ELECTIONS
Farida Adamu
A Closer Look at Voter Turnout in Nigeria
Since Nigeria’s first election in 1999, voter participation and turnout has declined significantly from 30.2 million in 1999 to 28.6 million in 2019. This depletion in voting numbers is occurring despite an ever growing population which has doubled in the last two decades, and more citizens coming of voting age every election cycle. We explore […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Former Rebel Leader Wins Bougainville Presidency
Former rebel military commander, Ishmael Toroama has been elected as president of Bougainville, an autonomous region in the South Pacific, according to electoral officials on Wednesday, as the region prepares to begin talks aimed at seeking full independence from Papua New Guinea. The monumental elections saw Toroama defeat 24 other candidates including another popular peace-builder, […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Belarus: Protests Over Disputed Polls Heighten
Major cases of violence seem to be trailing last Sunday’s presidential elections in Belarus. The opposition party has refused to accept defeat and large crowds opposing the country’s autocratic ruler have taken to the streets to protest results from the polls that saw President Alexander Lukashenko secure another term in a landslide victory. According to […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Russian Elections May Last Three Days
Less than three months to the scheduled Russian elections, the lower chamber of Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, has approved the final reading for a bill that would prolong elections, allowing the voting period to run for as long as three days – a new decision that would alter Russia’s electoral process moving forward. The […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Nigerian Organisations for Women in Politics
As women across the world finally inch towards the centre stage in politics today, Nigeria seems to be on a much different trajectory thanks, in part, to several institutional, religious, and societal factors that continue to hinder women’s participation in politics. Recent figures from the 2019 Nigerian general elections, show 11 women clinching seats in […]
The Election Network
Off-Cycle Elections in Nigeria
Elections in Nigeria are currently the second most expensive elections in the world, after India. The plethora of existing off-cycle and by-elections are causing the already high election costs to surge. We explore this issue in the May Edition of our monthly review. How did Nigeria get here? Why does this matter?
The Election Network
Where Are The Women in Nigerian Politics?
When it concerns the representation of Nigerian women in politics, the 2015 elections took the meagre progress that the country has made, back to point zero. What do current numbers say? What is the way forward? We explore solutions in this edition of our review. Highlights of this review: Why does this matter? What do […]