Archives Tag: Politics
A Look At Government Clamp-Down On FinTech Companies
April 19, 2022
Nigerian businesses have had it tough for decades. Braving away the storm in the middle of over-regulation policies has been the norm for businesses that must survive against all odds. Read more about FinTech Wherever infrastructure such as good access roads, stable power supply, etc are inadequate, businesses and enterprises are known to resolve … Continue reading A Look At Government Clamp-Down On FinTech Companies
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INEC: 430,363 New Nigerian Voters Complete PVC Registration
April 19, 2022
As the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise continues, Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that a total of 430,363 new Nigerian voters have completed registration for their permanent voter card (PVC) as preparations for the 2023 general elections continues. Read more about Politics It will be recalled that INEC … Continue reading INEC: 430,363 New Nigerian Voters Complete PVC Registration
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Can PDP’s e-Registration Encourage Youth Participation In Partisan Politics?
April 19, 2022
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 by any political party of National importance. It comes at a time the National Assembly … Continue reading Can PDP’s e-Registration Encourage Youth Participation In Partisan Politics?
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What 2023 Elections May Look Like
April 19, 2022
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 party bigwigs and their loyalists became the order of the day. Read more about Politics … Continue reading What 2023 Elections May Look Like
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Continuous Voter Registration Positive As Registration Hits 1.6 Million
April 19, 2022
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 numbers are being recorded with the online version of the CVR nationwide drive. Read more about … Continue reading Continuous Voter Registration Positive As Registration Hits 1.6 Million
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Aminu Kano’s Talakawa Philosophy
April 19, 2022
Aminu Kano was born in Kano on August 9, 1920, to the family of an Islamic scholar, Mallam Yusufu, a lineage known for producing judicial scholars, and Rakiya, a Fulata Borno family of Mamman Zara. Despite his near upper-class background, Mallam Aminu Kano lived an exemplary stoic life which toed the line of his … Continue reading Aminu Kano’s Talakawa Philosophy
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ThrowBack Thursday: Revisiting The Oputa Panel (2)
April 19, 2022
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 Forum(CSF), unofficially published a copy of the Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission online – two … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: Revisiting The Oputa Panel (2)
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South West Governors Making An Important Call For Restructuring
April 19, 2022
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 enough. Read more about Politics But at the last forum held by the South West … Continue reading South West Governors Making An Important Call For Restructuring
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INEC 2023: Over One Million Continuous Voter Registration In Four Weeks
April 19, 2022
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 This information was disclosed by Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter … Continue reading INEC 2023: Over One Million Continuous Voter Registration In Four Weeks
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Fact Friday: Regional Quests For Restructuring Might Be The Way Forward
April 19, 2022
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 the various ethnic groups and interests in the southern part of Nigeria to either band … Continue reading Fact Friday: Regional Quests For Restructuring Might Be The Way Forward
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Sunday Ighoho: What Benin Republic Is Teaching Nigeria About The Rule Of Law
April 19, 2022
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 went beyond fiction as the arrest of Yoruba separatist leader, Sunday Adeyemo (a.k.a Sunday Igboho) … Continue reading Sunday Ighoho: What Benin Republic Is Teaching Nigeria About The Rule Of Law
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Why The North Still Struggles With A Southern Coalition
April 19, 2022
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 that counter-oppose the persistent rhetoric from some political bigots. Read more about Politics As bigoted … Continue reading Why The North Still Struggles With A Southern Coalition
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Much Ado About e-Transmission Of Voting Results
April 19, 2022
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 Senate Minority leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe, the PDP member forced a voice vote when the Senate … Continue reading Much Ado About e-Transmission Of Voting Results
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Is Voter Turnout Improving With Population Increase?
April 19, 2022
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 is anything to write home about. Read more about Politics Political pundits, Civil Society Organisations … Continue reading Is Voter Turnout Improving With Population Increase?
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ThrowBack Thursday: The Biafran Midwest Invasion(2)
April 19, 2022
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 Emmanuel Ifeajuna (one of the 5 Majors that plotted January 15, 1966, coup) as the … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: The Biafran Midwest Invasion(2)
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