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December 19, 2016 No Responses

Mugabe, 92, to stand for election in 2018

Zimbabwe’s governing Zanu-PF party has confirmed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for the 2018 elections. Mr Mugabe, who is 92, has been in power since independence from Britain in 1980. At the party’s conference, the Zanu-PF youth wing even...

December 16, 2016 No Responses

Adama Barrow to declare self Gambia president

(BBC) The Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow, has told the BBC he will declare himself president on 18 January despite incumbent Yahya Jammeh’s rejection of the election result. He said his team was preparing for his inauguration and he urged M...

December 14, 2016 No Responses

Gambia security forces ‘seize election commission HQ’

The Gambia’s security forces have taken over the headquarters of the electoral commission, its chairman says, as the country’s president refuses to accept his loss in recent elections. Alieu Momar Njai told the BBC that staff were barred from enter...

December 13, 2016 No Responses

Jammeh ‘should step down now’

(BBC) The Gambia’s opposition coalition has asked President Yahya Jammeh to step down immediately, after he challenged his defeat in the recent election. Mr Jammeh initially accepted the result but then reversed his decision, saying he would annul the vo...

December 12, 2016 No Responses

I will contest my election defeat in court, Jammeh insist

(BBC) Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh says he will launch a legal challenge to contest an election defeat that will bring an end to his 22-year rule. President Jammeh initially conceded after rival Adama Barrow won last week’s vote, but then...

December 12, 2016 No Responses

Magnus Abe wins Rivers South East Senatorial election

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Rivers South East senatorial district election, Magnus Abe, has been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He polled a total of 125,938 votes to defeat Olaka Nwogu of ...

December 10, 2016 No Responses

Gambia leader Yahya Jammeh rejects election result

(BBC) Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has rejected the result of the presidential election held earlier this month, a week after admitting defeat. Speaking on state TV, Mr Jammeh cited “abnormalities” in the vote and called for fresh elections. Mr Jamm...

November 29, 2016 No Responses

Peterside congratulates Akeredolu, Ondo Governor-Elect

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has congratulated Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, (SAN) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for winning the Ondo State governorship election. Peterside who ...

November 28, 2016 No Responses

Akeredolu pledges to work for Ondo

Ondo State Governor-elect, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has pledged to work for the people of the State. In his acceptance speech, Akeredolu commended security agencies, President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of A...

November 24, 2016 No Responses

‘I remain PDP candidate’

One of the Ondo State Governorship candidate on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimoh Ibrahim has maintained that he remain the candidate of the party. Reacting to the verdict of the Appeal court on Wednesday in Abuja,...

November 20, 2016 No Responses

Buhari in Ondo, seeks support for Akeredolu

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday canvassed support for Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) as the next Governor of Ondo State under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC). He also used the opportunity to describe the process that brought Akeredolu...

November 19, 2016 No Responses

Corruption: FG unveils panel on asset recovery

The Federal Government has set up an inter-agency Presidential Committee on Asset Recovery (PCAR) as part of its efforts tostrengthen the ongoing fight against corruption, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said. Speaking whi...

November 11, 2016 No Responses

Ghana ex-first lady, Nana Rawlings gets go-ahead to run for presidency

By Thomas Naadi – Ghana’s electoral commission has announced the list of seven presidential candidates to contest the December 7, 2016 polls. Three of the eight disqualified candidates who resubmitted their forms have been included on the list. ...

November 10, 2016 No Responses

Firms weigh impact of Donald Trump win

(WSJ) Executives world-wide encountered a political and economic landscape radically changed by Donald Trump’s surprise election, which reverberated through the energy, health-care and manufacturing sectors. U.S. businesses braced for revamped trade pacts an...