ELECTORAL OFFENCES COMMISSION: Yet another academic exercise?
Venue: Eagle Square, Abuja.An unassuming Umar Yar’dua had just taken his oath of office administered by the Chief Justice of Federation, CJN, Justice Idris Kutigi.
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PDP to Buhari: Address electoral violence, rigging, not third term
By Dirisu Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to address the challenges of electoral violence, killings and alteration of election results rather dissipating energy to talk about whether or not, he would seek a third term in office in 2023. The party stated this in a statement issued by its
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Mbaise, Okene, Nembe, Obio Okpor: The Electoral Abracadabras of 2019
Long ago, during the Maurice Iwu days, I once went to my village to vote. On election morning, I went to the polling unit beside my family house. I met a bemused presiding officer and two other officials. Some people clustered around them.
Read MoreDousing tension in our electoral process
THE just-concluded general elections can be described as a mixed grill of positive and unpleasant experiences. While some politicians were elected into various offices across the states without acrimony, the elections did not go without the bitter stories of ballot snatching, rigging, killings, abductions and falsification, among others. The atmosphere was soaked in tension in many places that voting took place. This could largely be responsible for why there was general voter apathy. The desperation to get into public offices at all cost could be the basis for why political activities have assumed frightening dimensions in recent times.
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US lawmaker decries Nigeria’s electoral process
UNITED States Congressman, Gerald Connolly, has bemoaned manipulation of elections in Nigeria, killings in Syria and the situation in Venezuela which he said were not getting adequate media attention compared to controversial remarks by a new congresswoman.
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PDP thugs’ve hijacked electoral materials in Rivers – APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers state has claimed that thugs from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have hijacked some electoral materials in some polling units in the state.
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I’ll banish any of you caught in electoral violence, monarch tells subjects
THE traditional ruler of Agbon kingdom in Ethiope East local government area of Delta State, HRM Ukori I, has vowed to banish any of his subjects caught in any form of election violence in the kingdom.
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2019: CSO urges speedy passage of Electoral Amendment Bill
Partners for Electoral Reform (PER), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has called for speedy passage of the Electoral Amendment Bill by the National Assembly.
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Don’t Always Reckon On Electoral Promises
As a young man, I was always fond of watching our political leaders make promises, especially during election campaigns. Even as an adult, I observe that not much has changed. It is still the same culture of promises failed.
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Just in: President fires head of electoral commission, others over incompetence
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has fired the head of the country’s Electoral Commission for “misbehaviour and incompetence”, Information Minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid said.
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