Author: Oghenekevwe Uchechukwu
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Time running out for Nigerians trapped in Sudan as rescue efforts remain slow
Thousands of foreigners, including at least 10, 000 Nigerian students and over five million Sudanese of Nigerian origin, have remained trapped in Sudan, Northeastern Africa, a week after intense fighting between two rival forces broke out. The fighting between the Sudanese armed forces, led by Abdelfattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary…
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How Binani lost lofty ambition to become Nigeria’s first elected female governor
The Adamawa State governorship election has gone down as one of the most controversial elections held in Nigeria on March 18 and the closest a woman would come to becoming governor of a state after the outstanding performance of Aisha Alhassan in the governorship election of Taraba state in 2015. Despite the cultural, religious and…
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LG autonomy: Sen. Abba Moro vows to return bill to 10th Assembly
The lawmaker representing Benue South Senatorial District at the National Assembly and Chairman of the Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Abba Moro, has reiterated the need for Local Government autonomy, as a key to unlocking the potentials at the grassroot level. The Senator was speaking at a stakeholders conference on Special Duties and…
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Adamawa supplementary election: INEC suspends REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa state, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, following the illegal announcement of a candidate as winner of the election. It would be recalled that on Sunday, Yunusa-Ari pronounced the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, as Governor-elect after…
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INEC has no power to void, nullify election results – Senator
A Senator under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing the Adamawa North Senatorial District Ishaku Abbo, has reiterated that according to the Electoral Act as amended in 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not have the power to nullify or invalidate an already declared result from an election. Abbo stated…
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Bribery allegations within the APC trail constitution of 10th Assembly leadership
Barely days after the Vice National Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, alleged that some aspirants eyeing prominent positions in the incoming 10th National Assembly had started offering “bribes” in foodstuff to members of the National Working Committee (NWC), there are new concerns that some aspirants may be set for a…
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May 29: Fresh trouble for Tinubu over dual citizenship allegation
More revelations have surfaced indicting Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, of perjury when he stated in the INEC EC9 declaration form submitted to the Commission that he has not obtained any other citizenship. A photo of a Guinean passport purportedly issued to Tinubu on October 6 2015, has been circulated on social media, along with…
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Nigeria holds supplementary elections today across 24 states
Supplementary elections for governorship, national, and state assembly supplementary elections will take place today Saturday 15th April 2023, in 24 states across the country. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), governorship supplementary elections will take place in a total of 69 polling units (PUs) in Adamawa state comprising 37,706 eligible voters and 142…
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Special Report: Poor Regulation Undermines Nigeria’s Race to Zero Routine Flaring by 2030
Nigeria is a signatory to the 2001 Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership principles that aim at a flare-out date of 2030, but the country’s race to zero routine flaring by the end of the decade is been undermined by inconsistent policies, weak implementation and apparent lack of political will by successive administrations. Gas flaring is…
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Africa’s slow economic growth insufficient to reduce extreme poverty – World Bank
The growth recovery in Nigeria for 2023 is still fragile as oil production remains subdued and the new administration faces many policy challenges. A new world bank report has revealed that Sub-Saharan Africa faces a myriad of challenges to regain its growth momentum, including the protracted slowdown of growth of investment in the region, which…