Elections and Meaningless Campaign Slogans, By Magnus Onyibe

Sloganeering and symbolism are very effective and critical tools used by marketing experts to attract and retain the attention of their targeted audience. They are conceived with a view to ingraining messages into the memories of targeted audience through its catchy or clever appellation.   As such, it is not by sheer happenstance that the most […]

Continue Reading

Credible and transparent 2019 elections: What stakeholders must do -Saraki

Nigerian Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has stated that all stakeholders should demonstrate the fact that a credible and transparent election was better and more important to the country than who wins the 2019 election. The lawmaker spoke at the opening of the public hearing by the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC and Electoral […]

Continue Reading

INEC’s ban on Smart Phones, Camera to help APC rig elections -PDP

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday rejected the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to bar voters from using smart phones and cameras in polling booths during elections. But the electoral body clarified yesterday that its directive barred the use of the devices only in the polling booth and not around the polling area. […]

Continue Reading

We ‘ll be neutral in Nigeria’s 2019 elections – US

United States Government has said that it will not take side in the Nigeria’s 2019 general election, saying it wants the winner to be elected in a free and fair contest. “And we will do all we can to assist Nigeria’s government”, Counselor for Public Affairs, US Embassy, Aruba Amirthanayagam, said in Minna, Niger State yesterday when […]

Continue Reading

The Unraveling of the “Brave New Bar” – How the NBA Elections Were Corrupted and Rigged, By Chidi Odinkalu

“The manifestation of the wind of thought is not knowledge; it is the ability to tell right from wrong, beautiful from ugly. And this, at the rare moments when the stakes are on the table, may indeed prevent catastrophes, at least for the self.” – Hannah Arendt Shortly after 07:00 hours, Lucy (real name protected), received a […]

Continue Reading