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In a bid to finalise modalities that could put an end to money politics in Nigeria, federal government is currently on the verge of deploying no less than 17,000 special …
2019 polls: Monitoring campaign funding and matters arising Read MoreAgainst the odds of allegations of PVC cloning and sale in the open market, INEC leadership assures that it is ready to shame mischief makers out to subvert the electoral …
Ekiti Guber: INEC battles against odds to deliver transparent elections Read MoreThe leading chairmanship aspirant for the office of the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomohle, has promised to ensure that party supremacy “becomes effective” by “subjecting even the president and other offices …
Oshiomohle: I’ll subject Buhari, govs, others to party supremacy Read MoreIndependent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG), a civil society organisation, has tasked political parties in Nigeria to play their roles in cleaning up voter’s register to ensure credible elections as …
CSO tasks political parties on credible voter registration Read MoreNational Chairman of New Progressive Movement, Mustapha Bala Getso, believes corruption in Nigeria derives from a warped constitution that creates room for all manners of undemocratic behaviours and, therefore, should …
Nigeria operates corrupt constitution- NPM chair Read MoreGovernor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has promised not to interfere with the independence of the state electoral body in the due discharge of its responsibilities. The governor made …
Al-Makura promises non- interference with NASIEC Read MoreOur attention has been drawn to the recent move by the APC-led Kwara State government in collaboration with its docile and inept Kwara State House of Assembly to ban live …
Re: KWHA moves to stop live political broadcast Read MoreChairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has inaugurated a nine-member Election Monitoring and Support Centre Committee, as part of preparations towards the 2019 General Elections. …
2019: INEC inaugurates polls monitoring c’ttee Read MoreA whole gamut of reactions has greeted the decision of the National Assembly to re-order the sequence of the 2019 elections, as stakeholder commend and condemn it in equal measure. …
Uncertainty as NASS changes order of elections Read MoreINEC issues certificate of of registration to 21 new parties, urges them to comply to extant laws or face de- registration. Details later.
Breaking: INEC registers 21 new political parties Read MoreBy Hassan Gimba To the casual politician, assuming we accept that all men (and women) are ‘political animals’ and some are more political than others, 2019 is still quite a …
2019 and Yobe: Who takes over from Gov Gaidam? (1) Read MoreBy Habib M. Bello Zaria A former governor of Kaduna state, Alhaji Lawal Kaita, has passed on after protracted illness. He was aged 85. Family sources said Kaita died at …
Ex-Kaduna gov Lawal Kaita dies at 85 Read MoreEngr. Markus Gundiri, has twice contested governorship elections in Adamawa in 2011 and 2015 on the platforms of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), …
Inexperience responsible for mis-governance in Adamawa – Gundiri Read MoreBy Patrick Andrew Abuja The United Progressive Party (UPP) has urged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to engage the opposition parties more constructively in the interest of Nigeria. The …
Engage opposition constructively, UPP tells APC Read MoreBy Odurombi Onabanjo One syndrome common among many of the nation’s politicians is party switching. Perhaps, no other politician epitomizes this itinerant movement than former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who, …
Atiku: The roving bird Read MoreThe National Executive Committee (NEC) is an important organ of every political party. Though there are no specific definitions of NEC, but according to Peoples Democratic Party 2012 constitution as …
Parties’ NEC meetings: A reflective mirror Read MorePolitical machines are getting oiled and lubricated. Events are unfolding by the day without delay and clarity as the game and its players are making heavy body movements. Welcome to …
2019: Will it be Atiku or Dangote? Read MoreBy Emeka Nze Abuja Former Commissioner of Information, Edo state, Kassim Afegbua, has urged Nigerians to begin to interrogate the democratic processes in the country to ensure that …
Afegbua tasks parties on credible democratic process Read MoreBy Patrick Ahanor Benin City The Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO) in Edo state has cried out over alleged marginalisation of defunct Congress of Progressive Change (CPC) members in …
Alienation: Defunct CPC members petition Buhari Read MoreThe INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at the quarterly meeting of INEC and the political parties, said: “As I speak with you, the Commission has over 108 political associations seeking …
INEC assures on registration Read MoreFollowing the outburst of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, penultimate week about political parties’ flouting of the rules of the game, EMEKA NZE …
Electoral Act: Can INEC wield the big stick on defaulting parties? Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has berated the leadership of political parties in country for operating in utter violation of key aspects of the Electoral laws (2010) as amended. …
How political parties operate in breach of electoral laws – INEC Read More