Upping Media Reportage Ahead 2015 Elections

INEC database cannot be hacked – Jega 0
- Report Update
- January 25, 2015
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has assured Nigerians that its database is well fortified and cannot be hacked as alleged recently. The INEC Chairman made the assertion yesterday during a Town Hall meeting hosted by BBC Media Action’s “Talk Your Own radio” programme, held at Protea Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja.
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Attitude of Political Parties and Contestants will determine Peaceful Elections – Jega 0
- Report Update
- January 15, 2015
With high expectations from Nigerians and the international community regarding free, fair credible and peaceful conduct of the 2015 elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega has said the attitude of political parties and contestants will also play a major part in achieving this. Professor Jega, while speaking
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2015: Jonathan, Buhari, Other Presidential Candidates Sign Pact Against Violence 0
- Report Update
- January 15, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, and other presidential candidates in the February 14 election, yesterday signed an undertaking committing them to violence-free election. The pact, known as the “Abuja Declaration Accord,” was adopted by acclamation
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2015: Media get new code for election coverage 0
- Report Update
- January 7, 2015
As Nigeria’s general elections draw closer, media regulatory bodies have unveiled codes to guide proper coverage of the elections. The new media code, does not permit one-sided reportage of political campaigns, among other rules, Jacqueline Ogoh reports.
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Upping Media Reportage Ahead 2015 Elections 0
- Report Update
- December 31, 2014
Zeroing in on media performance and x-raying how the media performs its information dissemination, watchdog and social responsibility roles while reporting elections is not the kind of event that is unexpected as 2015 beckons. This was precisely what happened at the fifth media tweet-a-thon organized by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, recently. The issue
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Ahead 2015, Jega Speaks Again 0
- Report Update
- December 24, 2014
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been speaking of its total preparedness to hold free and fair elections in the country, come February 2015. The Commission’s Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega says he is not under any pressure or influence to twist the results of the elections in favour of any individual or party. Jacqueline
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