Serbia elections test student movement demanding justice for 16 victims
Nearly two years after a railway station canopy collapse killed 16 people in Novi Sad, Serbia, a student-led movement is taking its fight for justice to the ballot box. The elections could prove pivotal for the country’s political future and its direction between the EU and Russia.
Usha remains in contention for a second term as IOA head after being nominated by the Ice Hockey Federation of India for the December 5 General Body meeting in which the body's polls would be held
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE City Boy Movement through its City Boy care has organized an outreach for some segments of the society where the Edo State Coordinator of the Movement and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Oredo Federal Constituency, Dr. Paddy Iyamu reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to improving the welfare of the people through meaningful interventions. Speaking on the initiative, the Director of City Boy Care, Omowunmi Imoukuede, said the organisation’s intervention in Edo State was motivated by its commitment to humanitarian service and continuity in…
By Cynthia Alo Eight years after the enactment of the Not Too Young to Run law, which lowered the minimum age for contesting some elective offices in Nigeria, Yiaga Africa has said that candidates under the age of 35 account for only about 20 per cent of candidates for the 2027 general elections. Speaking at the event, Executive Director, Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, represented by the organisation’s Programme Coordinator, Ibrahim Farouk, said youth candidacy had declined despite the reduction of constitutional age barriers through the Not Too Young to Run legislation.
The NIS, the Department of State Services (DSS), the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA) and other stakeholders convened at a sensitisation workshop at the NIS headquarters on Friday in Abuja. Speaking at the workshop, the NIS Comptroller-General, Mrs Kemi Nandap, said that the successful conduct of the upcoming elections required institutional cooperation from all security stakeholders.
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State for the 2027 election, Hon. Adebutu expressed appreciation to the national leadership of the PDP, particularly Chief Nyesom Wike, whom he described as the party’s national leader, and its National Chairman, Hon.
Yiaga Africa, an NGO, says the number of young people under 35 expected to participate in the forthcoming general elections has declined by a further 20 per cent, in spite of the enactment of the Not Too Young to Run law. The Executive Director, Yiaga Africa, Dr Samson Itodo, made this known at the Ready To Run Bootcamp for young candidates of political parties under the age of 35 years in Lagos on Friday.