Vote-Buying Could Mar Nigeria Elections, US Warns
The United States of America has warned that widespread vote-buying could mar the general elections.
The US Deputy Ambassador Jonathan Cohen, who spoke on Thursday...
Journalism And Its Hazards
The report presented the other day by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP), whose research findings claimed that no fewer than 251...
Forum Cautions Against Electoral Violence, Urges Conflict-Sensitive Journalism
Head of History Department, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Dr. Tunji Ogunyemi, has stressed the need for players and stakeholders in the nation’s electoral process...
2019: EFCC Moves Against Money Laundering, Vote Buying
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, says the Commission has put in place measures that will make money...
Fake News, Hate Speech And The 2019 General Elections – The Redemptive Role Of...
As we move towards another round of electoral rituals, the periodic legitimisation of our rights to be called a democracy, there is widespread fear...
2019 Polls: Buhari Warns Against Politics Of Hate, Violence
AHEAD of the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari, weekend, advised Nigerians against playing the politics of hate and violence. President Buhari He spoke...
…’NBC Not Aware Of ICPC Investigation On DG’
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said it not aware of any investigation by the ICPC on its Director General Is’haq Modibbo Kawu.
The commission’s spokesperson,...
Social Media And The 2019 Elections
Niyi Akinnaso
No one doubts that the primary function of social media —Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Youtube, and so on— is to connect people through...
Party Primaries And Nigerian Women’s Cry For Fustice
The primaries of the political parties may have been conducted and concluded but the ripples and dusts generated by the exercise held from August...
It’s Time For Voter Education
Voter education is educating the electorate about the duties and obligations of all parties involved in the successful conduct and result of a credible,...