9 days after our story, VP resumes TraderMoni sharing tour in Anambra
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo last week, resumed his technically suspended nationwide tour of disbursing TraderMoni and MarketMoni, a soft loan scheme targeted at traders and SMEs in select open markets in Nigeria. Business Hilights had on April 24, 2019, published…
‘Vote buying’ surfaces in India as ECI cancels election in southern region
Barely one month after Nigeria’s 2019 general election marred partly by allegations of violence and vote buying in some parts of the country, Electoral Commission of India (ECI), has voided voting in a southern region of the country on accounts…
Ahead 2019, Dogara gives tips on how to tame vote buying at elections
Protocols: I am greatly delighted to address you at this Public Hearing on Vote-Buying and Improving the Electoral Processes in Nigeria, organized by the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC and Political Parties Matters. This is one of the most…
Widespread violence could affect next year’s presidential election—US warns
Two US pro-democracy groups, National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) said weekend that there are strong chances of widespread violence to truncate Nigeria’s presidential election next year. Explaining more during a pre-election assessment, they averred that…
Ahead 2019, criminalise vote-buying to ensure credible, fair polls–Okei-Odumakin
Leading female right activist and founder, Women Arise for Change Initiative (WACI), Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin has called on the National Assembly to immediately begin a review of the Electoral Act to criminalise the act of vote-buying before the next general…
