Introduction: THE legendary Nigerian poet, Gabriel Okara in his book, The Celebration is Now Ended, said:  “The celebration is now ended but the echoes are all around, whirling like a harmattan whirl-wind throwing dust around and hands cover faces and feet grope.”  These iconic words apply to the 2023 presidential election, the swearing-in of a […]

The NEO AFRICANA CENTRE has said that the just released report of the BBC which exposed the alterations and falsifications that characterized the February 25 presidential elections in Nigeria is a reconfirmation of the doubts and misgivings which Nigerians have been expressing about the conduct and outcome of the elections. The BBC had, on May 16, […]

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not confer any advantage on his ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) during the Feb. 25 Presidential election.

By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Elections held in 2003. In Anambra, Ngige and Obi were the major contenders. The electoral commission declared Ngige the winner. Obi cried and took his grievances to the tribunal. By the time the courts corrected the error, it was 2006. Ngige had stayed three full years as governor. In the eyes […]

AFTER the most rancorous election since 1999, the Judiciary is already grappling with the humongous challenge of adjudicating election petitions dumped on its table by aggrieved political parties and their candidates. In Nigeria as in most democracies, the three arms of government play respective roles in packaging and administering elections which produce leadership at all […]