• Ondo Governorship Election: Important Voter Advisory Notes

    Ondo Governorship Election: Important Voter Advisory Notes0

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    • October 21, 2024

    Twenty-seven days before the Ondo State off-cycle governorship election, residents expect the electoral process to be free, fair, and credible. The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, has committed to conducting a successful poll. Off-cycle governorship elections in the country resulted from judicial decisions that removed elected governors after protracted legal tussles. In the

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  • Different Strokes: Nigeria’s Unending Politics of the National Minimum Wage

    Different Strokes: Nigeria’s Unending Politics of the National Minimum Wage0

    …Federal Government N70,000.00 …Lagos, Rivers States N85,000.00 …Ogun, Gombe, Ondo, Kogi, Others to Pay Over N70,000.00 The political play around the payment of the national minimum wage to workers in Nigeria has begun to take different forms with the bold moves of some state governors who have started announcing the amount of money their states

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  • Judicial Inquiry into Journalist Pelumi Onifade’s Death Begins in Lagos

    Judicial Inquiry into Journalist Pelumi Onifade’s Death Begins in Lagos0

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    • October 18, 2024

    The judicial inquiry into the cause of death of Mr. Pelumi Onifade, a 20-year-old reporter with Gboah TV who died during the #EndSARS protests in October 2020, began in Lagos on October 17, 2024, with the investigating magistrate promising a thorough and impartial investigation to uncover the truth, assign responsibility for his death, if necessary,

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  • The EFCC Debate: Agbakoba, Falana Disagree, Take Battle to National Assembly

    The EFCC Debate: Agbakoba, Falana Disagree, Take Battle to National Assembly0

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    • October 18, 2024

    Battle for the existence of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission continues to gain momentum; from a pending suit at the Supreme Court to a catalogue of letters from two senior constitutional lawyers to lawmakers at the National Assembly and open debates by other interested parties in the public space. In two separate letters to

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  • INEC Fixes November 2025 for Anambra Governorship Election

    INEC Fixes November 2025 for Anambra Governorship Election0

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    • October 17, 2024

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated November 6, 2025, as the date for the off-cycle governorship election in Anambra State. Speaking at a consultative meeting with the leaders of the registered political parties in the country, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday, 17th October 2024 in Abuja, adding that the

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  • Fact Check: Governor Makinde Got It Wrong on Ondo REC

    Fact Check: Governor Makinde Got It Wrong on Ondo REC0

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    • October 16, 2024

    Claim: Ondo resident electoral commissioner, Oluwatoyin Babalola, is from Ondo state.  Verdict: False According to the INEC guidelines, political parties began their campaigns across the state this week ahead of the Ondo state off-cycle governorship election scheduled for November 16th, 2024.  At the flag-off of the campaign for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic

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