Former football star George Weah has defeated Vice President Joseph Boakai to win Liberia’s presidential election run-off, the election commission announced on Thursday. Commission chairman Jerome Korkoyah said Weah won with 61.5 percent of the vote, based on 98.1 percent of ballots cast. This means the former Balln d’Or winner will will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf... Read More

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June 8, 2016

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32 political parties (and counting) set to burst into the scene

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, announced that over 32 new political parties have applied for registration. This was disclosed by chairman of the electoral commission, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, during the second quarterly consultative meeting with the chairmen and secretaries of registered political parties in Abuja. The chairman noted that INEC has started... Read More

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October 24, 2015

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‘No normal Akwa Ibom indigene will vote for another party besides PDP’

The Peoples Democratic Party chapter in Delta state, has boasted that the opposition party owns Akwa Ibom state. The party stated that even if a re-run of the governorship election is held 50 times in the 18 local governments, the PDP governor of Akwa Ibom, Emmanuel Udom will continue to win. Acting spokesperson, Sunny Onuesoke, stated this, while reacting... Read More

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