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THE postponement of the governorship and state houses of assembly elections nationwide originally scheduled for Saturday, by one week by the Independent National Electoral Commission confirms its logistical, administrative, and technical incompetence. This further prolongs the agony of Nigerians in the country’s excruciating elections as anxiety and despair pervade the country over the war-like political

AS the world celebrated the 2023 International Women’s Day on March 8, the unedifying condition of women in Nigeria, and the raging food crisis returned into sharp focus. A new tangential report by UNICEF on the IWD has listed Nigeria as one of the countries hardest hit by the global food and nutrition crisis, which

The thirty-second video rattled social media in its virality. Author of the clip was a young woman around 18 years of age. The periorbital areas of her eyes were swollen. She must have cried her heart out for hours before putting her voice and image on record in front of a phone camera. Her weakened

The 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections were  concluded and the European Union Election Observation Mission  issued a preliminary report. I informed a Nigerian who resided abroad about the outcome of the presidential election and he ‘quoted’ the EU Observers as saying the election wasn’t “credible.” For him, the fact that his candidate didn’t win

Rasheed Adegoke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in this interview with SOLOMON ODENIYI speaks on the continued disregard for Supreme Court orders on the new naira policy by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele Five days after the pronouncement of Supreme Court that the old notes

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, will be in Abia State on Tuesday. Obi will be in Abia state to solicit support for the governorship candidate of the party in the State, Alex Otti. He is expected to go to Aba and Umuahia, the

Concerned Ndigbo Lagos on Monday endorsed the re-election of the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for a second term in office. The group, while appealing to all residents of the state to consider the experience and scorecard of each governorship candidate vying for office, described Sanwo-Olu as the most experienced of all the candidates. Speaking during

Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, the New Nigeria Peoples Party presidential candidate,  has held many posts since he joined politics in 1990s. He is a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representative,  ex-Minister of Defence and former Governor of Kano State. ADELANI  ADEPEGBA writes on the involvement of Kwankwaso in February 25 presidential election Coming a

The 2023 presidential election has been concluded and the result announced. The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission has declared a winner, issued a certificate of return to the presidential and vice-presidential candidate of the ruling party and converted them in the eyes of the law to a president and vice president-elect. But there

Very few parts of our country today can boast of access to pipe-borne water. Even places where water used to flow in public taps and private homes, when the people of my generation were growing up in the 70s, have since dried up. In the interim, many people have turned to mini self-help projects to