…Suggests how to stop vote buying By Emmanuel Elebeke, Vanguard Newspaper Human Rights activist and former Independent National Electoral Commissioner, Barr. Mike Igini has said that over 70 percent of National Assembly members and their State Assembly counterparts will not return to their seats after the 2023 general elections because they scored own goal when
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN The Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu (V), has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of support during the 2023 elections in Cross River. The traditional ruler gave the assurance in Calabar on Wednesday during a courtesy call to his palace by the State Resident Electoral
By Ogar Monday The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River State, Prof. Gabriel Yomere has revealed that INEC in the state is ready for the 2023 general elections, as the State has started receiving non-sensitive materials for the elections. Yomere, who insisted that the electoral umpire will
By Yemi Sodeeq, The Informant247 Without a thorough audit of the voter register before the 2023 general elections, many foreigners who are already in possession of Nigerian permanent voter registration cards will cast their ballots. In Kosubosu, a border community in Baruteen Local Government Area of Kwara State, a number of foreigners from the Republic
By Archibong Jeremiah Journalists and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the South-South geopolitical zone have been trained and tasked with conflict-sensitive reporting, 2023 general elections, and countering fake news. The over 35 participants were charged at a 2-day workshop in Port Harcourt organized by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in partnership with the
This is a keynote presentation by the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Comrade Chris Isiguzo in a 2-day (7- 10 November 2022) training on Conflict Sensitive Reporting, 2023 General Elections And Countering Fake News in Port Harcourt for journalists and civic space actors. The training is organized by the Centre for Democracy and
By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie on Thursday nullified the Primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Yala 2 State Constituency, thereby sacking lawmaker, Honorable Cynthia Nkasi as the candidate of the party and barring her publication as a candidate for
Ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, residents of some hard-to-reach communities in Gombe state cannot participate in the general election. They were disenfranchised by INEC officials who accepted kickbacks in order to travel long distances to capture potential voters. WikkiTimes’ IDRIS Kamal and HAFSAH MUHAMMED report that, for failing to mobilize resources for INEC officials, many residents