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Tag: election

Nigerian News / Top Stories

NGE set to elect new leaders as Editors meet in Enugu 

June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 - by Paul Okah

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) will hold its Biennial National Convention in Enugu from June 26 to 29, 2025, with the theme: “Building a Secure and Cohesive Nigeria: The …

NGE set to elect new leaders as Editors meet in Enugu  Read More
Politics

Anambra 2025: Moghalu presents running mate to Labour Party 

June 15, 2025June 15, 2025 - by Emeka Nze 

Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in Anambra state, Chief Dr. George Moghalu, has officially presented Hon. Mrs. Ifeoma Okaro, as his deputy governorship candidate before leadership of the party in the …

Anambra 2025: Moghalu presents running mate to Labour Party  Read More
Politics / Top Stories

June 12:  Option A-4 re-echoes as Ihedioha, Maku, Shehu extol Abiola, Nwosu’s virtues

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 - by Paul Okah

The echo of Option-A-4, an electoral system introduced by former Military President Ibrahim Babangida, reverberated at a political discourse put together by the National Association of Political Correspondents (NAPOC 90’s), …

June 12:  Option A-4 re-echoes as Ihedioha, Maku, Shehu extol Abiola, Nwosu’s virtues Read More
Letters

Between Soludo and Ukachukwu

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 - by Ifeanyi Maduako

The governorship election for Anambra state is scheduled for November this year. Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) will be seeking reelection. He will be …

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Nigerian News

June 12: NAPOC to review Option A-4 legacies, Wednesday

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 - by Paul Okah

The National Association of Political Correspondents 1990s (NAPOC) will, on Wednesday, June 11, engage in a discourse on the legacies of Option A-4 adopted for the conduct of the June …

June 12: NAPOC to review Option A-4 legacies, Wednesday Read More
Nigerian News

Appeal Tribunal rules on 23 Benue LG election petitions

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025 - by Admin III

The Appeal Panel on Local Government Election Petitions for Benue State, sitting at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) House in Abuja, has upheld the elections of all 23 local government …

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Politics

INEC fixes June 20, Aug. 8 2026 for Ekiti, Osun gov’ship polls

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 - by Emeka Nze 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the Ekiti and Osun states’ governorship elections for June 20, and August 8 2026, respectively. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at …

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Politics

Ekiti 2026: Chieftaincy title holders endorse Oyebanji’s re-election 

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 - by Ojo Oladel

The Association of Ekiti State Traditional Chieftaincy Title Holders, has declared Governor Biodun Oyebanji as its sole candidate for the 2026 governorship election in the state. The group cited his …

Ekiti 2026: Chieftaincy title holders endorse Oyebanji’s re-election  Read More
Politics

Nwobodo, Arthur Eze, Edeoga, Nnaji endorse Mbah for 2nd term

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 - by Chuks Nweze

Former governor of Anambra state, Chief Jim Nwobodo, oil magnate, Engineer Arthur Eze, Chijoke Edeoga, former LP governorship candidate and Hon. Nnoli Nnaji, House of Representatives member representing Nkanu East …

Nwobodo, Arthur Eze, Edeoga, Nnaji endorse Mbah for 2nd term Read More
Letters

Thoughts on the Romania presidential elections 

May 26, 2025May 26, 2025 - by Mikhail Sanni

Presidential elections were held in Romania on May 4, 2025, with a second round on May 18, 2025. George Simion, an ultra-nationalist who opposes military aid to Ukraine, and calls …

Thoughts on the Romania presidential elections  Read More
Politics

Nigeria’s problems can be solved from the North – Obi

May 25, 2025May 25, 2025 - by Emeka Nze

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria’s problems could be solved from the North. A statement by his spokesman, Ibrahim Umar, …

Nigeria’s problems can be solved from the North – Obi Read More
Editorial

Expedite passage of INEC’s electoral reform proposals

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 - by Blueprint

The revelation by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, that the electoral umpire has forwarded 142 post-election recommendations to federal lawmakers, eight of which require amendments …

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Politics

INEC creates AI division to enhance capacity 

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 - by Emeka Nze 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has created an Artificial Intelligence AI Division to enhance its capacity for data-driven decision-making, risk detection and mitigation as well as deepening voter services …

