The Supreme Court on Monday nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor of Imo State. The apex court declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 9 governorship election in the state. In the unanimous judgement of the seven-member panel, read by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun,
Nnamdi Kanu’s mother died few months ago and there has been some controversies surrounding the burial of his mother. There have been speculations as to whether the proponent and acclaimed leader of the IPOB, would come back to Nigeria for the burial or not. The burial is slated for December 2019, in Umuahia, and the Commissioner of Police in Abia
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Activists, economists and even the Nigerian citizens have often argued that the cost of governance in the country was too high. The staggering amounts of money which is budgeted annually as recurrent expenditure is mind blowing and often raises controversies each time a new budget is presented to the NASS. It appears that things may change in the near future,
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Information reaching the media through PRNigeria is that Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Jets, and their Ground Troops have sacked some ISWAP-Boko Haram Fighters, who are located at Mallam Fatori, a village on the fringes of Lake Chad in the northern part of Borno State, but had been coveted as an Islamic State of West Africa Province by the ISWAP fighters.
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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) chapter in Kogi State, is seriously under threat, and more dramatic things seem to continually happen to the party as the elections draw nearer. The breaking news as at this morning is that, supporters of SDP have decamped from the party to join the APC. This move of abandonment of the SDP candidate Natasha Akpoti,
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The citizens of Kogi State can’t wait for November 16th, that is the day the governorship elections will be held, and the two prominent parties, PDP and APC are set for war. The PDP have been alleging that the APC have been threatening them, but the PDP insists that they would not be deterred in their quest to conquer the
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Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo State, has been making headlines due to his controversial statements against his party APC. Okorocha, who is now a senator representing Imo West Constituency has said emphatically that the ruling All Progress Congress, APC, may not retain power come 2023. He made this much known in an interview with journalists in Kano during the
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Lately, Ethiopia has seen in what could be termed as a renaissance in its economic, politics and social activities. Some of them leading to a strengthening of its foreign relations and some others leading to a dispute with its neighboring countries. Here we chose to look at the country’s current situation from the government’s perspectives. Ethiopia, having its new Prime
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Soon after the 2019 governorship election results were declared, and Governor Nyesom Wike re-elected as the governor of Rivers State, Wike went ahead to douse the tension in the state by extending an olive tree of peace to Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi. However, it seems that fragile peace process is about to be truncated as the two have recently
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The much speculated plot by the Kano State ruling government of All Progressives Congress (APC) to literally clip the royal wings of the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, may not be totally untrue after all, as the State’s House of Assembly has reportedly made a move to enable a law creating new Emirates. In a petition filed before the
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