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2023: Anti-graft agencies, INEC and efforts to curb vote-buying

On: January 4, 2023

By Philomina Attah Vote-buying has remained a major part of the problems of election management in Nigeria. Twenty four years since the return of democracy in the country, it has remained an obstacle to free, fair and credible elections in the country. The issue has attracted various responses from stakeholdersContinue Reading

Appraising operational successes of the military in 2022

By: isaac aregbesola

On: January 1, 2023

In: Features

By Sumaila Ogbaje, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Nigeria has continued to contend with a number of internal security challenges ranging from insurgency and terrorism in the North East, banditry and kidnapping in North West and North Central, oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta andContinue Reading

EFCC: Bawa appointment as litmus test for youths

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: March 8, 2021

In: Features

Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), becomes household name after his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari.Continue Reading

Contributory Pension: Going The Way of Old Scheme?

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: February 18, 2021

In: Features

Problems associated with old pension scheme in Nigeria begins to rear its ugly head under Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), as retirees are no longer paid their entitlements three months after retirement.Continue Reading

Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala is new WTO DG

By: Ismail Abdulaziz

On: February 15, 2021

In: Features

Nigeria’s Prof. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed as the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General.Continue Reading

Features: Echoes from Nigeria’s Corruption Rating by Transparency International

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: February 11, 2021

In: Features

Since the release of the 2020 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceived Index (CPI), in which Nigeria was placed 149 out of 180 countries, there had been mixed reactions on the correctness or otherwise of the rating.Continue Reading

Evaluating government’s response to economic impact of COVID-19

By: Ismail Abdulaziz

On: January 18, 2021

In: Features

Nigeria would cut the size of its N10.6 trillion budget for 2020 due to low revenue in order to accommodate the effect of COVID-19 on the economy.Continue Reading

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases hit +100,000 with 1,244 on Monday

By: Ismail Abdulaziz

On: January 12, 2021

In: Features

NCDC) has reported 1,244 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 101,331.Continue Reading

COVID-19 pandemic, credible electoral process and matters arising

By: Ismail Abdulaziz

On: January 6, 2021

In: Features

However, the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has not only disrupted activities in societies, economies and lives across nations, presenting a somewhat difficult situation for the conduct of elections.Continue Reading

News Analysis: Developing mining sector for economic diversification

By: Edith Ike-Eboh

On: January 2, 2021

In: Features

By Francisca Oluyole Organised mining began in Nigeria in 1902, when the Mineral Survey of the Northern Protectorate was created by the British colonial government. A year later, the Mineral Survey of the Southern Protectorates was founded and by 1940s, Nigeria was a major producer of tin, columbite and coal.Continue Reading

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