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October 9, 2026 No Responses

INEC Tasks GOCOP On Support To Deepen Credible Democratic Process

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tasked members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) and the media in general to support efforts to deepen democracy and ensure a credible electoral process ahead of the 2027 general elections.The...

June 13, 2025 No Responses

Akinlaja Hails Tinubu For Honoring Kokori, Others

The former Deputy President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Hon. (Comrade) Joseph Iranola Akinlaja has joined other well meaning Nigerians to commemorate the enthronement of democracy in Nigeria since 1999, noting that President Bola Tinubu was on point to h...

June 13, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu’s Democracy Day Address At Joint Session Of The National Assembly

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the 12th June, 2025 delivered an address at the joint session of the National Assembly in commemoration of Democracy Day. Protocol: With profound honour, I stand before this joint session of our National Assembly; a...

September 23, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Congratulates Okpebholo

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for his victory in Saturday’s Edo State governorship election. Okpebholo, 54, secured 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ...

October 8, 2023 No Responses

Buratai Tasks Online Media On Good Governance, Democracy

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd) has given Kudos to the online media, especially the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), which he described as the fulcrum of good governance. Buratai, who is also Nigeria’s former...

June 12, 2023 No Responses

President Tinubu’s Democracy Day Broadcast

December 16, 2021 No Responses

Yakubu: Undemocratic Takeover Of Govt Poses Great Challenge To ECONEC

The undemocratic takeover of government in some West African countries has created a great challenge for Electoral Commissions in the sub-region, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Speaking at Wedn...

June 12, 2021 No Responses

June 12: Lagos Tasks Public Officers On Dividends Of Democracy

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Friday urged public office holders to deliver dividends of democracy to the citizens, as Nigerians celebrate June 12 Democracy Day. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice on Friday during his Democracy Day mess...

May 18, 2021 No Responses

PDP Governors Canvass Constitutional Amendment, Devolution Of More Powers To States

Governors elected under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, stressed the need for President Mohammadu Buhari to initiate an Executive Bill for the amendment of 1999 Constitution. The governors, under the PDP Governors’ Forum, sai...

January 11, 2021 No Responses

Pope Condemns Storming Of The Capitol In Washington

Pope Francis has condemned the storming of the Capitol building in Washington earlier this week and called on people to reject such violence, in a television interview to be broadcast later on Sunday. There will always be people who oppose...

November 1, 2020 No Responses

Indian Envoy Harps On Democratic Ties With Nigeria

The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Abhay Thakur, has said that unity in diversity is critical to sustain democracy in diverse and populous countries like India and Nigeria. Thakur made this known on Saturday in Abuja in an event to...

June 17, 2019 No Responses

PDP Lauds EU Report On Nigeria’s 2019 elections

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the European Union (EU) on its final report on the 2019 general elections. The party made the commendation in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary,...