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Can PDP’s e-Registration Encourage Youth Participation In Partisan Politics?

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) kicked off the pilot scheme of the much-touted e-Registration on Monday, August 9 starting with Anambra, Osun, Ekiti, Edo, Adamawa and Sokoto States, among others. Read more about Politics The first of its kind

What 2023 Elections May Look Like

  The ruling party at the national level, the All Progressives Congress (APC) began to show signs of internal scuffles this year when they embarked on their party member registration at the ward level. Inconclusive registration, accusations, counter-accusations, violence among

Continuous Voter Registration Positive As Registration Hits 1.6 Million

  About 84 million people registered to vote in 2019; with a total of 26.45 million people voting at the elections. As the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has begun afresh about 7 weeks ago, positive

Effort in Top Gear to Pass Nigeria’s Startup Bill into Law

For the first time, a law that will give ample opportunity to startups in Nigeria to grow in nearing top gear between Executive, Legislature and the Nigerian Startup ecosystem. The Nigeria Startup Bill project began as a joint initiative by

Buhari’s Medical Tourism and the Doctor’s Strike

Almost two weeks since Nigerian doctors resumed strike action, there has not been much progress on how to resolve the recurring issues bedevilling Nigeria’s health sector. The strike action by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) lingers on without

ThrowBack Thursday: Revisiting The Oputa Panel (2)

  The report of the Oputa Panel was never officially published by the Federal Government. However, the report became publicly accessible in some media as far back as 2005 when a Washington-based NGO, Nigerian Democratic Movement(NDM) & Nigeria-based Civil Society

Abba Kyari: From Hero To Villain

  Abba Kyari was shot to fame in 2017 when the kidnap kingpin, Evans, was busted. He was that super cop who led the trailing of Evans to his affluent Magodo stowaway where he was finally arrested. Read more about

South West Governors Making An Important Call For Restructuring

  For decades, there has been a lot of dust being kicked up on the matter of restructuring and devolution of powers in Nigeria for decades. Most of the agitations and demands in this line have not been so realistic

INEC 2023: Over One Million Continuous Voter Registration In Four Weeks

  After four weeks into the commencement of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Nigerian ruling electoral body has disclosed that over one million Nigerians have done the registration. Read more about Politics

Fact Friday: Regional Quests For Restructuring Might Be The Way Forward

There was never a time that calls for restructuring has been this loud and sustained as the current socio-political climate in the Southern Nigerian bloc suggests. Read more about Governance The bigoted voices in government have succeeded in finally causing

Sunday Ighoho: What Benin Republic Is Teaching Nigeria About The Rule Of Law

  It would have been hard to believe if anyone predicted decades ago that a small-sized neighbour of Nigeria would be teaching the most populous black nation in the world about Rule of Law sometime in the future. This insinuation

Why The North Still Struggles With A Southern Coalition

  Echoes of a southern coalition reverberate more than ever in recent times. There is the Southern Governors’ Forum, the South-South governors forum, the South West Governors Forum, the South-East governors’ forum – all comprising some of the formidable forces

Much Ado About e-Transmission Of Voting Results

  The ongoing drama at the National Assembly over the inclusion of a clause electronic transmission of election results has further exposed the hypocrisy among the political rank and file. Read more about Politics In a rare expose forced by

Key Pronouncements from the Last Southern Governors Forum

Two months after the symbolic communique released by the southern Nigeria governors, they gathered at the Lagos State Government House, Ikeja last week Monday to emphasise the position of the governors on socio-political matters. The meeting which held on Monday,

Is Voter Turnout Improving With Population Increase?

  As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun another round of voter registration in preparation for the 2023 general elections, discussions are gradually being initiated in the area of whether voter turnout figures in the recent past elections

ThrowBack Thursday: The Biafran Midwest Invasion(2)

If you’re reading this, that means you must have read Part One and find this series really interesting. Let us continue our journey. Some of the other early key actors in the Midwest invasion by Biafran forces were Lt. Col

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