The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Dr. Alex Otti, has raised alarm over an alleged plot by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in connivance with in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the March 18 … Read the rest
After the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections, now heavily disputed, Nigeria goes to the polls again on March 18, 2023 to elect Governors and members of state legislatures in 28 out of 36 states of the Federation. There … Read the rest
With the success of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections we have earned our wings. Like Lot’s wife there is no looking back. Weeks to the scheduled date for the election it looked as if there would be no … Read the rest
The best way to describe what has happened to Nigeria in the last 72 hours, beginning with the country’s first set of general elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023, is to echo Charles Dickens’ poetic, oxymoronic declaration in his novel … Read the rest
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that a total of 87,209,007 permanent voter cards (PVC) have been collected across the country.
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairperson, announced the development on Thursday during a media briefing at the national collation … Read the rest
In Africa, this year, there would be a total of more than 10 general elections in countries across the continent, particularly Sierra Leone in June, Sudan in July, Zimbabwe in July, Liberia in October, Gabon in October, Democratic Republic of … Read the rest
Yesterday morning, while on the flagship show of Arise News – The Morning Show- I took special notice during the newspaper review with Emmanuel Efeni and the segment titled “What’s Trending” with Ojy Okpe, of the editorial by the ThisDay … Read the rest
Over the weekend, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decided to extend the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (popularly known as PVCs) by an additional week. The PVC collection that was scheduled to end on January 29, … Read the rest
From today, we have just about 47 days to Nigeria’s general elections, a major transition that would involve a change of government, the seventh since the return to civilian rule in 1999, but the biggest fear is that the current … Read the rest
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