The Founding Executive Director, African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development, Mr. Otive Igbuzor, has said that the organisation is coming up with a conference on democracy. He said the conference will initiate reforms that will enhance Nigeria's electoral process and ensure that leadership selection is credible in the country and Africa. Igbuzor asserted this…

Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko -- a 70-year-old former collective farm boss -- has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994. Speaking after casting his vote in the capital Minsk, the self-avowed "dictator" dismissed critics of…

The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal (EPT) on Monday adjourned hearing in the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo, against the conduct of the September 21, 2024, election to tomorrow (Tuesday) following a delay in the service of the petitioners' list of witness schedule on the…

The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Chief Olamide Oladiji, has harped on the development of the grassroots for dividends of democracy to reach all and sundry. Oladiji stated this in an interview with newsmen after casting his vote at the Polling Unit 5, Ward 9, Sasere in Ondo East Local Government Area of the…

The Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin on Friday admitted 1,004 documents tendered before it by Dr. Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the election. Recall that the candidate and his party are challenging the conduct of the election as well as the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that as an opposition governor during the 2023 general elections, he jumped in jubilation over the victory of President Bola Tinubu, believing that is Uhuru but in the long run, “freedom and development are eluding us.” Mohammed said that Tinubu came to power without a blueprint or…

An opposition leader in the Indian Ocean nation of Comoros on Monday rejected the results of legislative elections

Uche Okwukwu, candidate contesting for President-General in the forthcoming Ohaneze Ndigbo election has promised to unite Igbos if elected. Okwukwu an indigene of Elele, an Igbo community in Rivers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Port Harcourt that the venue for the election scheduled for January 9-10 had remained a secret…

Former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to eliminate any excuse that still allows some officials to conduct elections manually or gives the impression that results cannot be uploaded in real-time on the Result Viewing Portal (IReV). In a statement on Monday, Saraki called for efforts that…

...Reaffirms commitment to sustainable development in Ondo state

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier faces the biggest risk yet of being deposed by a hostile parliament as his government presents Monday a social security financing plan that has the opposition up in arms. Barnier, a conservative appointed by President Emmanuel Macron in September after an inconclusive general election, has no majority in parliament and…

The 2024 elections have come and gone, and once again, Namibia has shown the world what peaceful, democratic governance looks like. Between November 27 and 30, we cast our votes, made our voices heard, and took another step forward in our democratic journey. But as we reflect on this moment, let’s have an honest conversation…