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Nigerias elections: democracy postponed
This was real democracy. Then, on Saturday, Nigerias electoral commission (INEC) announced that, while it was ���substantially ready��� to conduct elections on 14 February, it felt compelled to postpone voting for six weeks (until 28 March). This was.
Nigeria poll postponed over battle with Boko Haram
He has done many good things to help people,��� she said, hitching up her dress emblazoned with the red and green of Nigerias incumbent Peoples Democratic party. Thousands of others who had come to welcome Jonathan at a rally in his home state wore .
More political parties, others oppose polls shift
MORE stakeholders, including political parties and regional groups, have expressed opposition to postponement of the general elections scheduled to hold nationwide this month. Members of a coalition of ten. Our democracy has come of age and.
Next: Credibility of elections, majesty of democracy ��� Guardian
Against a history of recurring electoral fraud and consequent credibility and legitimacy crisis in Nigeria, it is not surprising that concerns are being voiced over the prospects of the forthcoming general election billed to hold next��.
Electoral Guidelines for Elections 2014 | OFFICIAL.
WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat said Saturday he was deeply disappointed by Nigerias decision to postpone elections and issued a call for calm.. In the exercise of the powers conferred on it by Sections 31(2)(j) and 50 of the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, the NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY hereby issues the following Guidelines for the conduct of��.
Group warns INEC against postponement of elections
IPAC, an umbrella body of all registered political parties, in a communiqu�� issued by Chairmen of the constituent parties in Ado Ekiti, said the country is heading for a constitutional crisis that can abort the democracy, if the election dates are.
Nigeria counts votes from delayed poll - Mail and Guardian
Voters were determined to show Africas most populous nation could hold a credible poll after more than a decade of elections discredited by ballot stuffing and thuggery. ���It was free and fair here and weve become. The bloodshed and logistical chaos, which forced the postponement of the parliamentary vote a week ago, have renewed doubts over whether democracy can work in Nigeria a dozen years after the end of army rule. Some voters saw this election as a��.
Jonathans Declaration Throws APC Into Confusion ��� PDP.
The Peoples Democratic Party has noted that Tuesdays landmark declaration by President Goodluck Jonathan, the overwhelming support shown by Nigerians and catalogue of unprecedented verifiable achievements marshaled out have thrown the APC into confusion. PDP National Publicity Secretary,... Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state said that Nigerians will march on the streets if elections are postponed; The Guardian reports. Nigeria plans to postpone��.
satellite images reveal devastation of massacre in Nigeria
Before-and-after photographs show more than 3100 structures destroyed by fire in villages where hundreds, perhaps thousands, were killed.
How Governors Rig Elections, By Donald Duke ��� Guardian.
Last Wednesday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Duke gave a blow by blow account to a gathering of pro-democracy advocates, including the Save Nigeria Group (SNG), of the modus operandi of State Chief Executives and Resident Electoral Commissioners to thwart the mandate of the.. You postpone things you didnt plan for, not things that are there in the Constitution, that says you must do this, that and that, you cant but ���you know two ways of moving forward.
Nigeria: Elections in the Time of Boko Haram Violence, Displacement and.
This will mark the first electoral contest between the two major parties in Nigeria - the incumbent Peoples Democratic Party is facing a stiff rivalry from the recently formed All Progressives Congress, a coalition that has brought several opposition.
Recording raises army fears over Nigerian election
Captain Sagir Koli recorded ruling party officials allegedly conspiring with security forces to interfere in a by-election. The officer said he made the recording, which was broadcast by campaigning Nigerian website Sahara Reporters on Friday, at a.
Screening of Aspirants for 2015 Gubernatorial Elections.
WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat said Saturday he was deeply disappointed by Nigerias decision to postpone elections and issued a call for calm.. Section 16 (a) of the Electoral Guidelines for the primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) provides that there shall be a Gubernatorial Screening Committee to be appointed by the National Executive of the Party on the recommendation of the National Working Committee (NWC) for each of the six��.
Jonathans Enemies Want Election Postponed
Zwingina, who spoke to The Guardian Friday in Yola, said that any attempt to postponed elections would amount to gross abuse of the Constitution, adding that Nigerians would see such action as anti-democratic. ���The constitution is very clear on the.
CNPP insists on February polls
. such postponement do not mean well for the country and should be cautioned. It further urged the nations justices not to allow their sacred offices be used to truncate the nations nascent democracy as the infamous Association for Better Nigeria.
Braithwaite Restates Call for Transition Govt, APC Cautions Against Polls Shift
Kaduna/Abuja/Lagos ��� FOUNDER of the Nigerian Advance Party (NAP) and delegate to the National Conference, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, yesterday reiterated his call for transition government to be put in place, instead of the planned general elections.
