The Daily IIJ

A Weblog by the International Institute for Journalism of GIZ

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The day after

April 28th, 2011 · No Comments

Like every other Nigerian, we look forward to the following day after the election for the results to be announced. On April 16, people came out en masse to vote for the candidate of their choice for the presidential seat. It was a calm election, though you cannot write-off rigging which is a common happening [...]

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Tags: Political reporting

Election that must hold

April 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment

For the past couple of weeks almost all Nigerian citizens have been looking forward to the April 2011 elections. It all started with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding a huge sum of money from the federal government, then the drama of the electoral body chairman accusing the lawmakers of hindering the execution of [...]

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Tags: Election reporting