Nigerians ready to elect PDP - Atiku Ten days to go, no election funds yet – INEC DSS warns political parties to watch their comments after questioning Fani-Kayode CBN releases…
Read MoreIn response to the Central Bank of Nigeria's currency redesign strategy, "thirteen" of Nigeria's 18 political parties have vowed to sit out the next general elections on February 25 and…
Read MoreThe beauty of democracy is not exactly in the numbers or in the outcome of an election, but in watching the alternative prevail over the norm, in having a new…
Read MoreThese are the top five stories that drove conversation today. While we are still mourning the spate of killings in Benue, which has left over 80 people dead, it has…
Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered 21 new political parties. The electoral agency took the decision at its weekly meeting, according to its National Commissioner and member, Information…
Read MoreThe Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has accused the National Assembly of frustrating the change agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. IPAC, a body of all registered political parties in…
Read MoreAccording to Wikipedia, a political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government. The party agrees on some proposed policies…
Read Moreby Dayo Israel The APC primaries fiasco has continued to trend in the past few weeks, especially with the recent judgement by a Lagos Court in favour of the…
Read More"Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true where the vast majority have been systemically denied their rights. At the same time, democracy also requires that the…
Read MoreFormer Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso has said political parties in the country are not functioning properly. While speaking with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Kwankwaso said political parties are…
Read MoreDeputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has said abuse of funds by party leaders led to the withdrawal of Federal Government subventions to political parties. According to a statement by his…
Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has threatened to deregister erring political parties. INEC Chairman, Yakubu Mahmood said this on Friday while presenting certificates to the recently registered five political parties.…
Read MoreIt's barely two years since Muhammadu Buhari defeated then incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan at the polls to emerge Nigeria's president. Since that time, as we have struggled through debate, consequence…
Read Moreby Alexander O. Onukwue In his speech during the launch of the APDA, Dan Iwuanyanwu asked the question many Nigerians continue to ask, why do we need new political parties?…
Read Moreby Alexander O. Onukwue The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday announced the approval of the applications of five (5) new associations to become registered Political Parties in Nigeria. They…
Read Moreby Timi Olagunju This week, I had the privilege of being part of the delegation designated to meet privately with a former Nigerian President at his private residence in Abeokuta.…
Read Moreby Dolapo Adelana The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmud Yakubu, has called on political parties to stop fielding persons with questionable characters for elections. Yakubu made the…
Read Moreby Azeez Adeniyi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would meet heads of the judiciary over conflicting court orders. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at…
Read Moreby Adedayo Ademuwagun There’s been some talk in the Nigerian media lately about a new opposition party taking shape in the background. PDP factional chair Ahmed Makarfi has set up…
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Read Moreby Stephen Oloh Writing in Mein Kampf about how to manipulate people and win power, Adolf Hitler said that since the average person had a very limited memory and a “slowness of…
Read Moreby Victor Terhemba I have decided to write a rejoinder to Mr Reuben Abati’s latest piece and maybe if I am able to one day gather enough social capital to…
Read Moreby Jude ‘Feranmi Let me start with the motive for acquiring political power as I never really answered that in the first part of this article. At the core of…
Read Moreby Andrew Obuoforibo Preaching to the devil forms Part 1 of the series “How To Build A Party For The Masses” Why Neither APC Nor PDP Are Built To…
Read Moreby Blessing Iyamadiken We were fed up with the last administration, and all we wanted was someone different, a breath of fresh air. So when the current ruling party came…
Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, announced that over 32 new political parties have applied for registration. This was disclosed by chairman of the electoral commission, Prof. Yakubu…
Read MoreSeven political parties de-registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission on August 18, 2011, have been brought back to life by the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu. In a…
Read MoreThe outgoing chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has lamented the lack of internal party democracy in Nigeria. He stated that the trend, which encourages substitutions of…
Read Moreby Kolapo Olapoju The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it is open to the idea of merging with other political parties that shares its ideals. The party said…
Read Moreby Damilola Jagun The All Progressives Congress has now become the bride of political parties in Nigeria, at this is evident in its comprehensive victory at the polls. It has…
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