
As the race for who becomes the next governor of Edo State in the September 21st, 2024 off-cycle gubernatorial election continues to intensify and gather momentum, the stakeholders have continued to strategise to secure the majority of the peoples’ votes and return their candidates duly elected. With less than two months to the opening of
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Lagos State reels in debts. With a debt stock of N2.58 trillion, Lagos state has emerged as the largest debtor in Nigeria in the comity of States according to statistics just released by BudgIT. This alone is more than 20 percent of all the debts owed by the 36 states of the federation and the
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… Nigeria is in Big Trouble … No, Nigeria’s Economy is Not Collapsing The gulf is widening and Nigerians are more polarized than ever; not on ethnic or religious grounds but on the performance of the economy. Perspectives on the overall performance of Tinubu’s administration and its management of the economy are divergent. While some
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In Nigeria, the credibility of electoral processes is a critical issue, reflecting the broader health of its democracy. As Edo and Ondo states prepare for off-cycle gubernatorial elections on 21 September 2024 and 16 November 2024 respectively, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the security agencies, the political parties, and the judiciary face the crucial
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One year after President Bola Tinubu was sworn in, press freedom has been a contentious phenomenon, and free media practice is under threat from the activities of both state and non-state actors. There has been an increase in the clampdown on media practitioners in the country. This is an unexpected turn of events given the
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…Don Wants President Tinubu to Convene National Dialogue on Elections A stakeholders’ meeting in Kaduna on rebuilding trust in the electoral processes, institutions and elections has identified factors and strategies to restore confidence and stem voter apathy. To this end, a university don, Prof Dung Pam Sha has called on President Bola Tinubu to convene
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