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Things to ponder as we go to the polls

By Adekunle Adekoya FINALLY, the D-Day is here. Tomorrow, the elections will hold to elect the next President and members of the National Assembly — the Senate and the House of Representatives. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, 1,101 candidates are vying for 109 senatorial seats while 3,122 candidates are contesting for House […]

Let us vote wisely!

TOMORROW,  Saturday, February 25, 2023, is upon us as a nation. Barring any last-minute force majeure, Nigerian eligible voters with their valid Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, will file out to vote for a new President. It will be the culmination of politicking and electioneering which kicked off with the selection of presidential candidates and their […]

Nigeria’s election and the pollster’s albatross

By Azu Ishiekwene WITH all the predictions of Armageddon and doubt about whether Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls would hold it does sound a bit silly to contemplate life after. Even those who grudgingly concede a life after fear it might be worse. Optimism is like playing the Ostrich. Nigeria’s history of electoral violence […]

Edo LP honours Okundaye with  Distinguish Leadership Award

THE South-South leadership of the Labour Party has bestowed a leadership award on a notable Edo state leader, Dr Oghogho Okundaye where it said there was the need for all stakeholders to ensure that democracy takes firm root in Nigeria.

Epitaph for the living

By Owei Lakemfa A NUMBER of European leaders harbour the quixotic thought that as the first year of the War in Ukraine rolls by today, February 24, 2023, the Ukrainians will militarily defeat Russia. They prefer a continuation of the war, and, their writing the epitaph of Russian and Ukrainian youths who will be killed, […]

Elections: NDDC, NGO caution against youth violence, cash inducement

By Egufe Yafugborhi PORT HARCOURT – NIGER Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has urged youths in Rivers state to be law-abiding and peaceful going into the 2023 general elections which begins Saturday. The Managing Director, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku made the appeal in a workshop held in Port Harcourt by the commission in partnership with Queen […]

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