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Joe Biden calls for end to ‘dark money’ in US elections
US President, Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass a law to combat “dark money” in US elections, calling untraceable spending in politics a “serious problem” for democracy. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Biden said too much money that is used to influence elections in the United States “flows in the shadows”. He endorsed the “Disclose Act”, a bill…
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Oyetola, Election Petition Tribunal and the Estoppel Doctrine, By Adedeji Adebayo
It is no longer news that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued to PDP a Certified True Copy of BVAS Report which is diametrically at variance with the one it earlier issued to APC and Governor Oyetola. Labouring to prove their case at the Tribunal, APC and Oyetola have countered that INEC should be ESTOPPED from asserting a contrary…
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Why I went to Shetima, By Chukwuemeka Ezeife
Yes, I went, uninvited, to Shettima, I was accompanied by a Maiduguri-born and brought up businessman of south-east extraction. Why? More than a year ago a well built young man came to my office in Abuja crying desperately. He talked like someone considering suicide! He told me that he was finished, that the clothes on him were the only property…
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At UNGA, Adesina, Clinton, Okonjo-Iweala in roundtable on inclusive job growth
Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), joined former President Bill Clinton, his wife Hillary Clinton, and former US Secretary of State, John Kerry at a roundtable discussion to discuss future of job and inclusive growth. The roundtable, which is a sideline event at the ongoing 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York also had Director General,…
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Tinubu and all the talk about press interviews, By Temitope Ajayi
I always find it quite amusing reading the typical self-conceited people on social media pick bone with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for not talking about his plans and vision for Nigerians. It must be the reason Reuben Abati betrayed every sense of professional etiquette and decorum on national television with his condescending open invitation to Tinubu to grant a live interview…
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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari at the opening of the 77th United Nations General Assembly
President Muhammadu Buhari with Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Permanent Representatives of Nigeria to UN, Prof. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, Minister of Finance, Hajia Zainab Ahmed and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadia Umar Farouq during the opening of the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York on 20th Sep 2022 UNGA opening 8: President…
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CNN interview: Obi lacks originalty, quotes from Buhari’s workbook, says BMO
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, of lacking originality by promising to do what the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has already put in place. The BMO in a statement signed by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju said that Obi’s recent interview on the US news network, CNN, showed that he was not in…
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Buba Marwa is doing well, Buhari hails NDLEA Boss over two tonnes of cocaine haul
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, congratulated the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), on the recent very successful operation of the Agency leading to the smashing of an international drug syndicate and recovery of 1,855kilograms of cocaine. In a telephone call to the Chairman of the anti-narcotics agency from New York where he…
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Fool yourself some more: Igbo and the civil war memories, By Odi Ikpeazu
So, this professor of mixed Caribbean and Igbo origin has had her fifteen minutes under the lights. Good show! She has stood up to Queen Elizabeth and the British Empire, bringing them to their quivering knees, making them eat humble pie while she struts and frets her hour upon the stage, full of sound and fury, possibly signifying something, probably…
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‘She sat for him 12 times’: The Nigerian artist who made a bronze sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II
The year was 1956, and there was much fanfare and anticipation for Queen Elizabeth’s first visit to Nigeria. The young monarch was just a few years into her reign and making a highly anticipated visit to the West African country, which had yet to become a republic. Ahead of her arrival, famed Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu received a royal commission…
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