Re: Machina Vs Lawan Those that can’t distinguish Dane Gun from Pump Action are those rushing to analyze the substantiality and destructiveness of the American M16 to that of its Russian counterpart AK-47 when fired at short range into clay blocks, despite the fact that the AK-47 is of larger calibre and fires a much […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji Key points: Bandits, terrorists and secessionists have continued to unleash terror few days to the elections In many rural communities there will be voter apathy for fear of bandits and terrorists Security forces may be deployed in highly volatile communities What the law says INEC must do if there is violence Why […]Continue Reading
Was it by coincidence that President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the February 23 presidential election, defeated his opponent Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a result of poverty in Nigeria? Available data on the website of the National Bureau of Statistics shows that Buhari got overwhelming votes […]Continue Reading
The Archbishop of the African Church Province of Abuja, Peter Ogunmuyiwa, on Wednesday cautioned Nigerians against voting for a candidate on the basis of religion in the 2023 general elections. Ogunmuyiwa made the call at the Interfaith Peace Summit: Tips on 2023 General Elections, with the theme,” Prosecuting Peaceful Elections: Role of Faith Communities,” organised […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has trained about 50 journalists on how they could ensure personal safety while playing their crucial roles in the forthcoming elections. The two-day hybrid training took place in Lagos and other parts of the country. It was conducted on January 17 and 18, 2023. […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji Hon Umar Mohammed Bago, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Niger State in the 2023 elections has vowed to keep all his promises to the people, if elected into the Executive position. Bago made the promise before a mammoth crowd in his campaign train to Niger East Senatorial District […]Continue Reading
By Daniel Adaji On the average, the number of youths with PVCs is 40 million, a figure that is higher than the number of votes cast in any of the presidential elections since 1999. If the majority of Nigerian youths who are registered voters would march to their polling units to cast their votes […]Continue Reading
By Uche Ugboajah The last time an amendment was made to the laws governing elections in Nigeria was in the year 2010. That is clearly ten years ago, when the Electoral Act was amended. From that period up until now, several issues and problems arising from the conduct of elections make an amendment of the […]Continue Reading
By Eric Teniola As expected the tenure of Professor Mahmood Yakubu (58) as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission ends on Monday, November 9. Then came the announcement by Professor Yakubu that the presidential election will hold February 18, 2023, that is eight hundred and eighty-five days away. It is the first time Nigerians […]Continue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) presidential candidate in February 23 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s desire to upturn President Buhari’s victory may have suffered a significant setback. This is because the Court of Appeal, which is the tribunal for the presidential elections dispute, declined Atiku’s lawyers’ demand for scanning and forensic examination of Continue Reading
Many clerics and politicians in Kaduna State risk 12 months in jail or N1 million in fine, if the Electoral Act 2010 is invoked in the on-going governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the State. In recent weeks, the governorship election in Kaduna has taken a religious dimension. Governor Nasir El-Rufai of the […]Continue Reading
By Ojotule Adogo Many Nigerians are exchanging banters while congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari for winning the 2019 presidential election. But at the same moment, many families in Kogi East, especially Igala-speaking communities, are mourning as a result of the killings and violence perpetuated by desperate All Progressives Congress (APC) agents during the Continue Reading