Tagged: Governorship Election
Conrad Omodiagbe
Nigeria: Opposition Accepts Defeat
Following months of back and forth and a highly publicised court case in Nigeria, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2019 governorship election in Kogi State, Musa Wada, has finally conceded defeat to his main rival, the state Governor Yahaya Bello following a recent decision by the Supreme Court. Wada, who released a […]
Farida Adamu
Puerto Rico Governor Quits
Ricardo Rosselló, the Governor of Puerto Rico, has announced that he will step down on the 2nd of August. His announcement follows mass protests against him and his administration after the release of encrypted messages between the governor and members of his administration, where they traded homophobic and sexists messages. Why is Rosselló Quitting? On […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Puerto Rico Governor Asked To Resign
Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Puerto Rico to demand the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló after the learning about damning messages shared between the Governor and his associates on the messaging app, Telegram. What Happened? The Puerto Rico Center for Investigative Journalism published 889 pages of conversations between the governor and his […]
The Election Network
The State of Mexico goes to the polls in gubernatorial race
Voters in the state of Mexico will elect their governor today after a crushing blow to the ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) earlier this year. After losing seven gubernatorial races, President Enrique Peña Nieto and his ruling party will face three more local elections, including the elections in the state of Mexico, before the anticipated […]