AFTER every off-cycle election, I make it a habit to sit down and do a proper post-mortem. Not the kind…
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FOR decades, Nigerians approached election seasons with a familiar mixture of hope, anxiety and scepticism. The questions were often the…
ETHIOPIAN Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is the big winner following the country’s general election as his party has retained its…
FOR more than two decades, Ekiti State politics was defined by a unique and stubborn pattern: governors came and went,…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed allegations that uncollected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were handed over to the…
OFFICIALS of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are currently waiting for voters to arrive and cast their ballots at…
YIAGA Africa has alleged discrepancies between the ballot papers, result sheets, and the list of candidates published by the Independent…
THE Nigeria Police Force has intensified security preparations ahead of two major electoral exercises, declaring full readiness for Saturday’s Ekiti…
ZIMBABWEAN lawmakers have approved a bill that would replace direct presidential elections with a vote by parliament, a proposal that…
DISTRIBUTION of sensitive materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has begun in Ekiti State ahead of the governorship…
THE Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), alongside national commissioners, is meeting with chairmen and secretaries of political…
THE main threat to Nigerian democracy is no longer a lack of understanding of elections but the growing doubt that…
GOVERNMENT forces and opposition fighters have exchanged heavy gunfire in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, as a row over delays to elections…
NOW that the dust has settled on most of the party primaries, let us have an honest conversation about what…
A TOTAL of 518 people died in Tanzania from “unnatural causes”, including 197 who were shot dead, in the widespread…
BENIN presidential election favourite Romuald Wadagni swept to victory in the country’s polls, securing 94 percent of votes, according to…
SENATE President Godswill Akpabio has expressed optimism that Nigeria’s worsening insecurity will subside shortly after the forthcoming elections, attributing the…
WITH growing fears that the militant Islamist insurgency that has engulfed large parts of West Africa is spreading, security has…
AS preparations gradually intensify for Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, the Federal Government has proposed a substantial sum of N135.22 billion…
IN a decisive step towards strengthening Nigeria’s electoral integrity ahead of the 2027 General Election, the Independent National Electoral Commission…