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Points for concern and action
Democracy becomes a sham if elections are carried out by people who should be impartial and neutral umpires, but who show no integrity, acting with blatant partiality, duplicity and imbecility. For all democrats and those carrying out the process of elections, there must be the redline that must not be crossed in tactics and practices of democracy.
Election: Jigawa PDP ex-governorship aspirant joins APC
Another People’s Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant Alhaji Baba Aliyu Santali, has dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State.
UNICEF facilitates disbursement of N70m loan to households to build toilets
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it facilitated the disbursement of N70 million loan to 3,000 households to construct improved toilets in four states of the country through some Micro Finance Institutions (MFI’s) under the fund’s Sanitation Marketing programme.
I still vouch for President Buhari
I know General Buhari pretty well. Apart from family long standing relationship (from the sixties) between him, Mamman Daura and my late father, I was a member of his initial 2002/2003 team.
Former Kaduna Governor Mouktar Muhammed passes on in London
A retired senior military officer and one time governor of Kaduna State, Mouktar Muhammed, is dead.
Nwabueze, Anyaoku, others set for national consensus on restructuring of Nigeria
Notable Statesmen and Eminent Leaders of thought across the country have concluded plans to mobilise national consensus and popular harmony on the agitations for the restructuring of Nigeria to forestall possible degeneration of the festering ethnic political acrimony in the country.
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About 40 people remain trapped in Liberian gold mine
Fellow miners have been using their bare hands to remove debris in an effort to free some 40 gold miners who have been trapped for a week, a spokesperson for Liberia's disaster management agency said on Sunday.
APGA alleges plot by PDP to rig Abia elections
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia says it has uncovered the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) grand plot to rig the general elections in the state.
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa: Movement restriction during elections is illegal
Activist lawyer, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has warned the police against restricting human and vehicular movements on election days, saying it is unconstitutional.
Election: PDP, APC trade words over withdrawal of INEC sensitive materials
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti, on Sunday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), of alleged plan to rig the Presidential and National Assembly elections in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC).
NCDC: Nigeria exceeds emergency threshold for Lassa fever
With 136 confirmed cases of Lassa fever, 31 death and 22.8 percent fatality rate, the Nigeria Center Disease Control (NCDC), said that Nigeria has exceeded the emergency threshold for Lassa fever.
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Official: 76% of TB cases in Nigeria undetected
Dr Adebola Lawanson, the National Coordinator, National Tuberculosis Buruli Ulcer and Leprosy Control Programme, has disclosed that out of every estimated 100 persons with Tuberculosis, only 24 are detected in Nigeria.
Election postponement: It’s more time for onslaught of PDP – APC chieftain
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Dr Rex Olawoye, says the postponement of the general elections by a week would give the ruling party another opportunity to intensity its preparations ahead of the new rescheduled dates.
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APC, PDP bicker over alleged plan to buy votes with Abacha loot
The All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State yesterday exchanged verbal invectives over PDP’s allegations that the ruling party reserved recovered loot for vote-buying.