Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described as ‘unacceptable’ the decision of three to five judges to overturn the decisions made by millions of voters during an election.Obasanjo, who spoke at the high-level consultation on ‘Rethinking Western Liberal Democracy in Africa’, held at the Green Resort Legacy, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library,
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The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that the self-appointed Prime Minister of Biafra, Mr. Simon Ekpa, who lives in the faraway Scandinavian nation of Finland, is a clog in the wheel of security in the Southeast.The defense chief made this known on Tuesday when he led
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The crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly has persisted as the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, and factional speaker, Edison Ehie, yesterday, in different sittings, passed resolutions.It was learned that the faction of the Assembly, led by Ehie, passed a vote of confidence in the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, while
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The Ebonyi State Government is set to return all Mission schools to their original owners before the end of this year.Governor Francis Nwifuru disclosed this while responding to the appeal made by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki, Most Reverend Dr. Peter Nworie Chukwu, when the Bishop visited
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North Korea may attempt a third spy satellite launch as early as midnight on Wednesday, Japanese media reported. Tokyo said Pyongyang has notified them of a nine-day window for the launch, which closes at 23:59 local time (14:59 GMT) on 30 November.Japan will work with South Korea to "strongly
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said Nigerian democracy is experiencing ill health under the rule of the All Progressives Congress (APC), adding that the ruling party has turned the once respected Nigerian judiciary into a “cash and carry.”Atiku, who reiterated his concern that democracy in Nigeria is in a
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has expressed his displeasure with the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Niger Delta, Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Oko-Jaja, for failing to acknowledge his presence as FCT Minister during a church service in Port Harcourt.The incident occurred at the rededication service
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President Bola Tinubu met with German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday in Berlin, where he stated that Nigeria's pursuit of German investment in targeted sectors of the economy was focused on critical growth-enabling industries in energy, transportation, and electric power production, transmission, and distribution.Tinubu spoke on the sidelines of the
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has again postponed the meeting of its monetary policy committee, despite the surge in inflation.A report by Bloomberg on Monday, which quoted the CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Dr. Isa Abdulmumin, said, “MPC is not holding” a meeting this week in a text message response.The
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Bandits have again attacked Zamfara community, killed a mobile policeman attached to the Maru Police Division, and also abducted the wife of the district head at Ruwan Doruwa in the Mari local government area.The bandits also abducted 14 people in the community.Although the police authorities in the state were yet
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