Nigeria news today headlines update Monday 18th February 2019
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target=_blank>The President We Need
As Nigerians wait with bated breath for the rescheduled election on Saturday after the cancellation of what would have been decision day for the next president and our national legislators, the fear of the ability of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to deliver credible polls is palpable. INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu had attributed the postponement
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target=_blank>Party Campaigns And The Phobia Of True Federalism
The Political Parties have, lately hit the Election campaign trail, to plead with the erstwhile ignored proletariat to adopt their candidates as the preferred choice to plunder the common treasury for the next four years. Predictably, political office holders and their cohorts still score government’s performance at all levels as satisfactory, even when the rest
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target=_blank>Usani: Apologies For A Political Killjoy (1)
Dan Amor A deep ambiguity lingers in the official character of the average Nigerian politician. But this equivocalness is perhaps inherent in the very notion of chauvinist political culture. And it may just be, after all, that we have reached the climax or the critical juncture of our national history when our character as Nigerians will
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target=_blank>The Ugly Head Of Violence In Elections Campaign
The 2019 presidential election has been postponed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to Saturday February 23, but the distaste of violence arising from the campaigns remains a sore and bitter point; a ghostly, barbaric affair that will haunt Nigerians for long, besides constituting a loathsome experience capable of setting back the democratic ideals
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target=_blank>Wanted: Godly Christians In Politics
BISI OLAWUNMI In this season of politicking and elections, virtues and moralities of politicians are key factors which determine how politics is played. While Nigerians generally yearn for politicians of conscience, many seem resigned to leaving the political arena to unfeeling vagabonds whose primary motivations in getting actively involved in politics are material acquisition and
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target=_blank>INEC And Unending Poll Postponement
By Carl Umegboro Inarguably, February 16, 2019 has become a date Nigerians may never forget in their calendars. It was indeed an exceptionally ‘inactive’ Saturday in history; without any wedding ceremonies, launching, burial or any events across the nation. Nigeria’s electoral umpire; the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had scheduled the Presidential and National Assembly
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target=_blank>Lagos Media Marathon Not Exclusive To Journalists — SWAN Chairman
Debo Oshundun, Chairman, Lagos State Branch of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), says the upcoming Lagos Media Marathon scheduled for May 1st is not exclusive to only journalists. Oshundun, also Deputy Chairman of the Organising Committee, explained on Sunday that though being spearheaded by journalists, the marathon was open to members of the
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target=_blank>Lagos: Gas Marketers Lament Effect Of Postponed Elections On Business Chains
The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM), said on Sunday that the postponed general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had affected their businesses negatively. Mr Bassey Essien, the Executive Secretary of NALPGAM, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the postponement posed serious challenges to members’ multi-billion
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target=_blank>TETFund: UNIMAID VC Congratulates Bogoro On Re-instatement
The Vice Chancellor, University of Maiduguri, Prof. Ibrahim Njodi has congratulated Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, on his re-instatement as Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Dr Jacob Alade, Director, Public Affairs, TETFund, in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, said Njodi congratulated Bogoro during a courtesy visit to TETFund). Njodi said UNIMAID recognised
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Police Nab 4-Man Robbery Gang, Recover Gun
The police in Enugu State have arrested a four man suspected armed robbery gang, who had been on its wanted list for sometimes now. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, in a statement on Sunday in Enugu, said the suspects were arrested on Saturday, Feb. 16 at about 10:30 p.m. He […]
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