In a few weeks’time, a new National Assembly will be inaugurated to steer the legislative ship of the nation for the next four years. With the inauguration will emerge a …
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REDUCING THE COST OF GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA
by Our Reporterby Our Reporter_Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze_ Nigeria suffers from democratic overload. Governance expenses are hugely disproportional to its _developmental_ strides and democracy dividends. This is reflected in the high …
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By Sufuyan Ojeifo Ahead of its June 11 inauguration, there has been so much noise about the mode of electing presiding officers of the 9th National Assembly. Some stakeholders canvass …
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ICPC Versus Pinnacle Communications/Modibbo Kawu; No Petition, So why the Arraignment?
by Our Reporterby Our ReporterOver the past two weeks, I’ve attended every day of the court case that ICPC brought against Pinnacle Communications Ltd and the Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), …
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Babatunde Fowler: The Zero Sum Game In Political Appointments
by Our Reporterby Our ReporterBy Abubakar Ismail Let’s first look at the role of the media in politics. The media is supposed to be a medium where news and events is transmitted in its …
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WHAT GODFATHERISM WILL DO…THE MUIZ BANIRE FACTOR!
by Our Reporterby Our ReporterIf you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. It is your attitude, more than your aptitude, and that is what determines the height …
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#CROOKEDEMEFIELE ADMITS TO SCANDALOUS TAPE, CLAIMING IT WAS 2015 WHILE TAPE REFERENCED 2019
by Our Reporterby Our ReporterNigeria’s notoriously crooked central bank governor, Godwin Emefiele has reportedly admitted to a scandalous recording published by crime-exposing website SaharaReporters exposing misappropriated billions. However, while the admission attempted to present …
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Free Speech and Consequences, DSS, President Buhari, Seed of Unity and the tenets of Democracy in Nigeria
by Our Reporterby Our ReporterIt all started when the Byzantine Emperor, Alexis Comnenus, requested aid from the west against the Muslims. On November 27th, 1095, at Clermont in central France, Pope Urban II delivered …
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BUHARI AND STATE OF THE NATION: THE MIYETTI ALLAH ‘DOLE’ AS TRAGEDY OF SELF-DECEIT
by Our Reporterby Our ReporterBY: IFEANYI IZEZE No matter how anybody wants to paint the picture, it can no longer be disputed that Nigeria now faces one of her worst periods of insecurity manifesting …
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By Erahodu Oseghale. It is evident that the election petition filed by Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 elections has unsettled …