INEC creates AI division to enhance capacity  Read More
Letters / Nigerian News

Compulsory voting: Why punishment won’t fix our electoral crisis

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025 - by Maimuna M. Sani

The recent move by the House of Representatives to make voting compulsory, with the threat of six months in prison or heavy fines for those who don’t vote, has sparked …

Compulsory voting: Why punishment won’t fix our electoral crisis Read More
World Stage

Trzaskowski leads Polish presidential vote

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 - by Admin III

Warsaw’s liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski won a narrow victory in Poland’s presidential election, according to an exit poll, but a second-round run-off with conservative historian Karol Nawrocki will be required …

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Nigerian News / Opinion

Dan Galadiman Duguri: Leading Bauchi South to victory in 2027

May 18, 2025May 18, 2025 - by Hayatu Suleiman 

In a bid to alleviate the suffering of residents in the Bauchi South Senatorial District, Engr. Shamsudeen Bala Mohammed (Dan Galadiman Duguri) has been making waves with his youth-driven programmes …

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Politics

2025 Anambra governorship election: INEC publishes candidates’ details

May 17, 2025May 17, 2025 - by Emeka Nze

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the personal particulars of candidates contesting the 2025 Anambra state governorship election. This is following the conclusion of party primaries and the …

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Politics

Ahmadu Bello Foundation to evaluate Tinubu’s electoral promises – DG

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 - by Alabi Abdul

The Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation Monday announced plans to convene a high-level government-citizen engagement session in Kaduna aimed at reviewing progress on key electoral promises made by President Bola …

Ahmadu Bello Foundation to evaluate Tinubu’s electoral promises – DG Read More
Opinion

Leaving Tinubu out of high-profile defections from PDP

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 - by Admin III

Defection has become a norm in  Nigeria’s political experience. It is now an acceptable tradition for defections to happen ahead of general elections and even off season contests. High profile …

Leaving Tinubu out of high-profile defections from PDP Read More
Letters

Bauchi APC: How to lose elections again

May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 - by Mukhtar Jarmajo

A classical adage says that: “when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” This simply infers that on realising that there is a problem, the first thing to do …

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Politics

2027: President Tinubu has bright chance to be re-elected – Isa Nataro

April 30, 2025April 30, 2025 - by Emeka Nze 

Mallam Salihu Isa Nataro, a public accounts expert is a former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi state. In this interview with EMEKA NZE in Abuja, …

2027: President Tinubu has bright chance to be re-elected – Isa Nataro Read More
Politics

It’s South’s turn in presidency till 2031 – Igbinedion 

April 29, 2025April 29, 2025 - by Patrick Ahanor

Erstwhile governor of Edo state, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, has stressed the need for equity in the nation’s presidency, declaring that it was the turn of a southerner to be president …

It’s South’s turn in presidency till 2031 – Igbinedion  Read More
Politics

2026: Ekiti North stakeholders set to endorse Oyebanji, deputy 

April 28, 2025April 28, 2025 - by Ojo Oladele

Stakeholders across the five local government areas of Ekiti North senatorial district — Ido/Osi, Ilejemeje, Ikole, Moba, and Oye — are set to hold a Grand Endorsement Rally, in honour …

2026: Ekiti North stakeholders set to endorse Oyebanji, deputy  Read More
Nigerian News

2027: Tinubu’s re-election’ll reshape Nigeria’s political landscape – AYM 

April 27, 2025April 27, 2025 - by Paul Okah

  A group, the Arewa Youth Movement (AYM), Sunday, said the re – election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would certainly reshape the political landscape of Nigeria. National president of …

2027: Tinubu’s re-election’ll reshape Nigeria’s political landscape – AYM  Read More
Nigerian News

Trade Union Congress re-elects Osifo as president

April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 - by Admin III

The Trade Union Congress, (TUC), on Friday re-elected its President, Comrade Festus Osifo for another term of four years. Osifo was returned unopposed at the inaugural quadrennial delegates Congress and …

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In this features article, the efforts of the management and governing council of Federal Polytechnic, Ugep to make the host ...

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Make-believe as an intoxicant

A few days ago, I read a report about a male undergraduate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, who leapt ...

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For more than a decade now, I have waged what can easily pass as an attritional war against rape and ...

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On May 29, 2025, the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration clocked two years. As the government reeled out its achievements, ...

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