Nigerian elections Archives

In Nigerian elections, can returning officers cancel votes?

On July 14, 20193:45 amIn Nigeria Todayby Emmanuel Okogba

The nation needs to work out how best to ensure that the substance rather than technicality takes the front burner in the settlement of election disputes which is the segment assigned to the judiciary

Leave Vice-Chancellors out of Nigerian elections

On October 7, 20182:08 amIn Nigeria Todayby Emmanuel Okogba

Apart from the power of review by an election tribunal, our electoral law expressly provides that the decisions of a returning officer shall be final on questions relating to a) unmarked ballot paper; b) rejected ballot paper; and c) declaration of scores of candidates and the return of a candidate

Nigerian elections: Urging the media to wake-up

On September 23, 20182:07 amIn Nigeria Todayby Emmanuel Okogba

Unfortunately, at the end of every election in Nigeria, politicians begin immediately to plot for how to win the next contest four years away thereby turning the nation into an election country whose attention is completely distracted from development to politics

Who says future Nigerian elections cannot be annulled?

On June 17, 20188:12 amIn Nigeria Todayby Emmanuel Okogba

If our political system would continue to be so bedeviled, it means our elections would neither be free nor fair, suggesting that we might have a Democracy Day in the midst of innumerable undemocratic practices

Nigerian elections: Strong referee, weak process

On April 15, 20187:07 amIn Nigeria Todayby Nwafor

Those who know the contributions of Festus Okoye as Executive Director, Human Rights Monitor to our election process may have commended his nomination last week as one of the National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Okoye is eminently qualified to hold the highest office in INEC.