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Sports And Election Fever – Who I will NOT cast my single vote for

Segun Odegbami

Nigeria's uncertain election: Can third party candidate force presidential run-off?

At 61, the third man is also a political veteran. But Peter Obi is running as a reformist insurgent and hopes to tap into the energy of the 2020 anti-corruption End SARS protest movement. Can he break the ethnic calculus that goes into electioneering in Nigeria? What do Obi and his rivals stand for?

'We are on the cusp of a local movement': Ex-Labour councillor forms new party to fight Stockport's next election

A former Labour councillor who acrimoniously quit after being barred from standing as a candidate has formed a new party. Coun Matt Wynne will lead the Edgeley Community Association (ECA) - now registered with the Electoral Commission - at Stockport council’s ‘all out’ local elections in May.As its name suggests, the fledgling party will concentrate on the new Edgeley ward, which is set to separate from Cheadle Heath under a boundary shake-up. Coun Wynne launched a blistering attack on his local party last year, claiming he had fallen victim to a ‘weaponised’ selection process following a ‘gradual takeover’ of what he called the ‘far left’.

Jeremy Corbyn will not stand as a Labour candidate in next election

Sir Keir Starmer has announced that Jeremy Corbyn "will not stand as a Labour candidate at the next general election". Speaking to reporters yesterday morning, (February 14), the Labour leader was asked if he could “categorically” say whether or not his predecessor will stand for the party at the next election.