The final results in Pakistan’s general election have put independent candidates backed by jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s PTI party in the lead. Independents won 101 of the National Assembly seats. BBC analysis shows 93 of them went to PTI-backed candidates.…
Supreme Court affirms Fubara as Rivers governor
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Siminalaye Fubara as governor of Rivers State. The court, on Thursday in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on Thursday, dismissed as lacking in merit, an…
Tinubu congratulates DR Congo’s Tshisekedi on re-election
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo on his re-election. Tinubu commended the government and the people of DR Congo for ensuring a successful conduct of the last elections. This is contained in…
DR Congo election: President Felix Tshisekedi declared landslide winner
President Félix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of Democratic Republic of Congo’s election, which has been condemned as a “sham” by several opposition candidates demanding a rerun. The president won about 73% of the vote, with his nearest challenger,…
Supreme Court dismisses Labour Party’s appeal, affirms Mbah as Enugu governor
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the election of Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor of Enugu State. A five-man panel of Justices, led by Justice Mohammed Garba, affirmed Mbah’s election. The panel dismissed an…
Election is over, don’t create problems for us – Kogi Police warns
The Kogi state commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, on Wednesday, warned troublemakers not to create problems for Kogi since the election had come and gone peacefully. The commissioner made the plea after some suspected party supporters staged a protest…
Kenyans struggle to make ends meet despite election promises
Kenya’s president William Ruto has acknowledged that his government is having a tough time in delivering what it promised in the campaign leading up to the elections. Addressing the nation at a joint parliamentary sitting in Nairobi 14 months after…
It’s too early to start allegations, INEC responds to LP on alleged changing of trained PU officers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied changing polling unit officials who are already trained on how to make use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System. The commission said the allegation by the Labour Party was false and baseless.…
Gabon coup: Army officers say they are taking power
Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. The electoral commission said Mr Bongo…
Runsewe urges Nigerians to support Tinubu’s government, shun bigotry, ethnicity
Chief Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), has called on Nigerians to support the President Bola Tinubu-led administration and shun religious bigotry and ethnicity. Runsewe said this during an interactive session on Wednesday in Abuja, with…