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No fewer than 57 media houses will be participating in the Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) 2015 town hall meeting scheduled for Jan. 24 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

The Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG), an independent coalition of radio and television broadcasters, media, and civil society groups has announced there will be a presidential debate afterall.

The BBC and ITV plan to stage debates involving the Conservatives, Labour, the Lib Dems, Green Party, UKIP, the SNP and Plaid Cymru.

This is just what British politics needs right now. A chaotic parade of a dozen different politicians interrupting the host, raising their voices, shouting over each other and leaving the viewers at home feeling frustrated and none the wiser

TV election debates will go ahead even if David Cameron refuses to participate, television broadcasters have declared in a clear challenge to the Prime Minister.

Lord Hall, director-general of the BBC, accused of 'crass' intervention after discussing his views on television debates before proposals have been put to political parties

The Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG), une coalition d'organisations de la Société civile, d'opérateurs de radiodiffusion publics et privés au Nigeria, a fixé le débat de l'élection présidentielle de 2015, réunissant les 14 candidats, au 5 février, a indiqué le président du Conseil d

The coalition of broadcasters bidding to stage the party leader debates is on the verge of unveiling a revised set of proposals in an effort to ensure that David Cameron will take part.

The Nigeria Elections Debate Group on Monday in Abuja said the 2015 presidential debates would hold between January 28 and February 5.

The Nigeria Election Debate Group, NEDG, says it has completed a tour of all the political parties to inform them of the need to participate in the forthcoming election debates.

What are you afraid of boys? The Green Party posed this question on Westminster’s College Green this morning as they launched a new poster campaign (driven around on pedal bikes, natch) calling for the Greens to be involved in the TV leaders debates. Leader Natalie Bennett also announced that the

GOP candidates weathered 21 debates in the 2012 presidential primary cycle. But to enforce new limits, the party will have to stick to its rule to bar candidates who participate in unsanctioned debates from future sanctioned debates.