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After the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections, now heavily disputed, Nigeria goes to the polls again on March 18, 2023 to elect Governors and members of state legislatures in 28 out of 36 states of the Federation. There would be no state elections in Kogi, Anambra, Ondo, Imo, Edo, Osun, Bayelsa and Ekiti […]
Continue ReadingI wasn’t born in the First Republic (i.e., 1960 to 1966) and hadn’t come of age in the Second Republic (i.e., 1979 to 1983), so when I say this year’s presidential election represents the most toxic brew of ethnic and religious chauvinism Nigeria’s democracy has ever had, I’m talking within the limits of my experiential […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, on Monday replied to the recent comments by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and religious leaders that the victory of Bola Tinubu at the just-concluded presidential election, should be accepted as the will of God. Mrs. Aisha Buhari, wife of Nigerian President, Muhammadu […]
Continue ReadingThe very first female Senator in Nigeria, Franca Afegbua has passed away. She died at the age of 79. The Afegbua family announced the passing on of the late Senator in a statement on Sunday. In the statement, the family said: “The Afegbua family of Edo State has confirmed the demise of the first woman […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement by the United Kingdom (UK) government on Tuesday, Richard Hugh Montgomery has been appointed as the new British High Commissioner to Nigeria. Montgomery is expected to begin his new role in Nigeria in April 2023. He will be taking over from Catriona Laing who has been the UK’s representative in Nigeria since […]
Continue ReadingNigeria held its Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023 across all the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory. It was the most competitive election since the country’s return to democratic rule in 1999, the seventh in the cycle. It was also the election with the lowest turn-out: […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had assured the country of its readiness to deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the Election Result Viewing Portal (IReV) in the build-up to last Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections. These two technological innovations would have enhanced the transparency of their process and the integrity of outcomes. INECs inability […]
Continue ReadingTalking seriously, Democracy as a concept was alien to Africa, and by implication, Nigeria. Largely, right from inception, democratic norms and values were never assimilated and internalised by Africans. At best, its definition and perception were conveniently based on assumptions. So, it meant different things to different people who thought differently! Needless to repeat that […]
Continue ReadingNigerians renewed their desire for a better country yesterday when they went to the polls to elect the next president, 108 senators (no election in Enugu East because of a candidate’s death) and 360 members of the house of reps. Two weeks from now, they will elect 28 governors and 993 state lawmakers. After inauguration, […]
Continue ReadingLabour Party (LP) candidate for Enugu East Senatorial district, Enugu State, Nigeria, Barrister Oyibo Chukwu has been brutally assassinated. The trained lawyer was reportedly shot and killed in Enugu while returning from a campaign trip and the vehicle he was in was set ablaze. Video shows his vehicle burning with him inside on Wednesday evening, […]
Continue ReadingIt is yet another moment of transition for Nigeria as the country goes to the polls in 4 days’ time to elect a new President and members of the National Assembly in what amounts to a seventh cycle of general elections since the country’s return to democratic, civilian rule in 1999. One President will be […]
Continue ReadingAbout one week after gunmen killed three police officers attached to the Governor of Delta State and vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa in Anambra State, some hoodlums have attacked a police station in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, killing three police operatives. The gunmen […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to depart Abuja on Thursday for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, AU. The theme of the AU Summit is “Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Implementation.” Buhari is scheduled to participate in three events, […]
Continue ReadingMillions of Nigerians have been going through hell in the last few weeks as a result of the change in the colours of the national currencies. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced what it called “naira redesign programme” in October 2022 and said the new N1,000, N500 and N200 notes would go into circulation […]
Continue ReadingAssistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 5, comprising Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states, Lawan Tanko Jimeta, is dead. He died Sunday morning at the Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State after a brief illness. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bauchi State Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, in a terse Whatsapp message on […]
Continue ReadingIt was the exceptionally witty and satirical Senator Shehu Sani who first pointed out that the recoloring of the naira and the deathly, crippling scarcity that has come in its wake only a few days to the general election are akin to burning the entire forest while hunting down a rat. Many people missed the […]
Continue ReadingPolice Command in Delta State, Nigeria, has said that the traditional ruler of Asamokwu community in the state, Obi Okwudiki Odumodu, was beheaded in a community crisis that resulted from a disagreement that erupted over the sharing formula of a derivation fund. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, stated […]
Continue ReadingAs a student of development, I have patiently studied the trajectories of several nations — Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, the US, the UK, Norway and some developing countries — and I have a confession to make this morning: it is only in Nigeria that people blame their underdevelopment on the constitution. I admit that we are […]
Continue ReadingGunmen on Thursday murdered Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. The gunmen who operated on motorcycles killed Ugboma while presiding over a court session, according to reports. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt end as lawyers, court staff and litigants […]
Continue ReadingNigeria has dropped four places to 150th out of 180 countries and territories in Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index, which was released on Tuesday. In 2022, the country maintained its previous score of 24 out of 100, but it fell to 150. Even though the country maintained its previous year’s (2021) score of 24 […]
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