Nigeria to Hold Presidential and Parliamentary Election on Feb. 16, 2019 More Reuters Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton ABUJA (Reuters) - Niger...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges as limitations to the current electoral system in Nigeria's democracy, proffering possible way forward. The flawed electoral process of the last two Presidential elections equally calls for technology- enabled solutions to this social malaise ...
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the main opposition People's Democratic Party, announced on Twitter Wednesday he rejects the result of the election and will be challenging it in court. Abubakar said with regards to the presidential election, it is clear that there were "manifest and...
ABUJA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria will hold next presidential election on Feb. 25, 2023, one week later than originally scheduled, the country's electoral body announced on Saturday. Elections for the country's bicameral legislature will be held on the same date, Mahmood Yakubu, head of ...
Nigeria's presidential election has been postponed just hours before polls were due to open. The country's election commission said it was delaying the vote to 23 February due to unspecified "challenges", amid reports that voting materials had not been delivered to some areas. ...
Voters in the Nigeria’s Ekiti State governorship election sold their ballot, a development observers believe is a bad omen ahead of the 2023 Presidential poll.
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Therefore, a system that makes each region to be responsible for its progress should be agreeable. With regional autonomy, the presidency would remain prestigious, but it would not be a repressive, or an overbearing, force. An Igbo president under this scenario is less difficult to accept and ...
In 2015, Nigeria held one of the most fiercely contested presidential elections in the nation's recent democratic history. The outcome of the election was expected to exert significant influence on democratic practices on the African continent. The stiffness of the contest also meant that it was ...
Uganda: Nigeria - Presidential election 2011: Was the campaigning for the election free and fair? How was the poll itself, judged by international observer... Uganda: Nigeria - Presidential election 2011: Was the campaigning for the election free and fair? How was the poll itself, judged by ...