Governorship Election

Road to Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi Off-cycle Governorship Elections

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  Come November, residents in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi State would hit their polling units to decide their next governors. This election, already scheduled by the electoral commission, is said to be another supremacy battle between the two main opposition parties: All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) always fighting for might.  …

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Analysis: Silenced Voices and Stolen Votes; “How Irregularities in Nigeria’s Governorship Elections Threatened the Voice of the People”

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Afeez Rabiu Nigerians went to the polls in the hope of electing leaders who would represent their interests, uphold democratic values, and deliver on campaign promises. However, the governorship elections were marred by irregularities, violence, and voter suppression.  The events that unfolded during the election cycle left some citizens disenfranchised and disillusioned with the electoral …

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Viral TikTok Video Of Northerners In Wild Jubilation Unrelated To March 18th Poll In Kano 

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Quadri Yahya  Claim Social media users and Daily Trust newspaper shared a TikTok video during the ongoing gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections to tell a narrative that Kano residents are ‘protecting’  their votes by following INEC officials, with ballot boxes, to their offices. Verdict Misleading. Viral video unrelated to ongoing gubernatorial and state House …

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FactCheckElections: Top Political Events Of The Week

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Oluwaseye Ogunsanya  The political space got engrossed in post election litigations this week as the presidential election petition tribunal sat to hear suits brought to it by aggrieved parties from the just concluded 25th February presidential election.  Recall that on March 1, INEC had declared APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu as the president-elect and in …

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