After Wednesday’s inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the attention of Nigerians can be expected to veer towards the National Assembly (NASS) where legislators have –for several weeks since the elections– been electioneering for various leadership positions. For positions in both the Senate and House ...

On Wednesday, February 27, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the 2019 presidential election. On the same day, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, released a statement ...

After several hiccups along the way, Nigerians trooped out for what is believed to be the last round of elections for the year, the 2019 supplementary election, held on March 23. At the end of the general gubernatorial elections on the 9th of March, ...

Following several incidents of violence and inconsistencies recorded in the gubernatorial election earlier this month, Nigerians trooped out on the March 23 in six states across the federation, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted supplementary polls for states where the original election ...

As the inauguration of newly elected and re-elected leaders draws nearer, and before Nigerians are engulfed in collective amnesia, it is necessary to go over the election season for the sake of documenting the challenges faced as well as highlighting some of the lessons ...

The will of the people must be respected and the electoral commission, INEC should now take the bull by its horn and announce the results immediately

Here are some of the reasons for the low turnout given by top five politicians including former VP Atiku Abubakar, Speaker Dogara and APC National leader Bola Tinubu.

Unfortunately this development has led to the loss of lives of citizens including security personnel.

The official figures are not out yet but the evidence is palpable that the gubernatorial and local assembly elections has been fraught with widespread apathy.

The truth is that INEC can talk all it wants but frankly they cannot bite in a field of play that has been hijacked by desperate and roguish politicians.