Syria's presidential election meet int'l standards - Russian monitor

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The presidential elections in Syria meet international standards commonly recognized and all statements about these elections being farce are unsound and politically motivated, Russian Federation Council international affairs committee member Igor Morozov said. Morozov monitors the elections within a group of Russian parliamentarians and Russian Central Election Committee representatives.

"We had the opportunity to go to many polling stations in Damascus and outside the Syrian capital and we state officially that these elections meet international standards commonly recognized," Morozov told Interfax on the telephone from Damascus on June 3.

INEC 2015 elections time table: Presidential election set to hold on lovers day, Feb 14th.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced February 14 2015 as the date for Nigeria's presidential election in addition to those for the members of the National Assembly.

Governorship and State House of Assembly elections are scheduled for February 28, 2015.

This is within statement released yesterday evening & signed by the Commission's secretary, Augusta Ogakwu. The commission also announced that the Ekiti State governorship election will hold on June 21, 2014 while that of Osun State will hold on August 9, 2014. See time table when you continue after the break.

Yanukovych asks demonstrators to wait till next presidential election

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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has called on people who gathered on Kiev's Independent Square, as well as in other regions, not to take hasty actions and make their choice at the next presidential election.