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No, never again in Kogi East Senatorial District

By The Insight Team March 1, 2023 1016 0

By Theophilus Abbah, PhD   Just three months after the third anniversary of the gruesome murder, the sacrifice, the burning alive of Mrs Salome Abu in Ochadamu, her ancestral home, in Kogi State, on the altar of politics to lubricate the undeserved victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November, 2019 Kogi governorship […]Continue Reading

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2023 Elections: PRNigeria Unveils ‘Security Risks Report’ on Presidential Candidates, Violent States

By The Insight Team February 16, 2023 729 0

Ahead of the 2023 general elections beginning next Saturday, PRNigeria has presented a ‘Security Report’ on the five major presidential candidates. The selected candidates include Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alh. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the Continue Reading

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Senate seat: Why Supreme Court judges in favour of Lawan – Ajulo

By The Insight Team February 7, 2023 756 0

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

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2023: Here are 107 communities where elections are endangered

By The Insight Team February 6, 2023 1150 0

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

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Poverty and Buhari’s victory in 2019 presidential election

By The Insight Team February 5, 2023 1659 0

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

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Election: Archbishop cautions Nigerians against voting on basis of religious sentiment

By The Insight Team February 2, 2023 987 2

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,” Continue Reading

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2023 elections: CJID trains journalists on safety measures

By The Insight Team January 30, 2023 834 0

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

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I’ll fulfill my promise to develop Niger People – Bago

By The Insight Team January 26, 2023 1558 Post a comment

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

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Data shows Nigerian youths could determine outcome 2023 elections

By The Insight Team January 11, 2023 1513 0

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

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A Case For 2020 Electoral Act

By The Insight Team November 7, 2020 821 0

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

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INEC Job and the Risk Element

By The Insight Team October 19, 2020 824 0

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

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Why Atiku seeks forensic examination of electoral materials

By The Insight Team March 8, 2019 1085 0

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 Continue Reading