Tagged: INEC

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 […]
Asari Ndem

Nigerian CSO launches tool to help citizens know their candidates

A Civil Society Organisation (CSO) operating in Nigeria has launched a tool to help Nigerian citizens understand their candidates better. Civic Monitor, the CSO pushing this new drive for better democratic processes, has released its Know-Your-Candidate (KYC) tool in an effort to help Nigerians get the facts they need to make an informed decision in […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

Nigeria Announces New App for Nigerians, to Help Monitor 2019 General Elections

According to a recent announcement, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has developed a new special mobile application, which will give Nigerians the opportunity to effectively monitor events at the polls as they unfold and reduce electoral discrepancies. The app, which is anticipated to help curb vote buying and will allow the electorate report live […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

Appeal Court Rules in Favour of Restoring Nigerian Prisoners’ Right to Vote

The rights of incarcerated criminals to vote, despite their inability to be voted for, has been a touchy subject across the world with strong arguments existing on both sides of the matter and Nigerian courts have just waded into the matter. Adding to the debate, the Court of Appeal in Benin city, Edo state has  […]
Henry Okelue

What you need to know about Nigerian Senator Dino Melaye’s historic recall

The submission of a petition, backed by 188,000+ signatures, representing 52.3 percent of registered voters in the Kogi West constituency to INEC, marks a historic escalation of the process leading towards the recall of a member of the Nigerian parliament.  This time Senator Dino Melaye. This is the first time section 69 of the 1999 […]
Innocent Eteng

What the early release of INEC’s timetable means for Nigeria’s 2019 elections

If Nigerians ever expected a surprise from their electoral umpire, it was definitely not the release of timetable for an election that is over 23 months away. At least not in a country where the rush has always been the case. But in March, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released a timetable for the […]