A majority on Brazil’s highest electoral court has voted to bar former President Jair Bolsonaro from public office until 2030 over his conduct during last year’s tightly contested elections. The seven-member Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) voted five-to-two on Friday to…
Japanese parliament votes down no-confidence motion against cabinet
Japan’s lower house of parliament voted down a no-confidence motion submitted against the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday. It was submitted by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) a day after the prime minister…
Akpabio elected Senate President
A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has been elected as the Senate President of the 10th Assembly. Akpabio is the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress. The voting in the election of a new Senate President…
Turkey’s Erdogan sworn in for 3rd term as president
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed for unity as he was sworn in for a third consecutive term on Saturday after winning a runoff election. “We will embrace all 85 million people regardless of their political views … Let’s put…
Turkey’s Kılıçdaroğlu vows to expel 10m refugees if elected
Turkey’s opposition presidential candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu pledged on Thursday to expel “10 million refugees” if he is elected after the May 28 run-off. “As soon as I come to power, I will send all refugees back to their homes,” Kılıçdaroğlu…
Erdoğan promises peaceful transition if he loses Sunday’s vote
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday says he will accept Sunday’s vote results and step down if he loses, refuting concerns that he may not leave power. Erdoğan gave assurance in reaction to the question whether he will cling…
Erdoğan suspends election campaign over ‘minor’ health problems
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday cancelled his scheduled election campaign rallies on due to a “minor sickness,’’ the president announced. “I will rest at home today as our doctors advised,’’ Erdoğan wrote on Twitter, citing health problems he…
After this Sanwo-Olu “selection” can we have peace?
Sanwo-Olu wins again for Lagos state; either by selection or election. He remains governor. Politics is a dirty game. It’s a clichéd expression that I can’t help but use every time I think of what happened during this past election.…
Rhodes-Vivour has put fire on Sanwo-Olu’s heels
Rhodes-Vivour is the new name on everyone’s lips. Like most Nigerians during this election period, I follow the news keenly. I want to know who’s winning, who’s losing gallantly, who’s campaigning with thugs and threatening people, who’s whining about Igbos…
Kemal Kilicdaroglu: Opposition picks ‘Turkey’s Gandhi’ to challenge Erdogan in election
Turkey’s often divided opposition parties have come together to choose a single candidate to face President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May’s election. Kemal Kilicdaroglu leads the main secular opposition party, the centre-left Republican People’s Party (CHP). Polls suggest a tight…
