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The Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) on Thursday in Abuja said it was not aware of the purported boycott of the Presidential and Vice Presidential debate by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The second and final round of presidential debates lived up to the pre-stage hype with the candidates making the most of their hour in the limelight to press their case for election on Tuesday.

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organization, APCPCO, has ruled out the possibility of its principal, General Mohammadu Buhari, featuring in the February election public debate organized by the Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) to be beamed live on national television and

The Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) has provided revised timetables for the anticipated presidential debates ahead of the general election in February.

He hinted that the event is not strictly a Nigerian issue, saying an international news medium, Al Jazeera, has shown interest to participate in the debate.

HE opposition, Kowa Party (KP), at the weekend canvassed the adoption of maternal system of government in the polity.

Yet, debates like these are avenues through which the electorate can take direct measure of people seeking their support into elective office. It is one way of assessing the intelligence and preparedness, not necessarily the oratorical abilities, of contestants to public office. The electing public

Up to 11 party leaders could take part in election debates after Labour said Northern Ireland’s parties should not be excluded.

The first in the series of the 2015 presidential election debates started yesterday with only four out of the 14 political parties contesting the February 14 election participating in the well-publicised Town Hall Meeting of directors-general of the various Presidential Campaign Organisations

There is continued uncertainty over the live televised debates planned for the general election campaign despite a threat by broadcasters to “empty chair” any party leader who refuses to take part in the showdowns.

The two frontline governorship candidates in Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Okechukwu Ezea of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are billed to appear before the business community on Monday for a debate.

The First Minister issued an angry letter last night after BBC, ITV, Sky and Channel 4 issued new proposals for TV election debates which do not include parties from Northern Ireland.