The BBC Africa to Host Language Debates for 10 Gubernatorial Elections

BBC Africa will hold 10 language debates across Nigeria in Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin and Yoruba.

People will be able to debate the issues that matter to them in their own language. The debates will ask

2019NigeriaDecides : All You Need to About 2019 General Elections...Seven-step Voting Procedure

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has outlined the voting procedures for the 2109 general elections. 

Please be mindful of the following steps: 

Step 1:

Former Pres. Jonathan Praises Benin Republic’s Prime Minister for Conceding Defeat & Calls it the “Highest Display of Patriotism and Maturity”

Nigeria’s Former President Goodluck Jonathan has applauded the “exemplary conduct” of Benin Republic’s Prime Minister, Lionel Zinsou for conceding defeat in the just concluded Presidential Elections in the country. 

 

The Prime Minister who lost to the opposition candidate, Patrice Talon was reported to have called to the 57-year old entrepreneur to congratulate him.

PORT-HARCOURT Re-run polls: Shootings continue in Rivers

— THE orgy of violence, which characterised Saturday’s re-run polls for some federal and state legislative seats in Rivers State continued, yesterday, as the results were being collated. 

There were sporadic shootings in Abonema area of Port Harcourt, the state capital. The shooting which lasted for about 30 minutes caused panic as people around Mile 1 and Azikiwe road scampered for safety.

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner left Argentina's Presidency, not in handover spat

The outgoing left-wing leader and the centre-right president-elect disagree over where the ceremony should be held.

 

Ms Fernandez bid farewell to a large crowd of her supporters in an emotional speech on Wednesday.

Governorship Polls: Dickson ahead, wins in 4 LGs

YENAGOA—WITH official results from five of the eight local councils, Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, emerged as the front runner in the Bayelsa State Governorship election having scored 81,929 votes.

He is closely being pursued by the All Progressives Congress, APC, standard bearer and immediate past governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, who got 56,514 votes.

So far, results from 28 polling units in the five councils were cancelled due to electoral skirmishes, over-voting, malfunctioning card readers and violence.

 

While Dickson won in four of the five councils, Sylva had the upper hand in the battle for Brass, his local council. The councils that Dickson won were Sagbama, Yenagoa, Ekeremor, Kolokuma/Opokuma.

Election: ANC can learn from President Buhari

Buhari

Nigerian politics is notoriously corrupt and frequently chaotic, but there are lessons to be learnt from Africa’s most populous country, especially since it has hard-earned experience in both the democratic governance and dictatorship departments since achieving independence from Britain, 55 years ago this month.
While there are certainly aspects of Nigeria’s governance history that SA would not want to emulate, since his election earlier this year President Muhammadu Buhari has sought to correct flaws in the system and introduce practices designed to promote effective governance rather than merely entrench power, a frequent criticism of his predecessors.

This includes the cabinet appointment process, for which he has taken considerable flack both at home and abroad because it has taken so long — his administration took effective control from the beginning of June, yet his cabinet was finalised only in the past few weeks.

A-Ibom Election Poll: Why Tribunal nullified election in 18 LGAs

ABUJA—The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, cancelled the governorship election results in 18 local government areas, LGAs, in the state. A three-man panel of Justices at the tribunal, headed by Justice Ishaq Umar, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct re-run elections in the affected LGAs.

Emmanuel                                     Umana

The tribunal said it was satisfied  that a total of 566, 436 voters in the areas were disenfranchised during the governorship election that held in the state on April 11, 2015. According to the tribunal, section 108(2) of the Electoral Act, empowered it to, in view of circumstances that surrounded the governorship election in the 18 LGAs, nullify the outcome  and order INEC to organise a re-run.

Specifically, it listed the LGAs where INEC must conduct a re-run poll as: Etim-Ekpo, Uyo, Ibesikpo, Onna, Ikono, Oruk-Anam, Uruan, Ibeno, Ibiono Ibom, Nsit-Ibom, Nsit-Ubium, Ini, Oron, Nsit-Atai, Etinan, Udung-Uko and Eket.

