Naija Manifesto

A lot of politically minded Nigerians and more so, the residents of Anambra state who at least have access to Channels Television watched the debate conducted by the station with five leading aspirants vying for the mandate to preside over the affairs of the state for the next four years on Sunday and as short it was, it was a very fantastic occasion. Democracy, as ideally practised is a game of superior arguments and no wonder, the Sophists who taught the young men in the city of Athens where the concept emanated from, made so much money teaching their students the art of speaking. We must commend the initiative of the station and all others that have been involved in the organisation of such debates thus far to make sure that the Nigerian people are equipped with the agenda of candidates before the elections. Having said that, the incumbent governor, Willie Obiano of APGA, flanked by the PDP candidate, Oseloka Obaze on his right and the APC candidate on his left took centre...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered 36,000 eligible voters during the second quarter of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Abia, an official has said. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr. Joseph Iloh, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Friday. Iloh said that he was dissatisfied with the figure, saying that the result meant that the commission had a lot of work to do in the state. “With this figure, it means we have a lot of work to do. We must have to gear up if we must meet our target,” he said. He said that the target was to register at least two million eligible voters during the CVR in Abia. He said that so far, the commission has registered 63,563 eligible voters with 27,285 registered in the first quarter of the exercise. He further said that as at Oct. 17, the unclaimed permanent voter cards (PVC) stood at 145,349. He said that while Aba South had t...