Posts Tagged with "election"

Monitoring Nigerian General Elections (2011) using ReVoDa Mobile Apps

Thursday, March 17, 2011

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Monitoring Nigerian General Elections (2011) using ReVoDa Mobile Apps

Conducting credible elections is the first step towards having an accountable government. EiE has set-up a website and some mobile apps, to assist with collecting voting data in the up-coming elections. The website and apps are called ReVoDa. From their website: ReVoDa allows voters to report as independent citizen observers from their respective Polling Units [...]

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Thoughts from NN24 Vice Presidential Election Debate

Monday, March 14, 2011

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Thoughts from NN24 Vice Presidential Election Debate

The NN24 Vice Presidential election debate was recorded last Friday evening. Though scheduled to be aired live, it was only broadcast from Saturday and repeated several times ever since. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential candidate Mohammad Namadi Sambo was absent. The organisers deliberately left the 4th stand empty, emphasising his absence. The debate [...]

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NN24: The Nigerian Presidential Elections Debate 2011

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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NN24: The Nigerian Presidential Elections Debate 2011

Are you a Nigerian or interested in Nigerian politics? Mark these dates on your calendar: 11th March & 18th March 2011. NN24, a 24-hour news channel in Nigeria, is organizing Nigeria’s first Presidential debate ahead of April elections. The debate hitherto scheduled for tonight was postponed since President Jonathan’s campaign team insisted on having questions [...]

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#NigeriaDecides Tech Meetup: Young Nigerians to discuss applying technology in election monitoring

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

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One of the most convenient things to do in life is to complain/blame/criticize others for their action or inaction when things go wrong. The poor governance prevalent in our part of the world gives one a lot to complain about. With democracy slowly gaining ground in Nigeria however, the next phase of agitation should not [...]

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Nigeria: Blogging the historic election (Part 2)

Friday, May 4, 2007

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Nigeria: Blogging the historic election (Part 2)

This concluding part of “Blogging the historic election“, highlights the blog posts by Nigerians, on Presidential elections. Election day posts We start with a post from Thinking…Imagining… In a post titled “Thank God Nigerians are not Suicide bombers!“, Segedoo highlights a recent attempt to blow up the national headquarters of the INEC (Independent National Electoral [...]

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What is happening in Togo?

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

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What is happening in Togo?

Africa, once a great continent, has sadly been dropped to the bottom of the ladder, in every sense of the word, globally. Every thing negative is in abundance here. Name it: Corruption, Mediocrity, Civil wars, Famine, Bad leadership, poorly managed economies, Poor infrastructure, HIV/AIDS, Low GDP, High Mortality rate etc. The political atmosphere in many [...]

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