Race to the 9th Assembly
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--…
Atiku’s case against Buhari’s re-election; a brief history
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,…
#NigeriaDecides2019: Re-run Election Round-up
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…
#NigeriaDecides2019: Round Up of Supplementary Governorship Election Results
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…
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Postmortem of Nigeria’s 2019 general elections
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 learned.
See the reasons these five top politicians are giving for low voter turnout
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.
Security officials are disrupting the gubernatorial polls in Nigeria and its costing lives
Unfortunately this development has led to the loss of lives of citizens including security personnel.
Widespread apathy rocks Nigeria’s gubernatorial polls
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.
INEC talks fair play but it cannot bite in a game of rogues
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.
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency is cracking down on states suspected to have financed elections from treasury
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is leading a crackdown on state governments suspected to have dipped into the treasury in a bid to finance the polls.