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see how Marine Le Pen could win the French presidency

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  BOND-MARKET nerves and narrowing polls have drawn fresh attention to the risk of a President Marine Le Pen in France this spring. Since the start of 2017, the leader of the nationalist Front National (FN) has consistently topped voting intentions for the first round of the presidential election, which takes place on April 23rd. No poll this year, though, has suggested that she might win the second-round run-off on May 7th. Under the country’s directly elected two-round presidency, she needs to win an absolute majority of votes cast. This sets the bar high—but, arithmetically, it could happen. The last time Ms Le Pen stood for the presidency, in 2012, she secured 6.4m votes, or 18%. Turn-out in French presidential elections is consistently high, at about 80% of the 46m on the electoral register; some 75% cast an unspoilt ballot paper. Assuming that turn-out remained the same this year, she would therefore need the backing of just over 17.4m voters in the second r...

Tonto Dike vs Olakunle Churchill: the husband

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  Following the marriage crisis plaguing the 17-month-old relationship between Nigerian actress, Tonto Dike and her man Dr. Olakunle Churchill, a new twist to the crisis has emerged. Recall that Tonto Dike confirmed the separation between the duo some days ago after which she proceeded to delete all photos of her estranged husband from her Instagram page. In a recent interview, Olakunle Churchill had denied having a female PA adding that the actress had been ignoring his callas cutting him off from his son, Andre. In a recent twist, Olakunle Churchill took to his social media page to deny that his relationship failed because of an actress PA. He noted that his company does not have any actress PA on its payroll.

PDP Nominates Fayose, Wike To Visit Buhari In London

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PDP Nominates Fayose, Wike To Visit Buhari In London   In what may be a nomination, the youth wing of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP called the PDP Youth Frontier has demanded that Governor Nyesom Wike and Ayodele Fayose should visit President Muhammad Buhari in London. The group on it twitter handle lamented that visiting the President Muhammad Buhari who is on a medical vacation in London was not the exclusive right of the All Progressive Congress members only. President Muhammadu Buhari recently extended his vacation in the UK for some media tests and Doctors approval before returning back home but Nigerians and some Peoples Democratic Party loyalists still do not believe the President is hale and hearty despite emerging pictures. The PDP Youth Frontier said ‘ Buhari health is not the APC internal affairs alone therefore PDP youths recommending that Fayose and Wike should also visit him in London .’ Recalled that yesterday the Senate President and Chair...