The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is practically impossible to conduct elections and electoral activities successfully in an atmosphere of violence. It said Electoral Commissions in West Africa and beyond have expressed concern about the impact of prevailing insecurity on the conduct of elections, banditry and other forms of armed conflict. Consequently, […]
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Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu (right) and Managing Director, Risk, Ethics and Resilience at Chatham House, Alex Vines discuss his vision for Nigeria if elected president in London… yesterday. ‘I don’t do live interviews because I’m marketable’ Tinubu: Why I delegated el-Rufai, Ayade, others to answer questions Atiku Campaign […]
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Federal Government has faulted the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, for saying that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has done nothing for Nigerians in the last eight years. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this at the 7th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration Scorecard Series […]
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In 2014, Nigerian youths trooped out in large numbers to enlist for immigration jobs that did not exist. Photo: yahoo Singapore • NBS fails to release unemployment rate since 2020 • Ngige’s claim of seven million jobs created unlikely • NDP 2021-2025 to create 30m jobs a mirage, says Oyerinde • No honeymoon for who’ll […]
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The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said those inviting him for debates are only trying to use him to make money because he’s a marketable individual. The former governor of Lagos State said this at Chatham House in London on Monday, barely 24 hours after he snubbed a […]
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APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu at Chatham House on Monday, December 5 2023… Credit: Twitter/ BashirAhmaad Responds to allegations of age falsification, family background, academic records Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday vowed to end the security challenges bewildering the country if elected as president in the […]
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In this file photo taken on November 23, 2022 South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives to visit the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, southwest London. – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will not step down despite a parliamentary report this week into the alleged cover-up of a cash robbery at one of his farms, his […]
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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Monday presented a budget proposal of N272.736 billion for the 2023 fiscal year to the Ondo State House of Assembly. He presented the budget tagged “Budget of Shared Prosperity” to the lawmakers during a plenary sitting presided over by the Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Bamidele Oleyelogun, at the newly […]
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A picture taken on December 3, 2022, in Doha, during the Qatar 2022 World Cup football tournament, shows the Torch tower of Doha also known as the Aspire Tower, lit by a screen depicting Brazilian star Pele and reading a message in support to the former Brazilian football player who is being treated for a […]
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Proposal by former President Goodluck Jonathan suggesting constitutional roles for deputy governors of states is not ill-informed by any standard coming from a man who has seen it all, first as a deputy governor and later as a vice president. Nigeria’s democracy of the past 23 years has thrown up a lot of frictions between […]
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