JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police on Thursday arrested 13 protesters during rallies against government plans to introduce judicial changes. A police statement said seven protesters were arrested in West Jerusalem over suspicion of their chaotic behavior, which included the closure of a facility with iron wires. Six other protesters were taken in...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s election commission has postponed the March 11 election for state governors, the country’s election commission said. “The commission has taken the difficult but necessary decision to reschedule the governorship and state House of Assembly elections which will now take place on Saturday 18th March...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s main opposition bloc on Wednesday called for the release of political prisoners amid a deep crisis in the North African country. Supporters of the National Salvation Front (NSF) staged a protest in the capital Tunis to demand the release of critics of policies of President Kais Saied. Protesters held pictures [&...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): Nigeria’s opposition leader Atiku Abubakar who came second in a February 25 presidential poll took to the streets on Monday along with his supporters to contest the election results. The electoral body last week declared Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner to take over from Presid...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The head of Libya’s High Council of State (HCS) said Monday the assembly has not rejected a UN initiative for holding elections this year. “HCS is still studying the initiative of UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily,” Khaled al-Mishri told a press conference in the capital Tripoli. “There is a possibility of mixing […]...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): Labour Party candidate Peter Obi has announced that he would challenge the outcome of Nigeria’s fiercely fought presidential elections after official results awarded victory to the ruling party’s champion, Bola Tinubu. “We will explore all legal and peaceful options to reclaim our mandate. We won the ele...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani President Arif Alvi on Friday announced elections in Punjab, the country’s largest province, on April 30. The development came after a long political impasse which saw the country’s Supreme Court ordering elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces within 90 days. “The ECP (Election C...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s main opposition party on Thursday said it intends to challenge the results of the Feb. 25 presidential election in court. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) denounced the results as a “grave injustice.” PDP’s Atiku Abubakar came second in the race for president with an official vote tally of 6.9 million, [&h...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) — Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu appealed for unity in the country on Wednesday after hotly contested elections that have been disputed by opposition parties. In his acceptance speech after being declared the winner of the weekend election, Tinubu said the divisions that characterized the poll should not li...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential elections, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying he was the best man for the job. Tinubu, candidate of Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), won 8.8 million votes against 6.9 million for opposition Peoples Democratic Part...
