A center for transparency advocacy, the Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG) has sounded a note of caution to those who are trying to drag Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakub into the fate of the recall process initiated against Senator Dino Melaye. Melaye is facing …
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An election observer group, the Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group (ISDMG) has warned that any attempt to tarnish the integrity of the head of the Electoral Management Body (EMB) through orchestrated media campaigns will have dire consequences on future elections and the nation’s democracy. Addressing journalists in Abuja, ISDMG Executive …
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Dr Chima Amadi Typical of the Nigerian body politic, the political cloud has gathered around the semantic of one word: restructuring. This word, to the undiscerning is being portrayed as holding the keys, indeed, the Midas-touch-solution to every ill that has bedeviled the Nigerian nation (Vanguard’s Ochereome Nnanna holds this view too). We have been here before. During the period of …
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The Social and online media are awash with the story that the move by Senate to probe Tertiary Education Trust Fund is responsible for the halt in the Recall process of the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial Zone, Senator Dino Melaye. Investigations exclusively revealed that INEC did not stop the …
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South-South leaders on Tuesday described the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun as a role model and a suave politician. “Chief John Odigie-Oyegun is a visionary leader and a bridge builder. His thorough leadership style has inspired Nigerians” the leaders said. The leaders, under …
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Nigeria’s former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, on Thursday alleged harassment of her family by security agencies and sought House of Representatives intervention. In a petition to the Lower Chamber, Jonathan urged the Federal Government to call the agencies to order. The petition was presented at the House’s plenary by …
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A Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, the Edo State Capital has affirmed the Prophet Jones Erue-led Executive of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State thereby vacating an earlier judgment by an Asaba High Court which nullified the congress that produced the executive. The court, in a ruling delivered …
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The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said Dr. Deji Adeleke may have gone mad because of the death of his brother, Senator Isiaka Adeleke. Aregbesola said this in Ede on Wednesday at the campaign of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Osun West Senatorial District …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja is said to have suspended the recall process of Senator Dino Melaye! See Dino’s tweet celebrating the news and reactions from twitter followers. Which way Nigeria?!
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Vanuatu elected a pastor as its new president Thursday as the tiny pacific nation eyes continued “moral leadership” following the sudden death of its former head of state last month, local media said. Tallis Obed Moses, a Presbyterian and clergyman most of his life, was sworn in after winning 39 votes …
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