In 2023, Nigerians will go to the polls to elect those to represent them for another four years. For the electorate, three years is a long time but for the politicians, three years is almost here. In preparation for the elections of 2023, many politicians are deploying savage tools as if it is
*Makes case for early, staggered primaries Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has described as unconstitutional, the conduct of re-run elections within 90 days. The senator, who expressed disappointment over the denial of presidential assent to critical electoral reforms by the National Assembly, said the 90- day window for the conduct of […]
South Korean voters have overwhelmingly cast their ballots for the governing party, according to an almost complete count of votes published on Thursday. The Democratic Party of social liberal President Moon Jae In and its satellite parties were on course to secure 180 seats for a majority in the 300-seat National Assembly, the results showed. The […]
US President Donald Trump defended his often divisive rhetoric, as he fielded questions in his first town hall of 2020 on Thursday, and said he will continue to “hit back,” as the presidential election is in full swing. “When they hit us we have to hit back,” Trump said responding to a question about his political rhetoric. […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has decried the inability of the country to conduct credible elections after several years of practising democracy. The Governor also instituted a N100million Empowerment Programme for Wakirike Women from Okrika and Ogu/Bolo Local Government Areas for stoutly defending Rivers mandate during the 2019 Elections. He spoke on Friday at
Abuja – Mr Ade Omole, Chairman of Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council, on Friday called for a provision in Nigeria’s electoral laws that would enable Nigerians in diaspora to vote in home elections. Omole said in Abuja that such provisions would enable Nigerians abroad to participate in electing their representatives at home. The chairman, who said […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo state has called on the National Assembly to legalise the use of card readers in elections in the country. Publicity Secretary for the party in Edo state, Chris Nehikhare, made the call on Thursday in an interview with in Benin. He stated this against the backdrop of the […]
With the rash of protests that have greeted the draconian and militaristic purported deregistration of some political parties in Nigeria, I believe it is high time to alert the INEC and every right-thinking Nigerian that there is a possibility of a constitutional crisis brewing from the act of recklessness and impunity. It is trite to […]
Abuja – Mr Stanley Nwabuisi, member representing Ikwuano constituency in Abia House of Assembly, on Tuesday decried the involvement of the military in elections in the country. Nwabuisi made the call in an interview in Abuja. According to him, “our laws do not allow the military to be involved in elections in any way. The […]
The Socio Economic Research and Development Centre (SERDEC) has decried what it called the widespread violence and intimidation that characterised the November 16 governorship and senatorial re-run elections in Kogi state. A statement by the Executive Director of SERDEC, Mr. Tijani Abdulkareem on Tuesday in Lokoja, said in spite of the process being truncated and […]
Barely 48 hours to the Governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States, Police said it had identified possible risks that could constitute threat to the smooth conduct of the elections. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations, Abdulmajid Ali, made this known to newsmen in Lokoja on Thursday. He said that individuals and […]
…As Nigeria, UK sign security, economic pact …May wants UK/Lagos trade relations sustained President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, that he is committed to conducting credible elections in 2019. In a bilateral meeting with the visiting Prime Minister, President Buhari in a statement by his Special Adviser
The Nigerian Bar Association national elections are scheduled to take place this month, on the 27-28 of July, and it has fallen on the Eastern Zone (as defined by the NBA) comprising Anambra, Enugu, Imo, Ebonyi, Abia, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and the Cross River States to produce the President of the Association pursuant to […]
An Igbo leader in Lagos, High Chief Chika Nwokedi has declared his interest to contest the governorship seat of Imo State in the 2019 general elections, promising to liberate Imolites from bondage and poverty and create jobs that would empower the people. Nwokedi who is also the president of Igbo socio-cultural group, Ndigbo Buru Out […]
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, no fewer than 7,235 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State have dumped the broom and taken shelter under the umbrella of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The defectors were received by the Plateau PDP Chairman, Hon. Damishi Sango, during the commissioning […]
…Says APC Congresses, National Convention top on his priorities The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has washed off its hands from the complaint of negligence leveled against it by a caucus of the party known as New-Peoples Democratic Party (n-PDP), stating that the protest by the caucus made to it was ill-timed […]
In Nigeria, it is a known fact that Bauchi state is one of the states in the North East where elections are fiercely contested. It is also a state with political heavyweights that have at one time, or the other played it big at the national scene. In the current dispensation, the number four position […]
* Hurdles before Newbreed politicians nationwide * Party structures, funding, grassroots mobilization in focus * Experts react over generation shift in governance As Nigeria inches closer to the 2019 general elections, more people are showing interest in contesting for the highest post in the country, the presidency. Expressing interest to contest with incumbent President
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday nullified section 25 of the amended 2018 electoral bill that sought to alter the sequence of elections into the offices of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Governor of States, members of the National Assembly and members of the State Houses of Assembly in 2019 […]
The Independent National Commission (INEC) has denied alleged plans to re-introduce 30,000 new polling units so as to compromise the 2019 general elections urging Nigerians to disregard the allegation. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Friday in a statement, alleged that INEC was planning to create 30,000 illegal
