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The Coalition for United Political Parties had on Thursday claimed that the President was planning to evade the debate.

The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ekekwesili, has said Nigeria must disrupt and change its pattern of politics in order to end what she described as a cycle of failure. According to her, a major problem that the nation has witnessed over the years, is bad

Atiku and Buhari were absent. Kingsley Moghalu was first to speak, listing things he can do if he eventually becomes the president. After Moghalu came Fela Durotoye who equally reeled out his party’s manifestos and how he stands as the best candidate for the 2019 presidential election. However

According to one of his aides he landed the Abuja airport this afternoon for the televised presidential debate scheduled for 7pm Nigerian time today.

La Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) fue reconocida por el Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) por su participación en la realización del Segundo Debate Presidencial, llevado a cabo el 20 de mayo de 2018 en el Campus Tijuana.

The topics covered in last night’s debate were human rights, law, corruption, and terrorism. As we predicted, it was a largely bland affair, as if the candidates and moderators were playing it safe. Many netizens — or warganet, as the moderators so cringely put it last night — said they were more

The tradition of holding public debates ahead of major elections, governorship and presidential, has gained ground in the Nigerian political space.

Calon wakil presiden nomor urut 01 Ma'ruf Amin mengakui dirinya memang tidak banyak bicara saat debat Pilpres 2019 yang berlangsung Kamis (17/1).

Opposition political parties on the platform of the Coalition of United Political Parties on Thursday said they were in possession of credible information about moves by President Muhammadu Buhari to dodge a presidential debate holding on Saturday.

Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ended the first presidential election debate on Thursday night with a strong closing statement that appeared to slam rival Prabowo Subianto, who himself made a number of controversial remarks during the event.

C'est un hashtag qui prend de l'ampleur au Sénégal : #SunuDébat. Volonté affichée par les internautes : obtenir des candidats à la présidentielle du 24 février la participation à un débat télévisé. Initiatrice du mouvement sur Twitter, Awa Mbengue, les enjoint à « jouer le jeu démocratique ».

Ahead of the first presidential debate on Thursday evening, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo posted a photo of himself on Facebook at 10:37 a.m., showing him in traditional Javanese attire with the red-and-white national flag in the background.