ANALYSIS: Direct Primaries for Political Parties May Be A Step Towards 1993 Electoral Model

Last week, the National Assembly passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, making it compulsory for all political parties to conduct their primaries using the direct method. Direct electoral method is not new to Nigeria, and in fact, it has been said to have been adopted in the most credible election in Nigeria, which is the 1993 election. According to African Election Database, Moshood Abiola of the then Social Democratic Party (SDP) garnered a total vote...

Narrating Our Experiences Might Not Be Enough ―Calling Out System Lapses Is A Civic Responsibility

Yesterday, the 11th of November, 2021, one of the ladies of a popular breakfast show on TVC, Tope Mark-Odigie, documented a short video narrating her robbery experience on her way home. She narrated: “I just finished an event at Eko hotel this evening and I was driving back home. On the bridge- the Ketu bridge from 3rd mainland, the bridge that takes you towards 7up- I got robbed. They damaged my car. “Some two guys...

How the 2021 Anambra State Governorship Election Can Impact Future Elections

“Nigerians normally believe that election results do not reflect the choice of voters and that’s why they abstain” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The Anambra governorship election has come and gone but still, it resonates. Already there are tones of lessons that hopefully have been underscored by analysts and critical stakeholders in our democratic project and moving forward, it is expected that these lessons form the bedrock of further reforms and innovations in our electoral system. A seamless...

Meaningful Climate Action Requires Taking Africa’s Needs Seriously

By Michelle Gavin, Guest columnist and blogger As the world debates the successes, failures, and omissions of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, one inescapable conclusion is that Africa’s needs should be elevated on the global climate agenda. African leaders went into the conference with a clear agenda about the urgency of support for adaptation, the centrality of expanding access to power for Africans, and the overall need for partnering with African states on equal footing...

7years Old Boy Exhumed As Governor And CP Enugu Orders Conclusive Investigation And Prosecution Of Culprits

ENUGU — The Commissioner of Police, CP Abubakar Lawal, fdc, has ordered the State CID Enugu to conduct a thorough and conclusive investigation of the death of Master Chimdalu Chidi, a 7 years old boy mindlessly killed and buried by his father and a ninety-five years old accomplice. The CP stated in the police bulletin signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ndukwe that no stone will be left unturned as everyone who is...

Federal Government Launches Web Portal For Sale Of Houses

ABUJA — As a move to facilitate ownership of affordable housing via homeownership and rental schemes in urban and rural areas, the Federal Government has launched an online platform for its national mass housing projects across the states. Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing disclosed this at the public launch of the Web portal designed for the sale of the completed mass housing project built by the Ministry across the states of the federation....

Anambra Election, a Call For INEC to Do More, Says CSO Coalition

ABUJA — Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 70 organisations said the just concluded Anambra governorship election showed that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) needed to do more in election management. Convener of the Situation Room, Ene Obi said this while reading the document co-signed by her, co-conveners Asmaú Joda and James Ugochukwu at a news conference in Abuja. Obi said that Situation Room sent observers to monitor the Anambra election and...

Over 8,000 Appeals Waiting To Be Heard At The Supreme Court

ABUJA — Senior lawyers in the country have expressed concern at the number of appeals pending at the Supreme Court with over 8,000 appeals waiting to be heard. Apart from political cases that need urgent attention, any appeal to the court now is given a 2028 date for hearing, adding that only time-bound appeals that cannot wait will be given urgent attention at the court. Some senior lawyers who spoke on the issue said the...

Bianca Ojukwu Thanks Anambra People for Keeping Faith With APGA, Congratulates Soludo

AWKA — Wife of late Biafra leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu has thanked Anambra people for keeping faith with her husband’s legacy by giving the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA) a landmark victory in the state. Mrs. Ojukwu, who had on the eve of the governorship election invoked the spirit of her husband to lead APGA into the electoral battlefield, expressed satisfaction not only with the conduct of the elections but with the fact that...

Uthoko Na Eze Achalla VI, Igwe Ositadinma Sunny Nwokedi congratulates Chukwuma Soludo, lauds INEC

“I congratulate you on your electoral victory and pray for the success of your aspiration for the goodness of Anambra State and Ndi Igbo” His Majesty, Igwe Ositadinma Sunny Nwokedi, Eze Oranyelu, Uthoko VI of Achalla, Anambra State, has congratulated the Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, for his landslide victory of the Anambra governorship election.   The Independent National Electoral...

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