2019: Onaiyekan, Gambari, Jega call for caution
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a cross section of elder statesmen and prominent civil society leaders have raised alarm that the country is...
Embassies may deny visa to perpetrators of violence in Rivers State
By Kelvin Ebiri, Port Harcourt
Ledum Mitee
Foreign embassies may from henceforth deny visas to politicians who engage in electoral violence and fraudulent elections in Rivers State....
INEC commences second quarter CVR
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday commenced the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for the second quarter of 2018 in the Federal Capital...
National Assembly And Buhari’s Challenge
By Sufuyan Ojeifo
The refusal by President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill is the biggest challenge yet to the...
Newly-registered voters hit seven million nationwide, says INEC
Rivers tops with highest figures, Plateau ranks 10th
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said the number of newly-registered...
Buhari assures UN of credible, fair poll in 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the UN of his commitment to a credible, free and fair elections in 2019.
Buhari gave the assurance when the...
Obasanjo, WIMPol task women on participation in politics
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and members of the Women in Politics (WIMPol) have urged women to participate in active politics.
Indeed the participation of women...
Women in Nigeria, awake!
The legion of civil society organisations committed to the welfare and interests of women and children may have been scandalised by the events leading...
2019 elections: Obasanjo tasks Nigerian women on active participation
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has charged women to get actively involved in the 2019 elections to take up more position of power at all...
2019 polls: Vote out corrupt leaders, INEC, CSOs tell Nigerians
By Festus Ahon ASABA—
NIGERIANS have been told to take advantage of 2019 general election and vote out from power, political parties, corrupt leaders who...
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Lagos, Nigeria
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International Women’s Day 2023
8th March, 2023
Lagos, Nigeria
IMS calls for Increased Capacity Building and Deepened Political
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