BY ORIAKU IJELE Barely one month after the presidential polls, the dust from the exercise is yet to settle as Abuja, the capital city, was on Thursday, engulfed by fresh protests, demanding among other things the immediate sack of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu and the constitution of an […]
BY ORIAKU IJELE The UK Government has identified some factors which eroded the integrity of the March 18 gubernatorial polls, following the information gathered from her field officers deployed to monitor the exercise in states like Lagos, Benue, Enugu, Kano, Oyo and Rivers. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Senior Communications and […]
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the European Union has pledged to support credible polls in Nigeria. Speaking during a visit to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki at the Government House in Benin City, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Samuela Isopi, said Nigeria’s progress is of importance as its partner and continental neighbour. She […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after its meeting on Tuesday decided not to change dates fixed for both Edo and Ondo governorship elections. The Commission at the meeting deliberated on a wide range of issues including the conduct of the Edo and Ondo Governorship elections, as well as the nine outstanding bye elections in […]
Millions of South Koreans went to the polls on Wednesday for parliamentary elections, with voters subject to strict hygiene measures to prevent any further spread of the novel coronavirus. Nearly 44 million South Koreans in total can cast their ballot, but over a quarter of these had already taken advantage of early voting, officials said. […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party was set to win the most seats in Israel’s general election, according to exit polls early on Tuesday, but his right-wing and religious bloc is predicted to fall short of the 61 seats necessary to have a parliamentary majority. The right-wing bloc including Likud, the far-right Yamina and the […]
Some human rights’ activists and politicians have commended the people of Anambra State for making its Nov. 18 governorship election successful despite threats by the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that the large turnout of voters signified democracy and patriotism at work. The […]
The dreaded 2015 general election have come and gone. Never in the history of Nigeria was election fought with intensity of what the country witnessed like war. Giving Nigeria’s position in the world affairs, particularly as it affects African countries, the world attention was shifted to Nigeria. About five years ago, it was predicted that […]
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has written a letter to the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Dr. Attahiru Jega, to express the party’s position concerning the supplementary elections in Imo State. In the letter, dated April 20, 2015, APC said it had observed with interest the […]
Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalasmi A. Abubakar (retd.), has enjoined winners of Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections to be magnanimous enough to embrace losers, with a view to carrying everybody along, so as to sink the roots of democracy, deeper, in the country. He gave the advice shortly after his accreditation […]
The Rivers State Governor and Director-General of Buhari Campaign Organisation, Rotimi Amaechi, has described Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state as a sham. Amaechi said this while fielding questions from journalists after casting his vote at Ward 8, Unit 14, Ubima in Ikwerre Local Government Area. He said the elections witnessed […]
Twenty four hours to the Governorship and House of Assembly elections, Senator Ibikunle Amosun Campaign Organisation (SIACO), has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), of plans to disrupt the elections in Ogun State. While addressing the press on Thursday, in Abeokuta, the Director General of SIACO, Mr. Bode Mustapha, who was flanked by the Director […]
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba, on Thursday, redeployed some Assistant Inspectors- General of Police to supervise the April 11 gubernatorial and states Houses of Assembly elections. The redeployment was an addition to an earlier postings of six Deputy Inspectors- General of Police to coordinate police activities in the six geo-political zones of the […]
Less than 48 hours to the conduct of the April 11th, 2015 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections, former gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon Emmanuel Jime, has directed his lawyers to withdraw the case he had filed against Chief Samuel Ortom, challenging his emergence as the standard bearer […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted security agencies in the country to alleged moves being made Governor Olusegun Mimiko, to disrupt tomorrow’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the entire South-West by instigating widespread violence. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party […]
In the history of democratic Nigeria, at least from 1999 to date, no President can assail Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, when it comes to commitment to free, fair and credible elections. This was demonstrated early in his administration when as acting President, Jonathan appointed Professor Attahiru Jega, a professor of Political Science and Vice Chancellor of […]
The Bauchi State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) said it constituted a seven man standing committee for the safety of journalists during and after the elections. The council Chairman, Dahiru Mohammed, made this known to newsmen in Bauchi. Mohammed said the committee would ensure that the security of journalists were safeguarded at […]
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has rejected the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State, noting that the electoral process was manipulated at the collation stage by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the area. In a press conference held on Tuesday by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Culture […]
International observers, on Monday afternoon, met with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, just as collation of results of the presidential election was underway, in Abuja. The observers, who spoke through former Ghanaian President, John Kuffour commended the country for a successful voting exercise, which they adjudged as peaceful and transparent. They […]
Though largely not unexpected, the ruling on Monday by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos restraining the Federal Government from deploying soldiers for the general election flagging off on Saturday has raised the question: Who actually is afraid of soldiers playing limited roles during polls? Before Monday’s ruling, the Court of Appeal Abuja had […]