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Nigerian ruling party wins most state polls
AFP, Published on 21/03/2023
» LAGOS: Nigeria's ruling party has won the majority of governorships contested in last weekend's elections, results showed Tuesday, following a ballot marred by violence, intimidation and vote buying.
Nigerian ruling party keeps powerful Lagos post after tense local polls
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» ABUJA - Nigeria's ruling party has held onto the powerful post of Lagos governor, the country's electoral commission said on Monday, following weekend local elections marred by reports of violence and vote buying.
Powerful Murdoch media turns on 'loser' Trump
AFP, Published on 11/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: The powerful media empire of conservative billionaire Rupert Murdoch appeared to turn its back Thursday on Donald Trump, labeling the former US president a "loser" who shows "increasingly poor judgement" after the midterm elections.
Xi: China's most powerful leader since Mao
AFP, Published on 30/08/2022
» BEIJING: Xi Jinping, who is soon expected to be anointed for an unprecedented third term in office as China's ruling Communist Party (CCP) holds its 20th Congress, has become his country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.
Roman Abramovich: Former symbol of Russia's oligarchy faces uncertain future
AFP, Published on 27/02/2022
» LONDON: Roman Abramovich rose from a penniless background in Russia's frozen north to become a multi-billionaire and a celebrity football tycoon, but his empire is teetering over his alleged Kremlin links.
California counts cost of rare governor recall election
AFP, Published on 12/09/2021
» LOS ANGELES - It's a $280 million taxpayer-funded election that most Californians don't want, and which could see a candidate with only a handful of votes take the reins of the world's fifth-largest economy.
Ex-New York governor Cuomo stripped of Emmy over sex harassment
AFP, Published on 25/08/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as New York governor over sexual harassment allegations, was stripped Tuesday of the Emmy he won for his primetime pandemic briefings.
Rebuke for Trump in races seen as barometers for 2020 election
AFP, Published on 06/11/2019
» WASHINGTON - Democrats celebrated big election wins in two US states seen as a test of President Donald Trump's strength ahead of the 2020 elections, while Republicans held fast to a governorship in traditionally conservative Mississippi, results showed Wednesday.
Boko Haram attacks governor's convoy in Nigeria: security sources
AFP, Published on 14/02/2019
» MAIDUGURI (NIGERIA) - Four people were killed and an unknown number of others were kidnapped in a Boko Haram attack on a convoy of vehicles carrying the governor of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, sources said on Wednesday.
A year after US school massacre, gun control remains elusive
AFP, Published on 14/02/2019
» MIAMI - On Valentine's Day of last year, a 19-year-old armed with a military-style assault rifle walked into his old high school in Parkland, Florida and slaughtered 17 people.