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Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called on the Federal Government and relevant policy makers to initiate steps towards reducing the rising cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country. The governor made the call at a two-day LPG sensitisation and awareness campaign organised by the National LPG Expansion Implementation Plan, Office of the…
The use of the Electronic Voting Machines during the last local government elections in Kaduna State has been commended by many stakeholders. One cannot discountenance Governor El-Rufai’s courage in this regard. It is a mark of true leadership that Nigeria’s political leaders and INEC can learn from. **** The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KSIEC)…
In the last two months, several court orders and counter-orders had been issued against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), particularly as it relates to the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. On one occasion, the court had ordered the electoral umpire to recognise a particular aspirant as the candidate of a political party…
The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the novel virus, SARS-COV-2, has considerably increased awareness and discussions among the general populace – and scientists – regarding the important roles of vaccines. In fact, the Delta variant causes more infections and spreads faster than earlier forms of the virus that causes COVID-19. It might cause more…
Many parts of the country are still experiencing large-scale banditry, even though military operations are beginning to yield expected results. Armed groups have financed their operations through kidnapping for ransom, cattle rustling, human and narcotics trafficking, among other criminal activities. Recently, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi’s mediatory efforts seem to have yielded some intelligence reports that the…
At the end of the 2019 presidential election, popular lawyer and activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome, was the PDP’s lead counsel in the court case against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. For many years, he has played the role of counsel to the PDP, alonside been an active supporter of the party’s causes, candidates and…
It has been a long wait for South Africans who have been watching a “political movie”, with former President Jacob Zuma playing the lead role. No matter the outcome, this development is a tribute to South Africa’s judiciary and democracy that a former President and freedom fighter has been imprisoned for trying to evade accountability…
The federal government has announced plans to concession Nigeria’s four major airports. These airports include; Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos (MMIA), Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja (NAIA), Mallam Aminu International Airport Kano (MAKIA) and Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA). Recently, Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation received the Outline Business Case Certificate of Compliance for…
There are ongoing accusations by many stakeholders and policymakers that the Nigerian media allows its obsession with bad news and screaming headlines to obstruct the principal mandate of setting the right agenda towards building a united and stable nation. Indeed, it was reported some time ago that media stakeholders specifically decried the preponderance of fake…
Germany has just recognised for the first time that it committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial rule more than a century ago. The country has promised financial support worth more than one billion euros ($1.2bn) to fund infrastructure projects in the African nation. Between 1904 and 1908, German settlers killed thousands of Herero and…
