We are ready for free, fair, credible 2023 election – INEC chairman

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu was at The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London, on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, where he spoke about the commission’s preparations for Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. Following is his full speech titled “NIGERIA’S 2023 ELECTIONS: PREPARATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR ELECTORAL INTEGRITY AND INCLUSION” Introduction […]

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A Promise Fulfilled: A True Life Story of Reincarnation

By Dorcas Ejemeh Krubu The word reincarnation is derived from Latin, literally meaning, entering the flesh again. Reincarnation as a belief has always been held by the great majority of mankind in the Orient. It is a concept which is known and understood as a given fact of life in almost all ancient cultures from […]

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After the floods: Picking bits, pieces of ruined investments, livelihoods

Submerged house in Delta As floods recede after weeks of destruction and agony in parts of the country, homes, communities and businesses have started picking bits and pieces of ruins left behind. From Kebbi to Jigawa, Benue, and Rivers, cries of despair are as loud as they are deep. Bayelsa, Delta, Jigawa, Anambra and Niger […]

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Kuje: Day terrorists wreaked havoc

Fear, anger and condemnation trailed Tuesday night’s attack on the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. Observers said if such a secured facility could be breached, with all 64 suspected Boko Haram commanders and other criminals freed, where else is safe? Terrorists on Tuesday night invaded the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja freeing several inmates, […]

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How Nigeria is abandoning her citizens on death row abroad

The hundreds of Nigerians convicted in foreign prisons were largely left with no legal assistance or no help from the Nigerian government to get a fair trial, the Legal Defence and Assistance Project has said. At a roundtable on ‘Moving Nigeria Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty’ organized for the media and civil society […]

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