Features

JUNE 12: A Media Role Deserving Greater Acknowledgement and Celebration 0
- Features, News
- June 12, 2021
At a stage we constructed a cage at the secretariat of the Lagos Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Shomolu area of Lagos in which we inserted images of incarcerated journalists to demonstrate to the world that the Nigerian media was in chains. It was in the aftermath of the annulment of
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Constitution Review Fireworks Begin as Public Hearing Holds on Symbolic May 27 0
- Analysis, Features, News
- May 20, 2021
On a symbolic date of May 27, the Nigeria Senate takes Public Hearings into the amendment of the 1999 constitution to the six geo-political zones, to be hosted by twelve states, in what will potentially be a 2-day floodgate of political fireworks aimed at refining the process of making a more acceptable “peoples” constitution for
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2023 Election: INEC’s “Suitcase” of Worries 0
- Analysis, Features, News
- May 20, 2021
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu in October 2020, gleefully and confidently announced February 18, 2023 as the date for the next presidential election in Nigeria. He was speaking at the inauguration of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution held at the National
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Vote Buying: Why Scourge Persists in Nigeria…Experts 0
- Features, News
- April 23, 2021
…Finger Poverty, Illiteracy, Low Human Development Index, Looting of Nation’s Purse as Fuelling the Menace Some experts have fingered the prevalence of poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, a low human development index and massive looting of the nation’s wealth by a few rich people as responsible for the high incidents of vote buying in Nigeria’s elections, which
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Experts Bemoan Factors Weakening Party Supremacy in Nigeria 0
- Features, News
- March 27, 2021
A major drawback affecting the visibility, effectiveness and supremacy of the political parties in Nigeria today is their inability to self-finance their activities and be independent of wealthy aspirants who indirectly exercise control through their resources. The experts from diverse backgrounds, including the political class, made the observation while interacting at a three-day workshop this
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Summit Wants Buhari to Strengthen Anti-Corruption Laws 0
- Features, News
- March 17, 2021
…As His Administration is Being Grilled to Account for Whooping Loans, $1billion Arms Purchase …No Money Is Missing…Presidency President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to honour international obligations on corruption so as to strengthen the various anti-corruption laws and improve the capacity for citizen participation. This plea is coming amidst charges of mismanagement of huge
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