Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) performed below expectation in the last presidential and National Assembly elections across the country.They therefore tasked the electoral umpire to brace up for the challenges and perform better during this Saturday's governorship and state assembly
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Catholic Bishop of Aba Diocese, Most Rev. Augustine Echema has denied media report that he has endorsed the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Chief Okey Ahiwe."The speculation that Aba Diocese under my leadership has endorsed the PDP guber candidate for the March 11 election
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An associate professor of journalism at the Lagos State University, Dr Tunde Akanni, has asserted that political parties in Nigeria no longer have ideologies.Akanni stated this in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, when he presented a paper titled: "Understanding Conflicts and Drivers of Conflicts", at a training for journalists
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Following rumours of possible use of violence in Saturday’s governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in Enugu State, the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the state, Barr. Chijioke Edeoga, has urged voters to defend their votes as a way of eliminating politicians that have turned the economic resources of
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The Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa Ibom State has raised the alarm over alleged plot by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in collaboration with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to compromise the forthcoming gubernatorial and state assembly elections in favour of the ruling PDP.Addressing a press conference
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Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has aligned itself with the position of the leader of apex socio-cultural Yoruba group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, that Nigeria is yet to have a president-elect.Commenting on the just-concluded presidential and National Assembly (NASS) elections which has been adjudged to be fraught with irregularities and violence,
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A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the South East under the aegis of South East Network for Democracy and Accountability (SENDA) has joined Nigerians and groups calling for the cancellation of the February 25 presidential election results.The coalition made the demand while addressing newsmen on the outcome of
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Obong of Calabar, His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu the V, has admonished the people of Efik kingdom and Igbo residents in Calabar and other parts of the state to live peacefully.He made the appeal when Igbo leaders visited his palace yesterday in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The
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Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has said that Lagos is neither for Yorubas nor a no man’s land, but a European satellite slave port.Ahead of the governorship poll on Saturday, there is an ongoing debate on who the true owners of Lagos are.The youngest son of iconic Afrobeat pioneer, late Fela
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.A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Rivers State government to appear before it to explain why Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections should not be suspended.This followed a suit by Chief Tonte Ibraye, the governorship candidate of the
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