Tag: referendum
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A referendum on nothing – By Chidi Amuta
The APC as the ruling party has developed a rather curious sense of comedy. It is in a way futuristic and steps ahead of the country over which it rules. From the utterances of its chief priests and prime pontiffs, it has already held the next presidential elections a clear two years ahead of 2027.…
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I will attend to referendum after my first priority in govt – Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has disclosed that the first priority of his administration as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is economic reforms, adding that after achieving that, he could look at other options, including a referendum.
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Referendum on a Hegemony – By Chidi Amuta
We might as well sound the end time alarm bugle loud and clear. This is in the desperate hope that we can avert a national catastrophe. Whether we are Christians or Muslims, APC or PDP, Northerners or southerners, a common existential burden now hangs over us all. The future of the nation, our common heritage…
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Russia is pressing on Kherson for independence from Ukraine- Khlan
The occupiers are preparing a referendum on the creation of the People’s Republic of Kherson
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No Scotland independence vote before 2024 – UK minister
Scotland will not be given a new referendum on independence before 2024, a senior UK cabinet minister said in an interview published on Wednesday. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove, who heads a UK government strategy unit on policy for the country’s four nations, said a vote was unlikely in the immediate future. “I can’t see…
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Edo 2020: ‘Referendum’ on Oshiomhole September 19, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon He’s not on the ballot. Yet, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, former governor and national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is the issue in the campaigns for the September 19, 2020, governorship election in Edo State. For the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition APC, Oshiomhole is both the problem…
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Facebook says to curb foreign Ads related to abortion referendum in Ireland
The Facebook social network said on Tuesday that it would not accept foreign ads related to the referendum of abortions that would be held in Ireland on May 25. The eighth amendment to the Irish constitution recognises the equal right to life of the mother and the unborn. It prohibits abortion unless the life of…
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Catalans wins independence as 90% vote ‘Yes’ to break away from Spain
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont says the Spanish region has won the right to statehood following a contentious referendum that was marred by violence. He said the door had been opened to a unilateral declaration of independence. Catalan officials later said 90% of those who voted backed independence in Sunday’s vote. The turnout was 42.3%. Spain’s…