Tag: Defence

In Defence of Abuja’s (Non)Voters, By Olusegun Adeniyi

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Driving through Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) streets during the recent Federal Capital Territory (FCT) elections, I witnessed what members of the political class seem uninterested in hearing. Polling units that should have buzzed with civic energy were attended by more party agents and security personnel than actual voters. With 65,676 votes recorded for all the […]

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Tinubu, São Tomé president in attendance as Defence Minister, Matawalle’s 10 children got married in one day (Photos)

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Two presidents, one from Nigeria the other from São Tomé and Príncipe, and many dignitaries from Nigeria and other countries converged in Abuja on Friday, February 6, for the wedding fatiha of 10 children of the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, who all got married in one day. The wedding ceremony held in […]

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After one witness, Tinubu, 2 other respondents close their defence

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With just one witness, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his Vice, Kashim Shetima and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday closed their respective defence in a petition by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi who are seeking nullification of the February 25 presidential election. The Senate Majority Leader, Michael Opeyemi […]

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After one witness, INEC closes defence in LP, Obi’s petition at the tribunal

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Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, closed its defence in the petition by Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), after calling just one witness in defence of the February 25 presidential election that produced Bola Tinubu as President. Although, INEC at the Monday’s proceedings, told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that […]

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Nigeria’s NASS passes N21.8tn budget, Defence and Health Ministries get the lion’s share

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Nigeria’s National Assembly, on Wednesday, increased the 2023 budget proposal from N20.51tn to N21.82tn and passed it. Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, had on October 7, 2022, presented a budget proposal of N20.51tn to the parliament with  a deficit of N10.782tn. Appropriations Committees of both the Senate and House of Representatives said the N1.3tn increase in […]

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