A non-profit civic advocacy for the promotion of democratic governance, Yiaga Africa, has said that the current economic hardship and the challenges encountered during the mock accreditation on the Bi-Modal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) as well as vote buying may…
Several voters in Bauchi State will make their decisions about who to elect into various positions based on what they have heard preached in their respective worship centres. The religious metric has been condemned and described as divisive, but it…
WikkiTimes, Idris Kamal & Hafsat Muhammed | As Nigerians prepare for one of the country’s most decisive elections since 1999 to pick their president and federal lawmakers, Senator Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali, the lawmaker representing Gombe north under the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Ahead of the Saturday Presidential elections which heralds the commencement of the 2023 general elections across all polling units in Nigeria, over 200 Civil Society Organisations have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Security Agencies, Political candidates and…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says about $148 billion can be realised if the international community restructures their existing debt and expands access to future affordable finance. The UNDP made this known on in a policy brief published on…
Solace Base, Elijah Akoh | Aisha Dahiru, in Hatsu ward Miga LGA, a flood victim, lost her voter card during the flooding of her community. But the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has failed to provide her a new voter’s card despite reapplying…
The Whistler, Ben Aroh | Some eligible voters who lost their permanent voter cards and applied for re-issuance claim they are yet to obtain them from their chosen local government areas because of the failure of the Independent National Electoral…
By Ogar Monday, CrossRiverWatch In Marian, Calabar Municipal, just before the street to the Cross River State secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, is a building awash with the 2023 election advertisement of party candidates of the…
Ben Aroh, The Whistler | Simon Ekpa, self-styled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in a viral video, imposed sit-at-home and curfew on South East and some parts of old Eastern Region during the 2023 general elections. His…
Aminu Adamu, WikkiTimes | Barely one week before Nigeria’s general election, residents of rural communities in Zamfara State still live between hope and fear as insecurity that has over the years rendered thousands homeless threatens peaceful polls. “Just a few…
