var bdv_ref_pid=229404;var bdv_ref_type=’i';var bdv_ref_option=’a';var bdv_ref_eb=’0′;var bdv_ref_gif_id=’ref_180x60_black’;var bdv_ref_width=180;var bdv_ref_height=60; affiliate program Guinea presidential run-off election postponed The second round of Guinea’s presidential election, scheduled for July 18, has been postponed to a date yet to be set, an electoral commission official told AFP on Friday in Conakry. “It all depends on the supreme court, but it [...]
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Nigeria’s 2011 elections and realities facing INEC’s Attahiru Jega. By Benjamin Aduba Special to USAfricaonline.com In a well written article published by Economic Confidential, a writer Law Mefor asks the question: Can Attahiru Jega Make the difference? Mefor answers the question tongue in cheek but says that if Mr. Jega took some steps he could [...]
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Burundi’s incumbent President wins flawed, one-man presidential election with landslide Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine The Burundian National Electoral Commission on Wednesday evening said the country’s current President Pierre Nkurunziza who was the only candidate in the race won the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes accounting for 92.62 percent. Speaking in front [...]
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Accusations of election fraud emerged in Guineaon Tuesday, a day before the crucial release of preliminary results in the country’s first democratic vote since independence. Sunday’s peaceful election was praised by the international community, who urged vigilance and calm as results are released and the country prepares to close the door on half a century of [...]
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Nkwerre Aborigines Union USA elects Dr. Nnadi to lead group Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston By Dr. Chido Nwangwu, Founder & Publisher, USAfrica Multimedia networks The U.S chapter of the Nkwerre Aborigines Union’s Memorial weekend convention (May 28-May 31) in Houston, Texas has elected new officers to run the affairs of the group. Dr. Godwin Ngozi [...]
Nigeria’s President keep VP pick secret; nominee expected this week. Special to USAfricaonline.com The presidency may not reveal the name of the vice-presidential nominee anytime President Goodluck Jonathan makes up his mind on the particular candidate, saying it would amount to breaching protocol to do otherwise, the Nigerian Tribune reported Tuesday. In its story, headlined [...]
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Following Yar’Adua’s death, Goodluck Jonathan sworn in as President of Nigeria. Special to USAfricaonline.com Nigeria’s Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, was today (Thursday May 6, 2010) sworn in as President, following the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday evening. He is expected to stay in power until elections next year. Nigeria’s Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, [...]
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Jonathan asks INEC’s Iwu to step down, immediately…. Special to USAfricaonline.com By Felix Onuah. Abuja – Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday ordered the country’s elections chief to step down immediately, following concern that polls next year would not be credible under his leadership. The Independent National Election Commission (INEC) chairperson, Maurice Iwu, has [...]
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Togo presidential rival Fabre claims victory ahead of results…. Lome, March 5 (Reuters) – The main opposition candidate in Togo’s presidential election said on Friday he believes he won by a broad margin — a claim that sets the stage for protests if the official results disagree. The vote held on Thursday in the small [...]
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VOTERS in the small west African country of Togo went to the polls March 4, 2010 to pick a new president in a poll seen as a test of democratic progress in a nation notorious for electoral violence. More than three million voters (have voted) to choose a new leader among seven candidates including incumbent [...]
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Presidential voting postponed; Togo’s main opposition quits elections commission, calls it “electoral masquerade” Special to USAfricaonline.com Togo’s main opposition party said Saturday it had quit the commission organising presidential elections next month (March 2010). The Union of Forces for Change said in a statement that it did not want to be associated with an “electoral [...]
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Anambra Gov. Peter Obi affirmed by INEC as winner of governorship election, amidst tales of voting, logistics problems Special to USAfricaonline.com Awka, Nigeria — The incumbent in Nigeria’s Anambra state was on Sunday (Feb 7, 2010) pronounced the winner of a flawed gubernatorial vote seen as a test for Africa’s largest democracy ahead of presidential [...]
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Nigeria’s ill president Yar’Adua to “hand-over power” to VP, after 70 days of Nigerians pondering his whereabouts and constitutional succession questions Special to USAfricaonline.com and Nigeria360 e-group Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 6 (UPI) — Ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua will hand over power to his vice president, the BBC reported Saturday. The British broadcaster said the president’s [...]
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Abutu’s ruling is that: “There is no mandatory requirement for the president to make a transmission to the leadership of the National Assembly before proceeding on vacation or on treatment outside Nigeria.. The functions of the office of the president cannot be held in abeyance on account of the omission of the president to transmit a written declaration.”
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Thousands flee as refugees in middle belt of Nigeria after violence kills 220; soldiers on streets Special to USAfricaonline.com By Jon Gambrell (CP): JOS, Nigeria — Soldiers with machine-guns patrolled the streets of Jos and charred bodies lay in the streets Wednesday following days of religious violence between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria that killed [...]
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USAfrica: The News & Opinion Leader for Africans and Americans. By Dr. Ugorji O. Ugorji Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal, Nigeria360@yahoogroups and IgboEvents e-group. There are several reasons why I think the south eastern Anambra State of Nigeria election for governor scheduled for February 6, 2010, will be exemplary in a [...]
In memory of Nigeria’s anonymous President Yar’Adua and the devil himself, Obasanjo. By Rudolf Okonkwo, USAfricaonline.com columnist and CLASSmagazine correspondent December 2, 2003: Just like you and I, Yar’Adua will die. Someday. I want to be the first to write his obituary. It is the greatest honor I can give to the man. Yar’Adua should be [...]
“The election of Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba as president of the Gabonese Republic is confirmed,” said chief justice Marie Madeleine Mborantsuo. Ali Bongo, the son of veteran leader Omar Bongo Ondimba who died in June after 41 years in power, was the winner of the disputed election with 41.79 percent of the ballot.
October 12, 2009 | Posted in
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In these closing months of 2009, Nigeria’s predictably dire future will need to be re-assessed to decide the ultimate political question of whether or not Nigeria will continue on its current odyssey under the yet diffident leadership of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
September 30, 2009 | Posted in
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