2023 elections should be more than putting persons into offices – Ford Foundation Director
By Ignatius Chukwu The 2023 election is being viewed around the world as not just a time to put people into offices but an opportunity for Nigeria to witness a…
Fear not, elections will hold in 2023 – Chief of Defence Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor has assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections will hold as scheduled despite the cloud of insecurity. Growing insecurity has cast doubt…
Osun Decides: Adamu, Tinubu, Lawan, five Governors campaign for Oyetola
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, the party’s Presidential candidate, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and five APC governors have urged people…
APC’s Oyebanji projected to win Ekiti governorship election
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2022 Ekiti elections, Abayomi Oyebanji, is projected to win the Ekiti governorship election having won in 13 local governments out of…
Oluwo rejoices with PREMIUM TIMES E-I-C on emergence as IPI Nigeria President
December 23, 2021 The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has congratulated media practitioner and Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times, Musikilu Mojeed, on his emergence as the President of the…
E-Transmission of Results: NASS volte-face, victory for democracy – Okowa
October 13, 2021 Delta Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday said Tuesday’s passage of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 by the National Assembly, empowering the Independent National Electoral Commission…
South Africa’s Patel is New IPI Executive Board Chair; Nigerian editor makes Board member
September 24, 2021 In a vote for professionalism and esteemed place of women in the media, Khadija Patel, the head of programmes for the International Fund for Public Interest Media…
Wike to Buhari: Behave like the PDP; conduct credible election
August 17, 2021 Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to show good leadership by vetoing the National Assembly decision to jettison electronic transmission of election results…
Another President contracts Covid-19 ahead of election
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for the coronavirus just two weeks before the election of a new head of state. The 72-year-old politician from the Conservative…
Edo 2020: No election has generated this much tension – Oba of Benin
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has urged security agencies to live up to their constitutional obligations in the Edo governorship election billed for Sept. 19. Ewuare said this…