The organizers of the Okpekpe Road Race have finalized plans to put in place top-notch security when the events hold on May 16 in Okpekpe, Edo State.

ABUJA—President John Mahama of Ghana, has tasked all African countries to toe the path of Nigeria in the conducts of elections, saying other countries in the continent going to the poll this year must look closely to Nigeria, so as not to fail.

YOU may not have heard of a man called Bruce Rauner. Well, there isn’t anything so exceptional about him that he should command international attention. He is the current elected governor of the state of Illinois in the U.S., and he assumed office in January this year. Governor Rauner is a Republican who campaigned on the values of cleaning up the bad governance Illinois has been associated with in past years

ABUJA—The American government said yesterday that the performance of the Nigerian Police force and other security agencies which ensured a largely credible and peaceful general elections, devoid of widespread violence was superb, noting that the Nigerian elections are now a perfect example for other countries of the world to emulate.

AFTER the rain, a popular adage has it, comes the shine. With the statesmanship of President Goodluck Jonathan dousing the heavy downpour of crises largely envisaged across the world as a foregone result of the 2015 general elections, one would have expected the shine on Nigeria not just to become brighter but longer. Our democratic processes should have been the better for it.