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Monday, 26 September 2022 06:15

Italy voters shift sharply, far-right party prevails

Italian voters shifted sharply, bolstering prospects the country could have its first far-right-led government since World War II, partial results Monday from the election for Parliament indicated. In a victory speech, far-right Italian leader Giorgia Meloni struck a moderate tone after preliminary results in Sunday’s national election showed her Brothers of Italy party leading contenders. “If we are called to govern this nation, we will do it for everyone, we will do it for all Italians and we will do it with the aim of uniting the people (of this country),” Meloni said at her party’s Rome headquarters. “Italy chose…

Saturday, 17 September 2022 06:44

Three out of four conditions for electronic voting already met - INEC

As Nigerians look forward to electronic transmission of election results in next year’s elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the country is close to transiting to electronic voting. Also, INEC has revealed that it would use 1.4 million adhoc staff to conduct next year’s election. Speaking in Lagos yesterday, at Editors Forum organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) as its contribution in deepening democracy ahead of 2023 elections, INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said Nigeria has already met three of the four requirements for electronic voting. Earlier, in his welcome address, President of the NGE,…

Friday, 16 September 2022 07:03

Tinubu, Atiku kick as opinion poll tips Obi to win 2023 presidential election

Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, have reacted to an opinion poll conducted by NOI, which indicated that the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, would defeat them in the 2023 election. Tinubu, who spoke through the director, Media and Publicity of his presidential campaign council, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday, said he is unperturbed, describing the poll as unrealistic and fake. A poll conducted by Ngozi Okonjo Iweala (NOI Polls) and commissioned by the Atedo N. A. Peterside (ANAP) Foundation showed that Obi would win if the…

Thursday, 15 September 2022 06:41

Ayu must go, Southwest PDP tells Atiku

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest has insisted that its National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, must step down to pave way for southern Nigeria to be included in the top hierarchy of the party. The request was tabled before the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who were at the Theophilus Ogunlesi Hall, University College Hospital (UCH), in Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday, for an interactive session with party stakeholders from the Southwest. Governor Seyi Makinde, who tabled the request on behalf of the stakeholders said the combination of Atiku and Okowa in the presidency offered…

Thursday, 15 September 2022 06:40

Swedish PM resigns as right-wing parties win vote

Sweden's prime minister says she will stand down after her government was defeated in Sunday's election. Magdalena Andersson's centre-left coalition looks set to narrowly lose to a bloc of right-wing parties, 176 seats to 173, with 99% of the votes counted. Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson is now expected to form a government. The bloc includes the Sweden Democrats, a far-right party that has campaigned against rising gang shootings. The final result is still to be confirmed after a recount, which is standard practice in Sweden. But despite this, Andersson accepted defeat at a news conference on Wednesday, and said…

Tuesday, 13 September 2022 07:02

INEC invalidates several voter registrations over irregularities - Official

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has detected several invalid registrations during the clean-up of the register from the recently-concluded voter registration exercise. The continuous voter registration exercise (CVR) ended on July 31 — thirteen months after it began. In April, the commission had said 45 percent of registrations done in 2021 were invalid. The commission has previously given reasons for invalid registrations as multiple registrations and incomplete data. In a statement on Monday by Festus Okoye, its commissioner for information and voter education, the commission said it would provide the public with details after the clean-up exercise has…

Tuesday, 13 September 2022 07:01

2023: It’s not your turn, Obi carpets Tinubu

Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said next year’s Presidential election is not based on ethnicity or religion, hence it is nobody’s turn. Speaking at the Labour Party Leadership Retreat in Abuja on Monday, Obi promised to sign a performance agreement with the Nigerian Labour Congress to make sure that ideas generated at the retreat are followed to the latter. Apparently referring to the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, Obi insisted that since there was no place where Christians or Muslims buy things cheaper, or Yoruba or Hausa’s have free light than others…

Saturday, 10 September 2022 06:36

Results portal attacked from ‘across the world’ during Ekiti, Osun gov elections - INEC

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its result viewing (IReV) portal has come under attack from hackers across the world. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said this while delivering a keynote address at a stakeholders’ conference on election result management on Friday in Abuja. The conference was organised by YIAGA Africa, a civil society organisation (CSO), to launch the election result analysis dashboard (ERAD) report agenda. Yakubu said the commission has recorded several attempts to hack the cyber security system of the result viewing portal. “Another technical concern for us is the repeated attempts to break through our cyber security system…

Saturday, 10 September 2022 06:35

‘I love what Peter Obi is doing, God can make him President in 2023’, APC gov says after meeting Buhari

Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate for the 2023 election, is widely accepted. The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor said although his support is for Bola Tinubu, his party’s candidate, “only God knows who will win”. He said this while fielding questions from State House reporters after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Umahi said the meeting was to invite Buhari for the commissioning of about N1.2 billion Governor’s Lodge at Asokoro, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The governor, who lost the APC presidential ticket in June,…

Wednesday, 07 September 2022 06:51

Liz Truss’ UK cabinet is first with no white men in topmost appointments

Liz Truss’s new government will be the UK’s first without a White man holding one of the so-called four great offices of state. The new premier named Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor of the Exchequer, making him Britain’s first Black finance minister. Suella Braverman, who is of Indian heritage, was appointed home secretary, while James Cleverly, who identifies as mixed race, was assigned the role of top diplomat as foreign secretary. Truss herself is the third female British prime minister. Following a bruising runoff against Rishi Sunak, Truss has prioritized loyalty and ideological alignment above all. She built her campaign on…

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Monday, 05 September 2022 06:34

UK’s Liz Truss expected to be named Conservative leader, new PM

Liz Truss is expected to be named leader of the governing Conservative Party and Britain's next prime minister today (Monday), poised to take power at a time when the country faces a cost of living crisis, industrial unrest and a recession. After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive party leadership contest that pitted Truss against Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister, Monday's announcement at 1130 GMT will trigger the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson. He was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandal. On Tuesday, the winner will travel to Scotland to meet…

Monday, 05 September 2022 06:33

Chileans overwhelmingly reject new left-leaning constitution

Chileans resoundingly rejected a new constitution to replace a charter imposed by the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago, dealing a stinging setback to President Gabriel Boric who argued the document would have ushered in a progressive era. With 96% of the votes counted in Sunday’s plebiscite, the rejection camp had 61.9% support compared to 38.1% for approval amid what appeared to be a heavy turnout with long lines at polling states. Voting was mandatory. The approval camp conceded defeat, with its spokesman Vlado Mirosevic saying: “We recognize this result and we listen with humility to what the…

Sunday, 04 September 2022 06:56

People have understood they were lied to in 2015 - Kukah

Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah yesterday said it was important for the political actors, particularly the 2023 presidential candidates to listen to the young people, understand their frustrations, and align their agenda toward assuaging their grievances. Kukah said this was important because the passion that drove people during the 2015 elections had dissipated, and that the people had understood they were lied to “and we have all seen the consequences of religious manipulations.”Kukah, who spoke on Arise News, said: “The passion that drove people in 2015, those passions have been dissipated because people realised that…

Friday, 02 September 2022 06:54

Threats of fascism in Nigeria already visible - Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said Nigeria is gradually moving towards dictatorship. The former president stated this at the 70th birthday celebration of Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, held at Sheraton Hotel in Abuja. Speaking on the theme of the event, ‘Nigeria’s Unfinished Greatness: Next Steps’, Jonathan urged Nigerians to remain vigilant and united to choose leaders that will lead the nation to the promised land. He said, “The task before all of us is not to lower our guard, lest the democracy we cherish today, succumbs to threats and recedes into fascism tomorrow and there are…

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