Tag: Politics
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2023: INEC raises alarm over increasing money politics in Nigeria
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the current democracy in Nigeria is being threatened by the predominance of money politics. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a one-day colloquium on Emerging Issues that will Shape the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in…
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2023: You’re barred by our rules not to be involved in partisan politics – HoCSF tells civil servants
The Office of the Head of Civil Service to the Federation, HoCSF has cautioned civil servants not to participate in partisan politics as there is a subsisting Supreme Court judgment barring them.
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Politics without bitterness – By Hope Eghagha
Politics is all about a contest of ideas and programmes. When persons contest for a position, it is not possible for all of them to win one seat. A victor must emerge. Two persons cannot occupy the same seat at the same time. It is in the character of human beings to swallow the pill…
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‘I want to disrupt the political process’ – Kola Abiola returns to politics
Mr Kola Abiola, eldest son of the late MKO Abiola, presumed winner of June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, has joined the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). Abiola was formally accepted into the party on Thursday at its National Secretariat, Abuja by Mr Falalu Bello, the National Chairman of the party.
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Politics in a Crime Scene – By Chidi Amuta
President Buhari has just etched one enduring legacy on our political landscape. He rescued his ruling party from a near death experience and saved it from a possible catastrophic end. A much troubled party convention eventually took place. Here was a party that was afflicted with a cocktail of terminal ailments. A dysfunctional national executive…
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Mother’s Day: Cleric enjoins women to embrace politics
Apostle Francis Eke of the Vineyard of God’s Ministry has enjoined women to embrace politics to complement the menfolk and right the wrongs of politicians.
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Seat of Plateau State House of Assembly former Speaker, Abok Ayuba, declared vacant
The decision was taken during plenary
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Oligarch Governors and Politics in Troubled Times – By Chidi Amuta
We are witnessing the coming of a new type of politics. Between the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) and its rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some strange political bad manners is taking root. In this political tradition, the actions and conducts of politicians have no bearing to the prevailing mood of the nation. Politics is…
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2023: Participate actively in politics – Sen Abe advises youths
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former representative of Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has called on Nigerian youths to actively participate in politics. Abe gave this advice when the leadership of the National Union of Rivers State Students (NURSS)
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Ebonyi House of Assembly declares 3 seats vacant
The three lawmakers and their PDP colleagues were not at the sitting.