London, Dec. 13, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algeria’s former prime minister, has won the country’s presidential election, the electoral commission announced on Friday. Tebboune secured 58% of the vote, enough to prevent a second round. Turnout was just 40%, the electoral body’s head said in a televised news conference in Algiers. READ ALSO: AFDB, AUDA-NEPAD TO ...

London, Nov. 27, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Namibians go to the polls on Wednesday, Today) to elect leaders who will form part of government for the next five years, including the country’s president. Some 1 358 468 people have registered to cast their votes across the country’s 14 regions and 121 constituencies. A total of eight candidates including ...

London, June 27, 2019 (AltAfrica)-In a landmark judgement, a Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that it is illegal and unconstitutional to require discharge certificate from the National Youth Service Corps scheme, (NYSC) as a requirement for contesting election in Nigeria The court also added that a candidate cannot be disqualified from an election ...

London, Feb. 16, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Its now official, Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent national Electoral Commission, INEC has postponed Nigeria’s much anticipated election by one week inflicting more image and credibility problem for the government Addressing journalists, at 2:44am on Saturday, the chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, said the presidential and National Assembly election would ...

London, Feb. 4, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday warned its staff against collecting inducements from anyone during the forthcoming general elections. It also said that the results of the elections will be collated and transmitted manually throughout the country. National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education of the commission, Mr. Festus ...

  Adetokunbo Fakeye    London, September 18, 2018 (AltAfrica)-The main opposition party in Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday condemned the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to ban the use of smart phones in polling units. The party specifically, accused INEC of a surreptitious move to prevent the global community from ...

London, September 14, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari, day in Abuja boasted that the state would deliver 2,5 million votes to President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2019 presidential election. Masari who made the declaration while answering questions from journalists after meeting the president at the State House, said whereas Katsina gave the president 1.5 ...

London, September 13, 2018 (AltAfrica)-About 156 days to the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Oyo state, has set up a call-centre to contact registered persons to go and collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). Addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Mutiu Agboke, said ...

London, September 11, 2018 (AltAfrica)-The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research unit of The Economist Magazine, has made prediction that the main opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the upcoming 2019 presidential election. EIU stated this in its latest country forecast overview ...