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Guinea’s junta suspends three major Political Parties ahead of election
Guinea’s junta suspends three major Political Parties ahead of election
Algerians vote in referendum for constitutional change
Polls opened in Algeria on Sunday in a referendum on changes to the constitution pushed by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and…
Brexit: Labour rejects call to back second referendum
Labour’s ruling body has resisted pressure to back a second referendum before agreeing to any Brexit deal. Rejecting a campaign…
ASUP directs chapters to hold referendum on suspension of strike
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has directed its members in all chapters to hold a referendum on suspension…
2019 Elections, referendum on security, hunger, says Dogara
Mr Yakubu Dogara, Speaker, House of Representatives, says the 2019 General Elections are neither about President Muhammadu Buhari nor his…
Romania sets date for referendum to block gay marriage
Romania set an Oct. 6 date for a referendum to change the constitutional definition of marriage to a union between…
Rumours Of Irregularities In Referendum, Vain Effort – Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday rumours of irregularities in a referendum over the weekend were a vain…
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Breaking: Italian prime minister, Renzi resigns after defeat in referendum
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has resigned after suffering a heavy defeat in a referendum over his plan to reform…
Violence, low turnout mar Ivory Coast’s constitutional referendum
Violence erupted at around 100 polling stations in Ivory Coast on Sunday as voters decided whether to approve a new…
War or referendum: The British example
Barring any last-minute miracle, Britain is out of the European Union. A referendum sanctioned by an over-confident Conservative Prime Minister,…
Referendum: EU High Representative replies Biafra, OEAS
Federica Mogherini, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security has replied Biafra agitators and the Organization of Emerging…
Referendum: All FG properties will go to Biafra, debts to Nigeria
The Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS), an international governmental organization that promotes self-determination and the end to colonial…
Biafra: OEAS demands snap referendum within 90 days
The Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS) has demanded that the Nigerian government conducts a snap referendum on Biafran self-determination…
Referendum stops Hamburg’s 2024 Olympics bid
The citizens of Hamburg have killed the city’s bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, voting 51.6 per cent against…
Ogun to conduct referendum for creation of LCDAs
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Preparations have been concluded for the conduct of referendum for the creation of Local Council Development Areas in…
PDP congratulates Scotland over referendum outcome
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja applauded the decision of Scotland to remain under the colony of…
Scotland rejects independence in historic referendum
Scotland rejected independence on Friday in a referendum that left the centuries-old United Kingdom intact but paved the way for…
Confab: Lawyers, lecturers differ on referendum
Some lawyers and university lecturers have expressed divergent on whether or not the recommendations of National Conference should be subjected…
Ekiti Referendum: PDP warns assembly against recognising results
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti on Sunday warned the House of Assembly against recognising Saturday’s referendum on new…
Ekiti conducts referendum for creation of 18 LGAs
Ekiti State Government on Saturday conducted a state-wide referendum on the creation of 18 local government areas in the state.…
Delegates want confab subjected to referendum
Senator Femi Okunrounmu, representing South West at the National Conference, has supported suggestions that the outcome of the conference should…
Confab: Delegates want new Nigerian constitution
Some delegates to the National Conference on Monday called for the outcome of the conference to be subjected to a…
Swiss turn down world’s highest minimum wage
Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposed hourly minimum wage of $25 — which would have been the world’s highest…
Nigerians want Confab recommendations subjected to referendum – NOI Poll
An opinion poll conducted by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Polls popularly known as NOIPolls, has revealed that 79 per cent of respondents…
Moscow okays Donetsk, Lugansk ‘self-rule’ referendum
The Kremlin said on Monday it respected the vote on self-rule in two Ukrainian regions and called for the results…
Crimeans celebrate joining Russia
Thousands of Crimeans celebrated on Sunday the outcome of a referendum that exit polls said overwhelmingly backed the Black Sea…
Amidst bombing, Egyptians vote for new constitution
Egyptians began voting on a new constitution Tuesday amid high security, as a bomb exploded outside a Cairo court, underscoring…
Ex-British finance minister calls for EU exit
Britain should leave the European Union, former finance minister Nigel Lawson argued Tuesday, fuelling the debate about a referendum on…
Zimbabweans vote on a new constitution
Zimbabweans are voting today in a constitutional referendum, with many having not read the draft charter. A Harare-based businessman who…
Egypt adopts Islamist-backed charter in vote
CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt has adopted a new, Islamist-backed constitution with nearly two-thirds support in a referendum preceded by weeks…