There are positive reports as well as stories of sharp practices as the electorate vote on who runs the affairs of Osun State for the next four years. First, there are reports of large turnout, particularly in places like Ede and Iragbiji, towns of Ademola Adelekeand Isiaka Oyetola respectively. The latter, who is running on…
Violence Erupts at Election in Port Harcourt
Violence erupted on Thursday at the Ernest Ikoli Press Centre of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Port Harcourt as the National Vice-President of the union, Edward Ogude, got set to conduct elections to a new Rivers State Executive Committee of the union. Some aggrieved delegates walked up to Ogude, shouted him down and…
Election Observer Groups Sing Discordant Tunes on Credibility of Edo Election
A coalition of INEC accredited Civil Society Domestic Election Observers, has adjudged the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State free, fair, credible and transparent, asserting that “The exercise met the required international standard for credible democratic election” and “the result should therefore be accepted by all as a true reflection of the will…
My Fake Interview With a Political Thug
Having covered the presidential election on the 23 of February I am certainly not a stranger to the characters I was going to meet during the governorship and State House of Assembly elections, including political thugs. I had woken up as early as 4:00am to get ready for the March 9 election at my area…
All Hail Our Virtual President
The citizenship of Facebook is over one billion, those who inhabit tweeter are in competition with Facebook. The citizens of this world often pride themselves as being the most literate, flaunting the best ideas. They connect across the world, mostly with little or no physical contact. With them is the island of wisdom and virtue.…
One Week not enough to sort out logistics problem – Godwin Abbe
How did the news of the postponement of the elections come to you? It’s unfortunate; the postponement is unfortunate; very unfortunate. I don’t know what we will look like in the eyes of the international community and I am not sure of what the ordinary Nigerian would think about leadership in this country; whether it…
Opinion Polls on Election Shift
By Janet Ifidon and Timileyin Okunuga/Lagos Akanni Dipo, a transporter based in Lagos Buhari is not ready for a free and fair election. He postponed it delebrately to discourage foreign observers. He thinks he can rig this one? Not possible. Oladosu Kehinde, a student of Ogun state university INEC had four years to prepare for…
Election: Disappointment, Anger In Kano Over Postponement
Most residents of Kano woke up to the news that the Presidential election billed to hold today had been postponed till next Saturday, February 23. Like other parts of the country, the city had literally close for the election. Most residents must have been asleep around 2am, when Mahmud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, announced…
African Leaders Want Burundi Election Postponed
African leaders have urged Burundi to postpone its forthcoming general elections by at least a month and a half. The advice came on Sunday in Tanzania, during a meeting where the crisis in Burundi was discussed. The heads of state of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, which together with Burundi and Rwanda form the East African…
Darius Ishaku Wins Taraba Governorship Election
Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been declared winner of Taraba State governorship election, after a supplementary election was held on April 25. Ishaku polled 369,318 votes against Aisha Alhassan’s, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, his closest rival. Senator Alhassan polled 275,984 votes to clinch second. The election had been…
