We find the false claims and allegations reportedly made against President Goodluck Jonathan by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta very odious and repugnant. As we have had cause to say before, it is most regrettable indeed that a man like…
Source: The Punch Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of having a “grand plan” to scuttle democracy based on the postponement of the general elections announced by the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, last…
Tunde Salman (08035041062) writes from Kuje, Abuja The abuse of State and Administrative Resources (SARs) in the context of electioneering campaigns has been a recurring decimal in Nigeria’s electoral democracy since the first republic. Yet the links between campaign finance…
Civil Society organizations working on good governance, transparency and accountability in the extractive sector and tax justice have called on federal government to release the full report of the forensic audit of the accounts and transactions of the NNPC to…
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room) on Saturday, 7th February 2015 met with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and with all of its 12 National Commissioners in attendance. At the meeting, INEC Chairman Prof.…
CCD Calls On President Jonathan To Assent To Disability Bill, Decries Exclusion Of PWD’s In Electioneering Campaigns By Joseph Onyekwere The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities ( CCD) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to assent to the disability bill…
The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) is a coalition of over hundred and fifty anti-corruption organisations whose primary aim is to constructively combat corruption and ensure effective monitoring of anti-graft agencies charged with the fight against corruption and enthronement…
Muma Buri rose from the bed, stretched and twitched his toes. He felt cranky, his knuckles ached and his knees felt like they would give way if he stood for too long. He sat down; at 72 he should be…
Kaleaiye’s sermon last Sunday predicted ‘there would be a pleasant surprise in 2015 elections’, telling congregants to ‘go and mark it’.Sounding angry with the way Nigeria is going, Kalejaiye, the regional evangelist of RCCG fumed: “Of what use is my…
•INEC, EFCC, ICPC should check illegal fund raising by political parties The call on the anti-corruption agencies, the electoral commission and law enforcement bodies to rise up to their constitutional responsibilities deserve the support of all lovers of democracy. As…
