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Nigeria’s media scene is one of the liveliest in Africa with state radio and television stations operating at federal and regional levels. All 36 states run at least one radio station and a TV network. There are hundreds of radio stations and terrestrial TV networks, as well as cable and direct-to-home satellite offerings. There are…
Demands for new states have continued to flood the constitution review panels, despite secessionist agitations in Nigeria. The Senate Constitution Review Committee has considered various factors, including the ability of civilian administration to create states. Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, who chairs the Committee, said his panel had received over 250 memoranda from various groups…
The consistency in the numbers of road traffic crashes (RTC) over the years, especially in developing countries, has been a constant source of worry for governments and citizens. This issue of concern in Nigeria was raised recently when the Corps Marshal, FRSC, Boboye Akinyemi, announced at the 5th edition of the Babatunde Raji Fashola Gabfest that…
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…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently expressed serious concern that pre-election litigations and conflicting court orders after the primaries for the November 6 Anambra State governorship election may make or mar the poll; hence it has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and other stakeholders to intervene. The Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee…
On 22 July 2021, the Israeli Ambassador to Addis Ababa, Aleli Admasu, presented a letter of credence for admission into observer status to the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat. Israel was subsequently granted observer status to the body. Yair Lapid, Israel’s foreign minister expressed optimism that the admission will be favourable for both…
For 94 years, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been a strategic and vital instrument in helping China’s government advance its policies and programmes to achieve national developmental goals. Marking its 94th anniversary on 1st August this year brings into focus the role that this military organisation has…
The decision by the United States Supreme Court to reverse Bill Cosby ’s conviction has generated heated debate in the global community. Critics opine that justice has overstepped its bound in reversing the facts excavated by the trial court. Many have questioned the infallibility of the United States judicial system as a result of that reversal,…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has announced the end of Foreign Exchange (Forex) sales and new licence approval to Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in the country. Emefiele disclosed this at the end of the Apex Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) two-day meeting in Abuja on Tuesday 27th July…
US lawmakers are holding down an agreed sale of arms to Nigeria, alleging poor human rights records of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, as the country grapples with multiple security crises. The allegation of the American lawmakers does not correlate with the reality of living in Nigeria, is largely founded on anti-Nigerian propaganda in the social…
