#Election2019 :Rivers of Blood

The just concluded election in Nigeria is marred by so much violence one would think it was a civil war. Quite unfortunate that such things as thuggery and ballot box snatching is still heard of in a country like Nigeria. As if that’s nor enough, the military have shown that the citizens of Nigeria especially

Cry Not For Slained Oyo Lawmaker- residents

Mixed reactions have trailed the gruesome assassination of an Oyo state house of representatives member, Hon Temitope Sugar during the guber polls with many condemning the murder. Shot in the eye and died in UCH, Ibadan, a commentator has narrated the many sins of Hon Sugar, telling people not to mourn him as he also

Voter Apathy, Goodbye Democracy

I am writing this as a pained and disappointed Nigerian who cannot help but berate the shambolic democracy practiced in the country. Never has an electioneering exercise been this traumatic and dangerous like we’re currently experiencing. Someone once said after the “presidential fraud” of an election.. “if INEC doesn’t rescind their decision on pronouncing president

Atiku, PDP File Motion Compelling INEC To Surrender Election Materials For Inspection

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have filed a motion to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to surrender all the materials that were used for the February 23 presidential election, for inspection. The motion ex-parte was lodged before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday. The Tribunal

Mass Resignation Looms In INEC In Aftermath Of Elections

THERE are indications that some Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, and National Commissioners of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will resign their appointments following alleged intimidation, harassment and threat to life by security agencies during the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections. States electoral commissioners and national commissioners alleged that at the height of the