Tag: elections
Army probes military’s role in 2014 Ekiti, Osun states’ elections
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday set up a high powered Board of Inquiry (BOI) to investigate alleged malpractices and involvement…
Grenade attacks as Burundi holds controversial polls
Bujumbura (Burundi) (AFP) – Voting in Burundi’s controversial elections opened Monday despite a string of grenade attacks on polling stations,…
Well conducted elections will produce good people, says Jega
Prof. Attahiru Jega, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has stated that well conducted election will result in the…
Venezuela opposition leader fears vote will be scrapped
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles says he fears President Nicolas Maduro’s crisis-hit government, fearing a humiliating loss, will cancel key…
Lesotho to go ahead with elections despite tension
Lesotho will go ahead with early elections as planned at the end of this month despite recent renewed tensions, South…
Botswana’s ruling party leads in poll results
Botswana’s ruling party was Saturday leading in local constituencies as results trickled in from a general election held the previous…
Five countries set to join UN’s ‘top table’
Years of campaigning for a seat at the world’s “top table” come to a head this week when elections are…
Soldiers And Elections: Which Way Forward?
By Raymond Oise-Oghaede The Osun State governorship election has come and gone and to a large extent, it was adjudged…
FIFA threatens to ban Nigeria over disputed elections
World football governing body FIFA has warned Nigeria could be banned by Tuesday if an “elected” executive committee led by…
Nigerians Condemn Militarisation Of Elections
Nigerians have continued to condemn the militarisation of elections. The condemnation followed the deployment of at least 73,000 security personnel…
Undue Militarisation Of Elections
The gross abuse of power and the undue militarisation of the just concluded Osun State governorship election and that of…
PDP Aspirants Gang-up Against Jimi Agbaje
The governorship ambition of Jimi Agbaje that made him join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has run…
We’re 85 Percent Ready For Osun Election —INEC
Simon Ateba The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said on Monday it’s 85 percent ready for the 9 August governorship…
Ekiti People Must Hear This!
By Joe Igbokwe “How on earth, in the year of our Lord 2014 can anybody compare Kayode Fayemi, our incumbent…
No Lesson Learnt From June 12, Says Okei-Odumakin
Kazeem Ugbodaga Twenty-one years after the annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election won by the late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola,…
Ekiti June 21 Elections: Sack CP And MOPOL Chief Now
By Joe Igbokwe Ugly events in Ekiti State that led to the attack on Governor Kayode Fayemi’s convoy, the killing…
State of emergency will not stop elections – Ekweremadu
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday, said elections would hold in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states in spite of…
For A Peaceful Election In Ekiti
Less than a month to the governorship election in Ekiti State, most candidates have behaved well by keeping their utterances…
South Africa’s leader Zuma says wife raped
South Africa’s president said Monday that criminals broke into his rural homestead more than a decade ago and raped his…
Why Ekiti Needs Fayose
By Bamidele Johnson More than before, Ekiti State needs Ayodele Fayose. It needs him like flowers need rain. For this,…
Stop Heating Up The Polity With Religious Sentiments
Gradually, this political dispensation is drawing to the cusp. As it is the practice, political activities are accelerating, as various…
Will Nigeria Disintegrate?
By Chido Onumah Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, today, Monday, March 17, 2014, inaugurated the 492-member National Conference whose task is…
Political Thugs And Elections
By Ignatius Adegoke The great body of critical discourse on the politics of the era seems to have little good…
INEC gives dates for voters’ registration in Ekiti, Osun
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 12 to March 19 for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for…
Gays in South Africa form party to contest polls
A new party that will defend gays and lesbians against violence and persecution will stand in South Africa’s elections this…
Jega pledges better polls in Ekiti, Osun states
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday (INEC) said the hitches that marred the November 2013 Anambra State gubernatorial election…
Nigeria: Between Impunity And Ethnicity
By Tayo Ogunbiyi It is no longer news that our leaders usually act in manners that suggest that they have…
Madagascar strongman opts out of polls
Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina said Wednesday he would not stand in a presidential election next month aimed at ending years…
Ghanaians elect new president today
Polls opened this morning in Ghana’s high-stakes presidential and parliamentary polls as the country seeks to make good on its…
Benue PDP shifts council primaries
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) local government primaries scheduled to hold on Saturday across Benue State has been shifted till…