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The party of Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a strong lead in local elections Sunday, despite turbulent months marked by mass protests, corruption scandals and Internet blocks. If the national trend holds up, it would considerably brighten…
Anne Hidalgo, a Spanish-born Socialist, will be the first female mayor of Paris after an unexpectedly comfortable win in municipal elections on Sunday. Hidalgo, 54, had been expected to be run extremely close by her centre-right rival, former government…
Embroiled in political turmoil, Turkey’s leader has declared war on a shadowy enemy, a Muslim cleric he accuses of running a parallel “deep state” from faraway rural Pennsylvania. Out on the campaign trail ahead of Sunday’s local elections, there are…
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg locked horns with the leader of the country’s most anti-EU party in the first of two face-to-face debates ahead of forthcoming European Parliament elections. Clegg, leader of the pro-EU Liberal Democrats, argued…
French voters went to the polls on Sunday in the first round of local elections set to represent a landmark for women in politics and, possibly, for the far-right National Front. The first nationwide vote since Francois Hollande’s 2012 election as president…
South Africa’s ANC looks set to win a two-thirds majority in May elections, according to an opinion poll published Sunday that appears to fly in the face of public perceptions about its performance. The party that has ruled South Africa since the first…
Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region pledged Thursday to export 100,000 barrels of oil per day through central government-controlled pipelines in a bid to resolve an impasse with Baghdad ahead of elections. The Kurds and the government are locked in a row…
The U.S government on Thursday urged the Federal Government to ensure that the 2015 general elections were credible. . The…
SUPERVISING Minister of Police Affairs, Ms Olajumoke Akinjide, yesterday, disclosed that poor budgetary allocation was hindering the smooth operation of…
COALITION of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, yesterday, threatened to mobilise the masses against re-election of members of the National Assembly…
A former Chief Whip, Kwara House of Assembly, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, on Monday said the results of the 2015 general…
Nigeria’s secret police said on Thursday that it was holding a former militant leader from the oil-rich Niger delta, in the latest crackdown on potential trouble before elections next year. Presidential and parliamentary polls are scheduled for February…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 12 to March 19 for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for…
As Nigerians look forward to elections in 2015, many of the country’s women are demanding politicians to push for legislation that will protect them against domestic violence, which is on the increase. Women make up the largest voting base. Jacqueline…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday in Abuja, described the defection of former Vice President Atiku Ababukar to the…
Gov. Adam Oshiomhole of Edo on Monday said that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President, could not be a…
Minister of FCT, Sen. Bala Mohammed, on Saturday observed that the appointment of Dr. Adamu Muazu as the National Chairman…
Mr Hakeem Masha, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, said on Saturday that Lagos Island was safe…
National Chairman, People Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ahmed Muazu on Saturday promised to ensure a level-playing field for all party…