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Nigeria: INEC Reacts to Report Showing Severe Lapses in 2019 Elections
Premium Times, 31 July 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to a report by civil society groups in Nigeria which portrays the 2019 general elections in the country as being… Read more »
Nigeria's 2019 Polls Flawed, Poorly Managed - Civil Groups
Over 70 civil society groups, the Situation Room, has released a report stating that the 2019 general elections did not meet the credibility threshold, based on the patterns of abuse of processes and the consequent lack of integrity. It also stated that INEC, the electoral body, fell short of its identified role and obligations.
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Nigeria: 626 Killed During 2019 Elections - Report
Premium Times, 30 July 2019
An estimated 626 persons were killed across Nigeria in the six months between the start of the election campaign and the commencement of the general and supplementary elections,… Read more »
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Nigeria: 2019 Polls - 70 CSOs Demand Worldwide Visa Ban for Election Riggers
Vanguard, 30 July 2019
A coalition of 70 Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, in the country, on Wednesday, called for world wide visa restrictions for those that were involved in rigging of the 2019… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria's 2019 Elections Flawed, Poorly Managed - Civil Society Organisations
Premium Times, 30 July 2019
Civil society groups across Nigeria have released a report, detailing the failings of Nigeria's 2019 general elections, and how the country can achieve credible elections in… Read more »
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Nigeria: 70 CSOs Want Countries to Emulate U.S., Ban Nigeria Election Offenders
Premium Times, 30 July 2019
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of 70 organisations has called on other countries to emulate the United States' visa restrictions on persons who flout the… Read more »
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Nigeria: INEC Disagrees As 'Situation Room' Says 2019 Elections Not Credible
Daily Trust, 31 July 2019
The 2019 general elections did not meet the credibility threshold based on the patterns of abuse of processes and the consequent lack of integrity, the Situation Room has observed… Read more »
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A joint team from the Centre for Democracy and Development (Nigeria) and the University of Bir Read more »
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The U.S. government says it will consider consequences "for individuals responsible for undermining the Nigerian democratic process or for organizing election-related violence". ... Read more »
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Atiku Abubakar, the People's Democratic Party candidate is challenging the re-election of incumbent Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Buhari has asked the ... Read more »
