Tag: elections

  • Bulgaria new elections in July

    Bulgaria new elections in July

    Bulgarians will have to return to the polls to elect a new parliament after three failed attempts to form a government. Following the election on April 4, the country is heading for a new parliamentary election, probably on July 11, President Rumen Radev said on Wednesday. The third strongest party, the hitherto opposition Socialists (BSP),…

  • Flash….PDP withdraws from local government elections in Kano

    Flash….PDP withdraws from local government elections in Kano

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State says it will not participate in the forthcoming local government elections in the state scheduled for January 2021. Alhaji Danladi Kagara, the PDP Caretaker Chairman in the State, disclosed this on Tuesday in Kano while briefing newsmen. According to him, the PDP believes that free and fair…

  • INEC fixes Dec. 5, for 15 pending by-elections

    INEC fixes Dec. 5, for 15 pending by-elections

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the conduct of 15 pending by-elections for Dec. 5. Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, in a statement issued in Abuja said that the decision was taken at the commission’s meeting held on Friday. He said that INEC among other…

  • Edo 2020: Tambuwal, Obaseki, others call for violence-free campaigns, elections

    The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governors’ Forum, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto and Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo have called on politicians to embrace peace in the forthcoming Edo gubernatorial polls. They made the call on Thursday in Benin after the party’s stakeholders meeting. They urged leaders of various political parties contesting the governorship…