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Atiku and his infrastructure plan, By Temitope Ajayi
In his policy document christened ‘My Covenant with Nigerians,’ former Vice President and PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, outlines his Infrastructure Agenda, detailing his plan to create a Special Fund to accelerate investments in critical infrastructure. Going through the so-called plan, it is crystal clear that the Waziri Adamawa is completely out of tune with the nation’s socio-economic trajectory in…
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Back on the political beat, Bolaji Adebiyi
The electioneering is here at last and politicians are about to storm the populace with their usual promises to provide heaven on earth. The veil was lifted on Wednesday by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the election management body empowered by law, to regulate electoral contests in the polity. Mahmood Yakubu, its chairman, had at several fora, including the Editors’…
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I miss the South East we used to know
Each time I read of killings by gunmen in the South East, I go into the doldrums. I get mortified by the sheer waste of precious lives, the wantonness, malevolence and viciousness of it all. And I mean killings on both sides. The innocent law enforcement agents, mowed down in cold blood, and the misguided, brainwashed gunmen, who more often…
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UN chief condemns Russia’s plan to annex Ukrainian regions
Russia’s plan to annex four Ukrainian regions would mark a “dangerous escalation” in the war in Ukraine that would jeopardise the prospects for peace, the United Nations secretary-general has warned. “Any decision to proceed with the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine would have no legal value and deserves to be condemned,” Antonio Guterres told reporters…
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UK borrowing costs surge and FTSE tanks after Truss and Kwarteng back mini-budget
UK borrowing costs fired higher and the country’s largest listed companies tanked today after prime minister Liz Truss and chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng doubled down on their tax cutting and borrowing plans. London’s FTSE 100, home to the UK’s top companies, shed 1.77 two per cent. The mid-cap FTSE 250 index nose dived more than three per cent. Rates across the…
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Sacrifice for the masses, Osinbajo pleads with Nigerian elites
…commissions new Governors’ Forum Secretariat To build a successful society and nation, there must be a deliberate effort to create unity, with equity, justice, the rule of law, accountability as components. And the onus particularly lies on the elites of that society, who must be prepared to make the sacrifices for the benefit of the people. This was the summation…
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Buhari recalls peace accord with Jonathan, calls for peaceful 2023 elections
President Muhammadu Buhari says the signing of the Peace Accord with former President Goodluck Jonathan and other presidential candidates in the build up to the 2015 elections contributed largely to the peaceful outcome of the polls. Receiving the National Peace Committee (NPC), led by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Thursday at State House, the President urged all…
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Be honest arbiters, Buhari pleads with judiciary
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja implored the judiciary to further sustain the rule of law in Nigeria and ensure the integrity of participatory democracy by remaining honest arbiters in pre and post election matters. The President, who commissioned the Body of Benchers Complex, noted that the judiciary had a major role to play in safeguarding fairness in the 2023…
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BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Ademola Adeleke’s election
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Osun State Governor-elect Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the July 16 governorship election in the state. The apex court struck out Dotun Babayemi’s prayers, asking it to set aside the decisions of the lower courts and declare him as the PDP candidate for the governorship election in…
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PHOTO NEWS: Presidential candidates sign national peace accord ahead of 2023 elections
Candidates of political parties that will participate in the 2023 presidential election on Thursday at International Conference Centre, Abuja signed a peace accord where they all pledged to make the election free of violence, hate speech and other issues that can cause disharmony in the country. Among those present were Peoples Democratic Party;’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party, Peter Obi…
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