Ahead of Friday’s deadline for political parties to submit the names of their presidential candidates and running mates to the Independent National Electoral Commission, most of the political parties are making hurried moves to beat the deadline. The commission had said it would not extend the deadline for the submission of the names of the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, expressed worry over insecurity in Nigeria. He also appealed to Nigerians to be prayerful over insecurity in his 2022 Democracy Day broadcast to the nation on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, the government is working hard to contain and address security challenges in the country. He said, “To achieve […]
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By Sly Edaghese One would like to know from President Buhari if he had a candidate in the just concluded APC Presidential Primaries! If he had, who was the candidate? My guess is that the president had a candidate but he abandoned him in the middle of the ocean to face the sharks on a […]
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The train attacked on the Abuja-Kaduna Railway at Rijana Kagarko LGA, in Kaduna Eleven out of the 61 persons kidnapped following the March 28 Abuja-Kaduna train attack have regained their freedom. While the circumstance of their release remains sketchy, it was gathered that the 11 victims have been flown to the nation’s capital, Abuja. It […]
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Asks candidates to treat opponents with dignity President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday reassured Nigerians that he would ensure a free, fair and transparent electoral process in the country. He gave the promise in a nationwide broadcast as part of the activities to mark the 2022 Democracy Day in Abuja, ”I am also promising you a […]
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Full text of President Buhari’s Democracy Day speech Fellow Nigerians, Today, June The 12th, marks another Democracy Day anniversary and an occasion to celebrate freedom and unity of our Nation. From 1999, we consistently celebrated Democracy Day to mark the end of military rule and the return of power and control into the hands of […]
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The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has raised the alarm that desperate and disparate political actors that are out to win at all costs, would pose a sizeable threat to electoral integrity in 2023, despite technological advances. The organisation also noted that worsening insecurity across the country remains a threat to the poll. CDD’s […]
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Stakeholders have expressed reservation over the promise by the presidential candidates of the two major political parties to turn around the power sector. Both Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Party (APC) have unveiled their manifestos with the rejuvenation of the power sector […]
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General Overseer, RCCG, Pastor Adejare Adeboye The Redeemed Christian Church of God has advised all branches of the church to put in place security measures to prevent infiltration of terrorists into its fold. The church, in memo on security signed by Pastor J.F Odesola, Assistsnt General Overseer AGO (Admin & Personnel), said “Due to the […]
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By Chinonso Ihekire Moshood Kashimawo Abiola. Abdul Gani-fawehinmi. Anthony Enahoro. Ndubuisi Kanu. One of the realities of being a young Nigerian, especially one clustered within the Generation Z (late ‘90s – early 2000s) is not having the opportunity to meet any of these heroes of democracy. As such, one learns to become a ‘collector of […]
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