General elections
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The National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, says the party will offer Nigerians a credible alternative in the 2027 general elections. Abdullahi stated this in a statement while congratulating Senator Tony Nwoye over his emergence as Senate Minority Whip. According to him, Nwoye’s emergence is a reflection of his credibility…
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Holding an election would set Israel back by “months” and benefit Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday evening as a large demonstration in Jerusalem was held against him, calling for him to step down, The Jerusalem Post reported. Netanyahu argued at a press conference that elections would paralyze the country — “in the…
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An angry, emotional President Joe Biden defended his mental competence Thursday in a rare evening address to Americans, responding to biting comments in a report released hours earlier on his mishandling of classified documents. Appearing on live television from the White House, Biden was furious over the report’s claim that he was unable to remember…
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While Kemi Badenoch professed her loyalty to the prime minister, her outing on the airwaves this weekend may only add to the desire some have for her to take over as Conservative leader. The business secretary’s interview with Trevor Phillips touched on Gaza, the Post Office, post-Brexit trade and so-called culture war issues like trans…
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has given an interview this morning, and he was asked about the sentencing of Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane. Calocane was sentenced to detention in a high-security hospital after prosecutors accepted his manslaughter plea rather than pursuing a murder conviction. The sentence could be referred to the Court of Appeal after…
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Rishi Sunak has kicked off 2024’s political season with a hint at when the next general election will be – saying it’s his “working assumption” it will happen in the second half of the year. Speculation has been rife for months about when the prime minister will choose to go to the polls, with some…
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A few personalities and events shaped the political landscape in Anambra in the outgoing year, 2023. Some of these events and personalities included the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, the governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo and many other political actors. Even as the year draws…
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Rishi Sunak has claimed a general election is “not what the country wants”, despite insisting he is unafraid of going to the polls. Sky News’s political editor Beth Rigby put it to the prime minister that he was a “man without a mandate” – having lost the Tory leadership election last year, before being appointed…
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