11 December 2018 As the 2019 general elections inch closer, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has foreclosed the use of incident forms, insisting that the measure was aimed at correcting abuses in previous elections. The commission said its decision…
Igbo in north banned from travelling over 2019 polls (Guardian)
07 December 2018 People of Igbo extraction in the 19 northern states have been banned from travelling to their states of origin to vote in next year’s general elections. Any person who flouts the directive would be fined an undisclosed…
Madagascar goes to the polls to pick next president (Punch)
Madagascar went to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new president, with the three front-runners all former heads of state facing-off amid efforts to defuse a political crisis. Attempts by the most recent president, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, to change the…