It was reported that the Nigeria’s former finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged winner for the post of World Trade Organisation director-general. According to the report, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala defeated her South Korea’s opponent (Yoo Myung-hee) at the final stage after polling a total vote of 104 votes from 164 member countries to emerged the […]
Governor Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won his re-election as Independent National Electoral Commission declared him the winner of the just concluded Edo state gubernatorial election held on Saturday 19 September 2020. Governor Godwin Obaseki (Peoples Democratic Party) defeated his major contender (Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu of All Progressives Congress) to
Ovia South-West APC – 10,636 PDP – 12,659 Orhionmwon APC – 10,458 PDP – 13,445 Etsako Central APC – 8,359 PDP – 7,478 Etsako East APC :17,011 PDP: 10,668 Akoko Edo APC 22,963 PDP 20,101 Esan West APC – 7,189 PDP – 17,434 Oredo APC – 18,365 PDP – 43,498 Esan South-East APC – 9,237 PDP – 10,563 Etsako West APC – 26,140 PDP – 17,959 Ovia North-East APC – 9,907 PDP – 16,987 Owan West APC – 11,193 PDP – 11,485 Owan East APC – 19,295 PDP – 14,762 Egor APC – 10,202 PDP – 27,621 Uhunmwonde APC – 5,972 PDP – 10,022 Ikpoba Okha APC – 18,218 PDP – 41,030 Esan Central APC 6,719 PDP 10,794 Esan North-East APC – 6,556 PDP – 13,579 Igueben LG APC – 5199
*More local government results are still being collated. Esan South East PDP: 10,565 APC: 9,237 Igueben LGA PDP: 7,870 APC: 5,199 Uhunmwonde LGA PDP: 10,022 APC: 5,972 Esan west LGA PDP – 17,433 APC – 7,189 Egor LGA PDP: 27, 621 APC: 10, 202 Etsako west LGA PDP 17,959 APC 26,140 Owan east LGA PDP: 14,762
It was alleged that police in their large numbers were seen around the hotel where governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state is lodging in Benin City (Edo state, Nigeria). Their mission there is what no one can tell at the moment. Governor Wike is the chairman of PDP campaign council for Edo state governorship election
It was reported that the United States government has blacklisted some Nigerian politicians who were involved in election violence and rigging. According to Morgan Ortagus (a US State Department spokeswoman), these Nigerian politicians placed in the travel restrictions undermined democratic process and caused violence during elections. This move is in accordance with a decision in
Our (Viewers Corner News) correspondent in Lilongwe reported that Malawi’s presidential election that was held on 21 May 2019 which declared President Peter Mutharika a winner has been annulled on Monday by Malawi’s Constitutional Court. The court also ordered that a new presidential re-run be held within 150 days. Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika was declared
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (63 years) from Democratic Progressive Party has won re-election on Saturday in a landslide victory. The self-ruled island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen got 57 percent of the vote to defeat her main opponent (Han Kuo-yu). Han Kuo-yu got 39 percent of the vote and had conceded defeat on Saturday. Han Kuo-yu congratulated
The former prime minister of Croatia, Zoran Milanovic (53 years) has defeated the incumbent president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic (51 years) in the run-off of Croatia’s presidential election. Mr Zoran Milanovic, the Social Democrat candidate won the presidential election with 52.7 percent of the vote while his opponent, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic got 47.3 percent of the vote. After
