An NGO, Women Environment and Youth Development Initiative (WOYODEV), has decried women’s exclusion by political parties in the ongoing local government election primaries in Kwara. Executive Director of WOYODEV, Mrs Apiriola Ajayi, stated this at a news conference in Ilorin…
Myanmar junta dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, dozens of other opposition parties
Myanmar’s military government moved Wednesday to dissolve dozens of opposing parties including Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy. The country’s election commission dissolved 40 parties in all, according to a statement published in a state newspaper, on grounds…
2023: INEC meets 18 political parties, Presents voter register
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday, met with the leadership of the 18 political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. At the meeting, the first this year, the commission chairman presented the…
Group to deploy 250 election observers in Lagos (ThisDay)
An election observer group, Values Reorientation Initiative and Advocacy at the weekend disclosed that it would deploy 250 observers in the next presidential and National Assembly elections across Lagos State. The group, however, called the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),…
Saraki meets chairmen of 45 political parties
Senate President Bukola Saraki is meeting with chairmen of 45 political parties in his office at the Senate. This was contained in a message on his verified Twitter handle, Bukola Saraki @bukolasaraki. He had tweeted: “I am now meeting with…