Senegal elections: government condemns ex-leader’s call to burn voters card

DAKAR, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Senegal’s government has condemned calls for violence by former President Abdoulaye Wade, who claims the presidential poll scheduled later this month is rigged in favour of the incumbent Macky Sall.The government says calls by the 92-year-old former leader for people to attack polling stations and…

Nigeria’s suspended chief justice denies assets charges

Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen, centre ABUJA, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria’s most senior judge appeared in a court on Friday and pleaded not guilty to failing to disclose assets in a politically charged case on the eve of elections. Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen failed to show up…

Observers pool for Nigeria polls: ECOWAS, AU, Commonwealth, EU, UN

Observer missions have been dispatched to the country but the election has been postponed ABUJA, Feb 16 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Elections have become fairly routine across much of Africa. There has been on average six presidential polls per year since 2016.At the center of an average election are the candidates and…

Polls critical to future of democracy in Nigeria, across Africa – U.S.

WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States says Nigeria’s presidential elections slated for Feb 23, is critical to the future of democracy in the country and across Africa. The election was originally to be held Saturday Feb 16 but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the postponement just…

South Africa: Citizens can still register to vote

CAPE TOWN, Feb 16 (NNN-SANEWS) — The South African cabinet has called on all eligible voters who have not registered to vote in the upcoming elections to do so at the offices of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), which are still open across the country. “You can also check your…

Turkey has not revealed all about Khashoggi killing: Pres Erdogan

ANKARA, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Turkey has not yet revealed all theinformation it has discovered about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “We haven’t given all the elements we have at our disposal,” the Turkishhead of state said during…

French to mark three months of ‘yellow vest’ protests

PARIS, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Demonstrators are to hit French citystreets again Saturday, marking three months of “yellow vest” protests as apoll now suggests that most of the country wants them to stop. The number of those attending the weekly rallies has dropped since 287,000turned out on Nov 17, the…

North Koreans pay tribute to Kim’s father in freezing cold

PYONGYANG, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Day of the Shining Star dawned bitterly cold in Pyongyang. But thousands of North Koreans lined up in temperatures of minus 8 degrees Celsius on Saturday to pay their respects to late leader Kim Jong Il on his birthday. Kim, the son of the…

Myanmar court sentences two to death for Muslim lawyer’s murder

YANGON, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Myanmar court Friday sentenced two people to death for the murder of Aung San Suu Kyi’s legal advisor, after a drawn-out trial backlit by allegations of impunity with a main suspect still at large. Ko Ni, whose work and Muslim faith made him a target…

Maldives president suspends ministers as corruption scandal spreads

MALE, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih suspended two government ministers over financial transactions conducted with a company implicated in a US$90 million corruption scandal. The investigation relates to a deal to lease tropical islands for hotel development, that has already implicated a former president and several…