace President Mahamadou Issoufou, who has completed two five-year terms leading the West African country, CGTN reports. The 60 years old Bazoum in his campaign address, promised to continue with Issoufou’s policies, while also vowing to cleanse the country of corruption. Bazoum in a campaign video said, “If I am lucky enough to win this election, you will have chosen someone who is ready from day one.” The election comes at a time when Niger is facing twin security crises. I...