The uncertainty surrounding the Kano local government election, scheduled for tomorrow, has intensified with the expectation of another significant court ruling today. Recall that a Federal High Court, on Tuesday, halted the planned elections in the state and dissolved the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), reports Daily Tr...
•Ballotbox The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission has announced that all candidates contesting the local government election in Kano State must undergo a psychiatric test before participating in the October 26 polls. The KANSIEC chairman, Sani Malumfashi, made the disclosure while addressing a news conference in Kano today. “As you kn...
•Jacob Zuma The electoral commission said today it had appealed to South Africa’s highest court to rule on whether ex-president Jacob Zuma can stand in a general election in May as political tensions heighten. The vote is expected to be the most competitive since the 1994 advent of democracy in South Africa, and Zuma’s presence […]...

