Vote buying
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Guest Columnist
‘We collected money, and we voted’ By Lasisi Olagunju
Nigeria is a ring of iniquity. And, the iniquitous didn’t start with it today. For several years, I covered the…
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Guest Columnist
Why Do Politicians Buy Votes? By Simon Kolawole
Nearly 10 years ago, my childhood friends and I bought land in the village. My thinking was that I would,…
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Inside Nigeria
EFCC Partners CYMS on Vote Buying, Cyber Crimes, Corruption
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has agreed to partner with the Committee of Youth on Mobilisation and Sensitisation…
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Guest Columnist
Here I am, Buy Me!, By Dare Babarinsa
During our one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), between 1981 and ‘82 in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State, our monthly…
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Guest Columnist
Sold Votes and a Dead-duck Democracy, By Lasisi Olagunju
From a lack of horses, we always saddle dogs, or cows, or even the ugly, scaly-backed alligator (agílíntí ab’ara hòìhòì).…
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Inside Nigeria
Electoral fraud: EFCC releases hotlines
Determined to contribute its best to making the 2019 general elections, beginning today, credible and fraud free, the Economic and…
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Inside Nigeria
Report Vote Buying During Elections, Get Reward, EFCC Tells Nigerians
The acting chair stated that those who undermined the electoral processes by buying or selling votes would be prosecuted, just…
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Inside Nigeria
Vote Buying: Osun Politicians Outwit INEC
Alleged suspects: Muriat Olalekan, 61,Hamzat Muniru,65 and Adeagbo Wasiu. BY TAIWO FAROTIMI Much as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC…
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Crime
PDP agents arrested for vote buying
The Police have arrested two men, suspected to be agents of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Iwo Area of…
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