MRA’s Edetaen Ojo on the National Media Complaints Commission
Chukwudi said that the show would be looking at the National Media Complaints Commission, with Edetaen Ojo, the Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda as Ayo Obe’s guest.
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IDEAs 14th April 2023 … #BBOG’s Habiba Balogun on the 9th Anniversary of the Chibok Girls’ Abduction. Ayo Obe said that today’s programme was going to be different from the usual election-related topics that IDEAs had been covering because the 14th of April marks a sad anniversary. It is 9 years since the abduction of…
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IDEAs 31st March 2023 … Ikeazor Akaraiwe Esq. SAN on Election Petitions Chukwudi Ezugwu said that today’s programme would be looking at Election Petitions in general, and their role in upholding the Integrity of Elections. Ayo Obe then introduced today’s guest, Ikeazor Akaraiwe SAN. She said that it was known that the Independent National Electoral…
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IDEAs 24th March 2023 … Paul James of YIAGA on the State Elections Chukwudi Ezugwu introduced today’s guest, Paul James, the Manager of YIAGA Africa’s Elections Programme, who would be discussing last Saturday’s State elections, and looking at the Integrity and Ethics of the electoral umpire, and the lessons to be carried forward. Ayo Obe…
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Today’s guest was Ene Obi, Convener of the Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room, and after Sandra Ezekwesili had kicked off the programme, Ayo Obe said that although we could not be sure that this was the last election in this cycle, since anything could happen.
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IDEAs 10th March 2023 … Sandra Ezekwesili Introduced the programme, saying that today, the discussion would be about the Integrity pressure points in Nigeria’s electoral process. She started by asking Ayo Obe what was meant by Integrity in the electoral process? Ayo said that Integrity in the electoral process meant issues about whether the procedures…
Read MoreAyo welcomed Samson Itodo, the Executive Director of YIAGA, to the programme and referred to YIAGA’s Press Statement on the 2023 Presidential elections. She said that looking at the Report and the election, she wanted to distinguish between the actual voting process and the Integrity of that – because the ‘I’ in IDEAs is for Integrity, while the other side is Accountability (the ‘A’ in IDEAs).
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IDEAs Episode 120 – 24th February 2023 Civil Society Situation Room’s Ene Obi on the eve of #NigeriaDecides2023 Chukwudi Ezugwu introduced the programme by saying that Ayo Obe would be speaking to Ene Obi, and that he was sure that listeners were familiar with the Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room, of which she is the…
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Chukwudi Ezugwu introduced the programme by referring to the expression “free and fair” as used in the context of the coming elections, and what that meant in the context of the Integrity – or the lack of Integrity – of the election process in Nigeria. He said that many people were worried about the
Ayo Obe then turned to Jide Ojo, saying that with the elections now just over a week away, she thought it would be useful to survey the pre-election landscape from an IDEAs point of view, because all the elements of IDEAs – Integrity
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SP Benjamin Hundeyin on the Role of the Nigeria Police in Securing the Integrity of Elections in Nigeria
After Sandra Ezekwesili kicked off the IDEAs segment, Ayo Obe introduced today’s guest, Superintendent of Police Benjamin Hundeyin, who is the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command Public Relations Officer.
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