{"id":1897,"date":"2024-08-25T09:34:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T09:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2024-08-25T09:34:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T09:34:36","slug":"paul-biya-to-contest-presidential-election-8th-time-at-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/08\/25\/paul-biya-to-contest-presidential-election-8th-time-at-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Biya to contest presidential election 8th time\u00a0 at 93"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1898\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240825-WA0004-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240825-WA0004-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240825-WA0004.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Biya<\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<\/p>\n<p>Kindly share:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Paul Biya of Cameroon, who is Africa&#8217;s longest-serving president, has indicated interest to contest the country&#8217;s presidential election again for the eighth time at the age of 93.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0He\u00a0 is currently 91 years old and will be 93 in 2026 when Cameroon will hold another presidential election, having postponed it from the earlier date of 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the founder of the Foreign Press Association Africa, Kennedy Wandera, Paul Biya has confirmed his interest in the next eleven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0&#8220;Cameroon is due to hold its next presidential election in 2025, longtime President Paul Biya will be 93. 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