Canada election: Liberals, by Justin Trudeau sweep to power

The centrist Liberals, led by Justin Trudeau, started the campaign in third place but in a stunning turnaround now command a majority.

 

Mr Trudeau, the 43-year-old son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, said Canadians had voted for real change.

NDC boycotts IEA debate on voters register

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday decided to boycott the Institute of Economic Affairs’ (IEA) purported debate on the Voters Register.

IEA

“The NDC is unable to participate in the said debate because it is only the Electoral Commission which is mandated to deal with all issues relating to election matters,” Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah NDC, General Secretary said in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra.

The NDC said “it is very surprising that the IEA is organising this debate after it was part of a decision that was taken by the Ghana Political Parties Programme (GPPP), that the EC should be in-charge of Voter Register issues.

Election: Alexis Tsipras hails 'victory of the people'

But he said Greeks faced a difficult road and recovery from financial crisis would only come through hard work.

Syriza has won just over 35%, slightly down on its previous result.

That is again short of a majority, but Syriza will form a coalition with the nationalist Independent Greeks. Conservative New Democracy won 28%.

Election candidate in Canada quits after Urinating in Mug

Jerry Bance had been competing as a Conservative in a Toronto district but a party spokesman said on Monday that he is "no longer a candidate".

Broadcaster CBC used hidden cameras in 2012 to video Mr Bance as he attended to a leaky sink as a repairman. 

 

In a statement he said he was "deeply regretful" over the incident.

But opposition politicians wasted no time trying to capitalise.

Election; Tanzania's Ruling Party appoints Works Minister for Presidential Race

Dodoma - Tanzania's ruling party on Sunday named Works Minister John Magufuli as its candidate for this year's presidential race, making him the most likely next leader of the east African nation.

 

The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party has ruled Tanzania for five decades and its candidate is widely expected to take over from President Jakaya Kikwete, who has served a maximum two terms, after the October 25 election.

Politics: Court Reserves Ruling in Akwa Ibom Election Tussle.

The Akwa Ibom Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has reserved ruling on whether or not it will admit the defence of Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom to the APC petition challenging his election.

         Emmanuel            vs          Umana

Pictures: Nigeria Representatives Fight over Election of Principal Officers –

Yesterday’s disagreement in the chamber of the House of Representatives again brought to the fore questions about the unity and preparedness of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC for governance. 

A fight broke out Thursday in the House of Representatives over disagreement on the election of principal officers.

Danish election: Opposition bloc wins

The centre-right group led by ex-PM Lars Lokke Rasmussen beat Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt's centre-left coalition, although her party is the largest.

Ms Thorning-Schmidt has now stood down as Social Democratic Party leader.

The right-wing, anti-immigration Danish People's Party will become the second-largest in parliament.

Saraki: Group wants Tinubu, Gemade suspended

A non-political association, Leadership by Example League International (LELI), has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to suspend former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and Senator Barnabas Gemade, over their opposition tothe election of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate president.

In a statement by Dr. Batos Nwadike, Chancellor of the group, congratulating Saraki, LELI said it was excited and hopeful that with the election of Saraki as Senate president and Senator Ike Ekweremadu as deputy Senate president, the upper legislative house was poised to give effective leadership to Nigerians through seamless legislations.

Bukola Saraki is new Senate president

 

NIGERIA- Former Governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki,  has been elected the president of the eighth Senate.

What makes a 'Social Media Election'?

Commentators are already arguing about whether it was a "social media election" - but what does that term really mean?

Depending on who you pay attention to, this was either the UK's first "social media election" - or it wasn't. 

 

Okorocha Declared Winner of Imo State Governorship Election

Governor of Imo State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha, secured a second term in office after INEC declared him winner of the Imo State Governorship election.

Okorocha was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the supplementary election of Saturday.