APC: Buni Committee gets three-month extension, Buhari okays national convention for February

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has scheduled its national convention to hold in February 2022. This was the outcome of a meeting of APC governors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja, yesterday. Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) and governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this to newsmen after…

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Exam Malpractices: Where Does Surveillance Tech Come In?

Overshadowed by pressing problems like insecurity and economic challenges, other issues like examination malpractices have been flourishing at the background in the country. As part of measures to curb the notorious school practice, the Anambra State Government has said plans were underway to commence the deployment of technology to monitor examinations in public schools across…

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Alarm from World Economic Forum and the Race to Bridge Nigeria’s Gender Gap

Former Lagos East Senatorial District candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Princess Abiodun Oyefusi, has reacted with disappointment over the just-concluded zonal congress of the party that took place on 12 April 2021 in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. She frowned at a process that failed to give adequate attention to women participation, despite the…

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Bank Employees’ Assets Declaration and the War Against Corruption

Recently, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdurasheed Bawa, made a declaration that the Bank Employees Assets Declaration Act of 1986 would be resuscitated to block loopholes created by some bankers as the country looks forward to sanitise the financial system. Bawa made this disclosure shortly after a closed door meeting…

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The Nigerian Sugar Master Plan: How the Leading Players Have Fared

Nigeria’s sugar industry has been in existence since the 1960s although, for years, it could only supply about 2% of the country’s requirement. This is in spite of the comparative and competitive advantage sugar production has in the country. This poor performance stripped the country of virtually all the benefits that could have accrued from…

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Grassroots Development and the Planned Delisting of Local Governments from the Constitution

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo recently reflected the fears in the minds of most development analysts, that the survival of local government administration in Nigeria rests on divine intervention. The ex-Nigerian leader, who recently received the new National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) president, Comrade Akeem Olatunji Ambali at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Penthouse…

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