The major thrust of this paper is to look at the level of political participation of Nigerian women in politics and the form of hindrances, if there is any, that prevent them from actively participating in politics, using available data as well as primary source of data generation. Comparatively, the rate at which men participate Continue Reading...

Women and Political Participation in Nigeria Dare Arowolo Department of Political Science, Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba akoko, ondo state, Nigeria E-mail: dreo2005@yahoo.com Tel: +2348035774375 Folorunso S. Aluko Department of Political Science, Obafemi Awolowo University ILE-IFE, Nigeria E-mail: funsoaluko@gmail.com Tel: +2348060961718 Abstract The low level of political participation of women is becoming alarming and disturbing. This Continue Reading...

Accra, Dec. 3, GNA – The Electoral Commission (EC) accepted the nominations of 1,332 candidates to contest the December 7 parliamentary election when nominations closed, but some candidates have since pulled out. According to statistics from the EC, 1,198 candidates are men while 134 are women. Upper West Region has the lowest number of women Continue Reading...