Nigeria postpones presidential vote over security
THE electoral commission in Nigeria has postponed the 14 February presidential election to 28 March over concerns about the security situation. Commission chief Attahiru Jega said he had been told troops would not be available to help patrol the ballot .
APC warns against plan to postpone 2015 general elections.
APC warns against plan to postpone 2015 general elections. on September 21. ���However, we have got news for these saboteurs: Nigerians have seen through their game and will not allow them to succeed in endangering our democracy. 2015 elections. I enjoyed Alhaji Lai Mohammeds sound treatise on Boko Haram published by Nigerian Guardian, but I cannot agree that President Jonathan deliberately allows it to escalate to gain politically. The truth is that BH��.
APC accuses PDP of plotting polls shift, groups mobilise for Jonathans re.
Meanwhile, a non-partisan organisation, Democracy Vanguard, has demanded immediate sack of the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, for allegedly calling for the 2015 election to be postponed. The group urged Nigerians to disregard such .
Postponing elections, scuttle democracy - APC Campaign.
delay or postponement of the elections amounts to testing the patience of the people. We are all tired of a corrupt government, one full of ineptitude, incompetence and lack of ideas. Nobody can scuttle our hard-earned democracy in Nigeria,�����.
16 political parties want elections postponed
AFTER series of protest, a total if 16 registered political parties and four presidential candidates yesterday joined the call for postponement of the forthcoming general elections. The presidential candidates, including Godson Okoye of the United.
Amaechi threatens mass action against poll shift
Port Harcourt - Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has said that members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) would take to the streets in protest if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) postpones the February polls, reports The .
Rights group condemns call for election postponement
He stated that HRAN is concerned that any shift in the election timetable would adversely affect Nigerias democratic process and may result in deep legal and political crises. His words: ���No cogent reasons have been given by those calling for election .
Activist goes to court to postpone elections and suspend IEC.
The former ward councillor won the first order of a postponement of an election in democratic South Africa in April 2013. He managed to get by-elections postponed in ward 22 in Abaqulusi, northern KwaZulu-Natal, where he��.
Falae blames govts failure to tackle insurgency on corruption
Falae, who is also the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which has endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan in the coming presidential election, said the expectations that government was going to tackle corruption headlong was one of.
Screening of Aspirants for State Assembly Elections - (PDP.
WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat said Saturday he was deeply disappointed by Nigerias decision to postpone elections and issued a call for calm.. Part IV (36) a of the Electoral Guidelines for 2014 Primary Elections of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stipulates that there shall be, for the purposes of the Party primaries for State Assembly Elections, a State Screening Panel whose duty shall, among other things, include the Screening of Aspirants from that��.
Nigeria must confront Boko Haram - The Guardian
Remi Adekoya: The elections are an opportunity to depose ineffectual Goodluck Jonathan and install a strong leader with a reputation for incorruptibility.. Nigeria to postpone elections to fight Boko Haram. Next Saturdays��.
Top security adviser calls soldiers cowards after Boko.
Nigerian official rejects suggestions garrisons overrun by Boko Haram were ill-equipped, blaming instead recruitment problems. Boko Haram - the Guardian briefing. Fears are growing that increasingly ruthless Islamist��.
Surprise as Nigerian censors halt premiere of civil war film.
The screening of the film adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies bestselling civil war novel Half of a Yellow Sun has been postponed by censors in Nigeria amid suggestions it could whip up tribal sentiment in Africas most populous country. The widely. The forthcoming 2015 general elections have taken on an ethnic tone.. Nigerians are beginning to realise that after 15 years of the democratic experiment, they were actually better off under the military regimes.
Cloning Of Permanent Voters Card: PDP Vows To Resist.
This discovery at the APC office in Lagos is a clear confirmation of our stand, and fears by well-meaning Nigerians of APCs criminal desperation, lust for power, plot to cause confusion and truncate our democracy. Indeed, Nigerians now know on what strength the APC,... Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state said that Nigerians will march on the streets if elections are postponed; The Guardian reports. Nigeria plans to postpone elections due to lack of security��.
Nigerian president begins re-election campaign | World.
The APC, a coalition of opposition parties, is seen as having its best chance of winning power since Nigeria returned to civilian rule 16 years ago. It said the PDP was running scared. ���The real danger to democracy in Nigeria��.
Nigeria will not delay presidential election over voter ID card delays
The APC and civil society members criticised calls for a delay, saying it would bring the credibility of the election into question, and that the Peoples Democratic party sought a postponement because it feared losing. ���No decision was taken to change.
