Politics

Polling stations have opened across the United States for the 2026 midterm elections, with voters deciding who will control Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s second term. The elections, taking place on Tuesday, November 3, will determine all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 seats in the 100-member

Iliana Yotova has won Bulgaria’s presidential runoff election, becoming the country’s first woman elected to the presidency after securing 57.6 per cent of the vote. The Central Election Commission confirmed the result on November 2 after all votes from Sunday’s November 1 runoff had been counted. Yotova defeated Andrey Gyurov, the candidate of the liberal,

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) to investigate suspected artificial intelligence-generated photographs and alleged alterations to personal information in the preliminary register of voters published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a letter to the President, SERAP called for

Ekiti State Police say African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore and others affected by a confrontation in Ado-Ekiti were treated and discharged from hospital, as disagreement persists over whether the incident was an assault or an altercation. TheCable reported that the incident occurred around the Dalimore area after Sowore visited the state for political

Lagos State deputy governor and All Progressives Congress governorship candidate Obafemi Hamzat has unveiled a 100-point manifesto ahead of the 2027 election, pledging major investments in transport, healthcare, housing, education and public accountability. The programme, called The Lagos Promise, was presented in Lagos on Friday, 30 October; detailed coverage continued on Saturday. According to PUNCH,