The Federal Government, the Independent National Electoral Commission and various political parties have been urged to eschew any act that may trigger violence in the 2023 elections campaign. Mr Akeem Oyewale, the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) Chairman, Research and Technical, said this at the institute’s Annual National Economic...
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A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sustainable Initiative for Nurturing Growth (SING), Nigeria, has said that the incidences of vote buying by major political parties are capable of destroying the country’s democracy if not nipped in the bud. A statement issued by the organisation on Saturday quoted Mr Victor Agi, Communications...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has very little role to play in the conduct of direct primaries by political parties for selecting their candidates for elections. Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, the Chairman, INEC disclosed this when he met with members of the House of Representatives Committee on...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Rescue Nigeria Project (RNP) has refuted claims to it being associated with any political party or platform in the country at the moment. This is is according to a statement issued by the secretariat of the movement, after its expanded national steering committee...
In 1984 – 85, I had the misfortune of reporting events at the Special Military Tribunal sitting in Kaduna. The Second Republic had just come to grief and one state governor after another were put on trial for crimes against the Nigerian state. The governors had like all political...