• INEC Boss Wants Improved Advocacy to Curb Vote Buying Menace in Elections

    INEC Boss Wants Improved Advocacy to Curb Vote Buying Menace in Elections0

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    • February 4, 2025

    The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has called for the collaboration of civil society organisations in combating the menace of vote buying among the delegates of political parties in the country, calling for their extensive advocacy in monitoring the parties primary elections. Professor Yakubu made this appeal on Tuesday,

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  • MRA, IPI Publish A Resource Guide to Protect Press Freedom In Nigeria

    MRA, IPI Publish A Resource Guide to Protect Press Freedom In Nigeria0

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    • February 4, 2025

    In a concerted effort to further empower journalists, media practitioners, organisations, media freedom advocates, and other stakeholders, the Media Rights Agenda and the International Press Institute (IPI), based in Vienna, Austria, have published a resource that will provide comprehensive knowledge of national, regional, and international laws, mechanisms, and frameworks that protect press freedom in Nigeria.

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  • PDP Governors Move to Reposition Party, Urge Tinubu to Address Economic Hardship

    PDP Governors Move to Reposition Party, Urge Tinubu to Address Economic Hardship0

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    • January 31, 2025

    Twenty-four hours after thugs invaded a meeting of its Board of Trustees, Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, Governors Forum, rallied its members to reposition the party and changed the perception of a disunited party. At a meeting of the Governors Forum in Asaba, Delta State, on Friday, the governors took bold steps

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  • Budgit Decries Abandonment of Projects Worth N2.4 Billion Across Nigeria

    Budgit Decries Abandonment of Projects Worth N2.4 Billion Across Nigeria0

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    • January 30, 2025

    Budgit, a civic technology group, has asked the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to look into the N2.4 billion that was spent on government projects from the 2023 budget but never got done. The organisation said it discovered payments totalling N2.4 billion to

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  • El-Rufai Refutes Presidency’s Allegation of Attempting to Unseat the President

    El-Rufai Refutes Presidency’s Allegation of Attempting to Unseat the President0

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    • January 30, 2025

    The verbal exchange between Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, and the presidency has escalated as the former governor reacts to the presidency’s accusation that he and his associates plan to remove President Bola Tinubu. Mallan El-Rufai, who spoke on Monday as a panellist at the national conference in Abuja on strengthening

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  • Invasion of the BOT Meeting: Will Peace Ever Return to the PDP?

    Invasion of the BOT Meeting: Will Peace Ever Return to the PDP?0

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    • January 30, 2025

    Nigerians expect the People’s Democratic Party to play the role of a vibrant opposition to the ruling All Progressives Congress. The party has the structure and the personnel to play that role effectively. It has been in power longer than any other political party in Nigeria and still controls the largest number of governors and

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