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By Kingsley Okoye The National Institute For Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) has called for sustained activism for the  passage of 1999 Constitutional alteration pending bills, especially bills on local government financial and administrative autonomy. NILDS Director- General, Prof. Abubakar Suleiman, made the call in Abuja on Wednesday, at the capacity building workshop for Clerks,Continue Reading

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By Alex Enebeli The PDP governorship candidate in Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, has pledged to sustain the World Bank’s Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project. Mbah, represented by the state Commissioner for Rural Development, Dr Kingsley Udeh, disclosed this in Enugu on Tuesday during the flagContinue Reading

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By Taiye Olayemi The Civic Consciousness Global Initiative (CCGI), a Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO), on Tuesday advised Nigerians to reject any inducement or coercion that would stop them from voting their conscience at the polls. Rev. Solomon Aderibigbe, Chairman of CCGI, made the call during a press briefing in Lagos. The briefingContinue Reading

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  By Olatunde Ajayi Trailblazer Initiative Nigeria (TBI), a non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria has started training some youth activists to end rising cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-day training wasContinue Reading