Tag: Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS)
The fowl of Mecca and Nigeria’s census palaver, By Azu Ishiekwene
We have a measurement problem eloquently illustrated in a Yoruba tale about a Mecca has-been. The fellow in this tale had just returned from...
How democracy crumbles: The Nigerian case, By Dakuku Peterside
Democracy, by its design, nature, and practice, is not a light toggle switch that is turned on and off. It is not a wall...
The bold and blatant vote thieves of Enugu State
BY CYRIL UJAM
Clever thieves cover their tracks well and leave no clues. What obviously compromised officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and...
Nigerian youths – Champions of February 25 presidential poll, By Olabisi...
Nigeria’s February 25 presidential election in which a former two-term governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu of the All-Progressives Congress, emerged as the...
Between Godwin Emefiele and Mahmood Yakubu, By Kazeem Akintunde
The year 2023 is just three months old but two names that have had much impact on Nigerians in such a short time are...
Go ahead and reconfigure BIVAS – Appeal court grants INEC’s wish
ABUJA - The court of appeal has granted the Independent National Electoral Commission’s request to reconfigure the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) ahead of...
Appeal court grants Tinubu access to inspect election materials; as Obi...
ABUJA - The Appeal Court in Abuja has granted the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, access to inspect electoral materials used by the Independent National Electoral...
Bola Tinubu, oun t’o lóó dà lo dà yìí o, By...
The 2023 presidential election in Nigeria is not the worst in human history. That dubious reputation belongs in Liberia where, in 1927, the then...
Judicial intervention as extension of 2023, By Dakuku Peterside
The last presidential and National Assembly election was as crucial to our democracy as it was controversial. A lot was riding on it, delivering more drama...
#NigeriaDecides2023: A Tragic Farce, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Despite recent advances in Malawi and Zambia, elective government stutters and sputters to the uncertain rhythms of pathogens and politicians across Africa. The onset...
Victory will come – Peter Obi assures Nigerians, calls for votes...
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, held his first press conference since the February 25, 2023,...
What really matters to Obasanjo, By Azu Ishiekwene
The last thing he wants to hear is that he desires anything other than what is good for Nigeria. Hero of Nigeria’s civil war;...
INEC begins uploading of results after Labour Party raised alarm
The uploading of election results on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) results viewing portal for Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly has commenced.
Sundiata Post...
Insecurity threatens democracy as Nigerians elect a new president
By AHMED KINGIMI and TIM COCKS
•Nigeria plagued by Islamists, kidnappers, separatists
•Better electoral procedures should enable fairer vote
•But violence may prevent many thousands from...
Introduction of BIVAS marks end of ballot box snatching – Suswam
By NICHOLAS DECHI
MAKURDI- Sen. Gabriel Suswam has said that with the introduction of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has...