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Nigeria Practicing Plutocracy Not Democracy — Falana
Human Rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has lamented that “plutocracy has replaced democracy in Nigeria, ”the effect of which is that “people have lost confidence in the democratic process.” Falana stated this in a keynote address, titled: ‘General Elections in Nigeria 2023: A Review of the Nation’s Political Culture and Electoral Integrity’, and delivered at the 2023 Law Week Programme...
Ignore Yerima On Call For Negotiation With Bandits, It’s Unreasonable, Arewa Youths Tell Tinubu
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has faulted former Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmad Yerima, for advising President Bola Tinubu to negotiate with bandits terrorising residents of states in the North-West geopolitical zone for years. The President of the Forum, Yerima Shettima, who spoke to Channels Television in an exclusive interview in Kaduna, also asked President Bola Tinubu to ignore the...
President Tinubu Okays National Census, To Announce New Date
President Bola Tinubu has approved that plans for the 2023 national census be sustained, ABN TV reports. Tinubu is however expected to fix a new date for the national population and housing census. Recall that the initial date set for its conduct was postponed indefinitely in April this year. The Chairman of the National Population Commission, NPC, Nasir Kwarra, made this...
Relief Beckons As Gov. Otti Hands Over 9 Road Projects To Contractors (PHOTOS)
Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti says he has commenced the process of rejuvenating Aba, the commercial nerve centre of the State, with the handover of nine Road works to different contractors on Wednesday, ABN TV reports. Led by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Works, Engr Otumchere Oti, Governor Otti defied the afternoon showers as he toured...
Tinubu Signs Four Executive Orders To Curb Multiple Taxation
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed four Executive Orders into law to counter the country's unfair taxation policy. Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President for Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy, issued the policy order on Thursday during an interactive session with State House Correspondents. Among the Executive Orders put into law by the President is the Finance Act (Effective Date...
Suspended Supercop, DCP Abba Kyari Granted Bail
DCP Abba Kyari, who had been suspended from duty, was granted bail by the Abuja Federal High Court after being detained for a year. DCP Abba Kyari, a highly regarded and distinguished officer, was suspended after being accused of participating in a fraudulent transaction with international scammer Ramon Abbas, commonly known as Hushpuppi. Kyari was granted bail by the court following...
KANO: Trouble For Ganduje As Anti-Graft Agency Confirms 2018 Dollar Videos, Summons Ex-Gov
Abdullahi Ganduje, the immediate-past governor of Kano State, has reportedly been called by the state's anti-corruption agency in connection with a 2018 video purportedly showing him receiving bribes from contractors hired by his administration. In October 2018, an online publication, Daily Nigerian, uploaded video recordings supposedly captured by a spy camera showing Ganduje allegedly accepting wads of dollar bills from...
Edo 2024: Deep Pocket Will Not Determine Our Candidate – LP National Chairman, Abure
Ahead of the Edo governorship election in 2024, the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barr Julius Abure has said that the party’s flagbearer will only emerge from votes of delegates in the primary election. Abure, who is on a thank-you tour to Edo State Labour Party leaders and the leadership of various support groups, disclosed this while briefing journalists...
Resident Doctors Urge FG To Meet Its Demands
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a fresh notice to the Federal Government to meet its demands within two weeks or risk industrial disharmony in the health sector. The association said this in a communique issued on Wednesday after its virtual Extraordinary National Executive Council Meeting (E-NEC). The communique was signed jointly by NARD’s National President, Dr. Innocent...
Sit-At-Home: Ohanaeze Backs Gov. Mbah, Urges Police, Others To Take Up Challenge
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has again thrown its weight behind Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State on his vow to end the regular sit-at-home being ordered by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The five South-East States have been contending with the Monday sit-at-home being ordered by the Simon Ekpa-controlled IPOB faction. This week, he...
