Nigeria

According to the group's National Coordinator, Onoriode Akpeh, a presidential debate with both candidates, would help deepen democracy.

President Goodluck Jon­athan has challenged the presidential candi­date of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to a presidential debate at the Chatham House, London.

El clima político ya está tenso y los medios sociales nigerianos han estado caldeados con conversaciones acerca de las elecciones.

At some point it all looked like Gen. Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) team would pose a deadly serious threat to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and wreck their chances of returning the incumbent President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to power come May 29. But all the early good works

The Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG) has appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential campaign organization not to boycott the debates being organized by the group for presidential candidates.

Mr. Isaac Ighure, the General Secretary of the Nigerian Guild of Editors has on Friday stated that Nigerians have shown positivity by sending in over 6,000 questions for the presidential debates, which is organized by the Nigeria Election Debate Group.

The Labour Party (LP) Saturday gave reasons why the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) should participate in the planned debate for candidates in the upcoming February 14 elections.

According to Chief Dr. Chekwas Okorie, the presidential candidate of the United Progressive Party (UPP), the scheduled presidential debate between all 14 presidential candidates and their running mates is one such event in the current development of democracy in Nigeria that should not be boycotted.

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation said on Friday that the decision by the All Progressives Congress [APC] not to participate in the presidential debate being organized by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) is simply to shield from Nigerians and the

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 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.