Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will begin another round of voter registration in the first quarter of 2021, its chairman said on Wednesday. INEC Chairman,…
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Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed concern over fresh plans by the Federal Government to secure an additional $1.2 billion loan…
The Electoral Commission of Uganda on Wednesday announced that the 11 presidential candidates, who were nominated on Monday and Tuesday, would start campaign on Nov. 19…
A Nigerian-American, Oye Owolewa, has won election into the United States’ congress. Owolewa was elected as a shadow member of the United States House of Representatives…
The Somali-American congresswoman from Minnesota, Ilhan Omar, has retained her seat in the US Congress for the Democrats. Omar won 64.6% of the vote against the…
Ghana will deploy over 62,000 security personnel for its presidential election holding in December, 2020. The West African country’s Inspector-General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, on Wednesday,…
A Nigerian, Ms Esther Agbaje, has been elected into the Minnesota House of Representatives in Tuesday’s U.S. general elections. She will represent District 59B in the…
A Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono, has been re-arrested for alleged contempt of court. His crime? He used microblogging platform, Twitter. Zimbabwean police arrested journalist Hopewell Chin’ono…
An October 25 prayer walk by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump in Onitsha, Anambra, has caught his attention. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted an Election Day…
Ethiopia’s cabinet has declared a six-month state of emergency in the country’s northernmost state, Tigray, following escalation of tensions on Wednesday. In a statement, the cabinet…