TEN Interviews
Conrad Omodiagbe
Nigeria: This Organisation Wants More Young People in Politics
According to the statistics available in Nigeria, the innovative youth community constitutes a large part of its ever-growing population. While the youth continue to dominate various fields across the board, there seems to be an obvious absence of the youth at the country’s key decision-making tables. With global political conversations shifting towards youth participation in […]
Farida Adamu
Nafisa Abubakar Wants More Women in Nigerian Politics
In this interview, TEN sits with Nafisa Abubakar, a lawyer and social advocate whose work is focused around getting more women involved in politics. Nafisa Abubakar is a TED X Speaker, Walter Carrington Fellow, Activist, and Author of Girls Just Want To Run; a book written to inspire young women to be involved in Nigerian […]
The Election Network
These young Nigerians have their voter’s cards but will not vote
Eight million Nigerians are yet to collect their Permanent Voters Cards ahead of the February 16 elections in Nigeria, which is only about a week from now. While this has become an issue of concern and bickering between political parties and the electoral umpire, there are large pockets of Nigerians who have picked up their voters cards, […]
The Election Network
Disenfranchised: The Internally Displaced Persons who will not vote in Nigeria’s upcoming elections
Audu Andrew, 45, stood under the Moringa tree arms akimbo while his little son tugged at his pants for attention. Audu’s attention rather, was on the conversations among his fellow Internally Displaced Persons (originally from Logo and Guma Local Government Areas in Benue), bothering on the upcoming 2019 elections. Audu, a private school teacher from […]
The Election Network
A Benue female candidate’s story is the experience of Nigerian women seeking political office
When Elizabeth Agebese-Egwurube first decided to actively run for office in 2011, her husband’s family kicked against it. Egwurube, now 32, was unhappy about the horrid roads and non-existent water supply in Ado, her local government area in Benue State, and wanted to do something about its infrastructural regress. “In my place, there’s a belief […]
Henry Okelue
[Interview] Social Media Has Become A Powerful Political Tool In Nigeria
Fatu Ogwuche is one of Nigeria’s brightest under 30. At such a young age she has made a name for herself as one of Africa’s leading experts in elections and election technology. She has worked on election projects in Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Kenya, Liberia and the US. During the tumultuous 2016 US Election, Fatu worked […]