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Media-induced anxiety over 2023 polls, By Bolaji Adebiyi
Media reports on the possibility of postponing or cancelling the 2023 general election earlier in the week agitated many quarters. Abdullahi Zuru, chairman of the Board of Electoral Institute, a parastatal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, was reported to have quoted his boss, Mahmood Yakubu, the chair of INEC, to have suggested that rising insecurity across the country, if…
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From N’East with good tidings
Who feels it knows it all. Perhaps the region most affected by the insurgency that almost strangulated the country since 2009 is the North East. It was there that Boko Haram started, proliferated, and spread to other parts of the land. I was in two States in the region early this week, joining President Muhammadu Buhari to take part in…
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Osun Tribunal: They can run, lie but law, truth shall prevail, By Ismail Omipidan
Barring any die-minute change, the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal will this Friday, January 13, see the parties in the governorship election litigation adopt their final written addresses. Since 1999, outcomes of Election Petitions Tribunal sittings have in no small way helped to deepen the country’s electoral system. I am persuaded that this particular case will not be an exception. Like…
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Putin burns through another top Ukraine commander as armed forces chief is handed ‘poisoned chalice’
Russia’s Defense Ministry announced yet another realignment of the commanders leading the war in Ukraine on Wednesday, as criticism mounts over its handling of the stalled campaign. The ministry said that General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff, would become the overall commander of the campaign, with the current commander, Sergey Surovikin, becoming one of his three deputies.…
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INEC extends timeframe for PVC collection
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the timeframe for the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) by Nigerians. This was contained in a statement by INEC’s National Commissioner & Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee Festus Okoye on Thursday. According to Okoye, the date for PVC collection was extended from January 22 to January 29. The extension meant…
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The Homecoming, By Wale Bakare
The flight from Schipol Airport, Amsterdam, to Lagos was about a third of the way in when I got up and walked to the back to stretch my legs. This was a habit I had developed over years of frequent flying over long distances and I seriously recommend it to other travellers that have to make long, international flights. That…
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Why I ‘shunned’ Buhari’s visit to my town – Ohinoyi of Ebiraland
The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland Ado Ibrahim has given his reasons for being absent when President Muhammadu Buhari visited his town. The monarch in his response to a query issued him by the state government, said no one intimated him officially of the president’s visit. He said even when he was informed the night before of the visit, he was kept…
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I won’t campaign for Peter Obi – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that despite publicly endorsing Labour Party Presidential Candidate Peter Obi, he won’t campaign for him. Obasanjo had in a letter he wrote to Nigerian youth, asked them to vote Obi in next month’s presidential election, saying he was the best of all the candidates. But speaking on his decision not to campaign for the…
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Deep Seaport to make Badagry next economic hub – Sanwo-Olu
After the Yuletide break, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State returned to the campaign trail to drive support for the election of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Thousands of party faithful, on Thursday, converged on Ijanikin, a densely populated town in Badagry Division, for the APC West Senatorial District…
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Energy sector offers more robust relationship between Nigeria, Spain – Osinbajo
*Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister commends FG’s stabilizing role in West Africa Exploring the opportunities in the energy sector offer possibilities for a more robust relationship between Nigeria and Spain, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Prof. Osinbajo stated this Thursday at the Presidential Villa when he received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain, Mr. José Manuel…
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