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Given the multi-faceted problems afflicting the Nigerian electoral system, IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI examines the notable lessons Nigerian political stakeholders,

Liberians will go to the polls for elections in October 2023. In line with its mandate, the National Election Commission (NEC) released electoral dates ahead of the 2023 general and presidential elections with the date of the election being put on October 10, 2023, and campaigns will begin on September 4, 2023, and end on October 8, 2023. 

MONROVIA – With less than a year to the conduct of the much anticipated 2023 general and presidential elections in Liberia, the National Elections Commission (NEC) will on Friday, January 6, 2023 accredit the Economic Freedom Fighters of Liberia (EFF

MONROVIA - The Liberian Senate’s amendment to the New Election law that declares all election magistrates’ seats vacant after 90-days has been met with a stiff resistance by the second highest ranking member of the House of Representatives – Deputy S

The ongoing criminal trial of ANC leader Alexander Cummings has seen many twists and turns with the latest being the arrival in Liberia of Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.By John H.T. Stewart, Contributing WriterShe is

Dignified and unceremonious exits of election commissioners National March 16, 2021 LAHORE: While being at the helm of affairs, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has demanded that the Election Commission should be disbanded over its failure to conduct the recent Senate elections in a transparent manner. The PTI has not come up with a demand such as this for the first time. After the 2013 ballot exercise, which had seen Nawaz Sharif coming into power for the third time, the loudest voice in t...

The open spat between Chief Justice Francis Korkpor and the President of the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) over whether there were political prisoners in Liberia in 1979 during the administration of the late President Tolbert has claimed public attention and has become the subject of public debate in many circles, both private and public. The Chief Justice, claiming that he had been accused by unnamed individuals that while serving as Research Coordinator at the Bureau of Corrections...

President of the LNBA I am greatly honored and elated to be here this morning to speak to the gallant men and women of the Armed Forces of Liberia as a keynote speaker at the beginning of this very important week in the life of the Armed Forces of Liberia which, under normal circumstances, should end on February 11, 2021, with an elaborate national program. Such an elaborate celebration is not possible this year for the insecurity situation created by the COVID 19 p...

Keynote Message Delivered By Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe, President of The Liberia National Bar Association at The 2021 Armed Forces Symposium Keynote Message Delivered By Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe, President of The Liberia National Bar Association at The 2021 Armed Forces Symposium “Enhancing Military and Legislative Interaction in a Democracy: Liberia in perspective” I am greatly honored and elated to be here this morning to speak to the gallant men and women of the Armed Forces of Liberia as a...

For a beleaguered government, hemmed on all sides by a host of problems i.e. economic, governance, security and most critically the growing lack of public confidence, going at lengths to create a favorable public image by distorting the truth just to save face is not something unusual. It is something that most governments around the world do in some shape or form when they find themselves confronted with awkward and embarrassing situations. And for this, many or most governments around the wor...