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INEC Assures Nigerians Every Valid Vote Will Count in 2027 Elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that every valid vote will count in the 2027 general elections, pledging a credible process that reflects the will of the people. The assurance was given on Thursday by Dr Adejumo Peter, Head of Voter Education and Publicity at INEC Kwara State, during a seminar organised by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ilorin. Dr Peter said the electoral body would strictly adhere to its rules and procedures to ensure free, fair and credible elections based on the principle of one person, one vote. “INEC in Kwara will follow the rules and procedures as laid down by our commission. We will ensure that the elections are done on a one-man, one-vote basis. At the end of the exercise, the outcome of the elections will reflect the will of the people,” he said. He dismissed the notion that collecting or hoarding Permanent Vo...

GUINEA-BISSAU'S MAIN OPPOSITION LEFT OUT OF FINAL ELECTORAL LIST. (PHOTO).


 Guinea-Bissau's main opposition left out of final electoral list


Guinea-Bissau's main opposition coalition and its historical PAIGC party will not be on the ballot in November presidential and legislative elections, according to a final list of parties and candidates published by the Supreme Court, AFP reported.


The West African nation's top court had already provisionally announced the ineligibilities, which are due to late applications.


The country's main opposition leader, former Prime Pinister Domingos Simoes Pereira, had submitted his presidential candidacy under PAIGC too late, according to the Supreme Court, after first trying to enter the election under a coalition which was not correctly registered.


Pereira heads the main opposition coalition Pai Terra Ranka, comprised of around 10 political parties, including his PAIGC party which led the former Portuguese colony to independence.


Late application


In late September, the Supreme Court said that Pai Terra Ranka was ineligible for the November 23 legislative election, to be held the same day as the presidential vote, due to a late application.


PAIGC meanwhile did not submit a legislative application, according to Supreme Court spokesman Mamadu Embalo.


Pereira returned to Guinea-Bissau in mid-September after spending nine months abroad because of a perceived threat to his life as well as legal issues.


Before returning, he had told supporters in Portugal that he was coming home to lead a "democratic fight".


His arch-rival, incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, is registered as a presidential candidate.


The two politicians faced off in the country's last presidential election in 2019, with Pereira bitterly contesting his defeat.


Attempted coup


In 2023, Embalo dissolved Guinea-Bissau's parliament, at the time dominated by the opposition, following armed clashes that the president branded an attempted coup.


The move was fiercely condemned by Pereira - then the parliament's speaker - as a constitutional coup.


Guinea-Bissau has experienced a succession of coups since independence from Portugal in 1974.

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