Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not need the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to conduct credible elections. It faulted the proposed meeting between INEC and ASUU members on strike over the conduct of the general elections. The national president, Igbini Emmanuel, in a…

Former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has canvassed the use of appropriate technology in the conduct of elections.

Getting a practical Electoral Act to moderate elections remains one particular way through which politicians wage secret battles against credible polls in Nigeria. Observers have said that Nigerian politicians are selfish and hypocritical because their greatest preoccupation is how to hold unto power...

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, says the road leading to the 2019 general elections portends danger.Delivering a 2018 Democracy Day lecture yesterday in Abuja, Jega cited the violence which characterised the recent party congresses in some states.

Activities to mark this year’s Democracy Day, which comes up on Tuesday, May 29 begin today with Juma’at prayers at the National Mosque in Abuja.

Kano State Government has appointed former INEC boss Prof. Attahiru Jega to head the committee madated to nurture the Maitama Sule Centre for Politics and Democratic Governance.

Former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, former Minister of Foreign...

Experts have cautioned against single-party and authoritarian rule in Africa.

Immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has said excesses and recklessness of crooked politicians...

While the swiftness with which the House of Representatives amended the 2010 Electoral Act and changed Independent National Electoral Commission...

Former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, would on Thursday deliver a lecture at the University of Lagos.

This is the tragedy of the Nigerian politician that has turned the judicial arm into a mandate-giving institution. This newspaper has at various times drawn attention to the danger of allowing the judiciary to play the role of “returning officers” in elections.