Day: July 25, 2021

Nigeria: ‘Democracy’ Without Democrats

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By Ikechukwu Amaechi As I watched the drama over the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the two chambers of the National Assembly last week, I remembered President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s 1956 award-winning biographical book – Profiles in Courage. The book, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1957, was a celebration of senatorial courage – acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States senators, who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right even when they suffered severe criticism and…

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Local Government Elections: APC Wins 20 Chairmanship Seats In Ogun State

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At the end of the Local Government elections in Ogun State on Saturday across the state, the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC), won all the 20 chairmanship seats. The OGSIEC Chairman, Babatunde Osibodu, made the declaration, on Sunday, at the Commission’s office, Oke-Ilewo, while announcing the results of the election, held on Saturday. Osibodu added that the total number of votes cast in the chairmanship elections in the 20 local government areas in the state was 396, 641. The OGSIEC boss…

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Viral Video: Nigeria Army Didn’t Destroy Farmland In Southeast

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As a reaction to a viral video on social media showing officers and men of the Nigeria Army destroying a farmland in the Southeast, the Nigerian Army has dissociated its personnel from a viral video. The video showed troop’s clad in green camouflage uniforms storm a farm in the South-east and destroying crops. The Army said the video footage was doctored by secessionists, to denigrate and bring its image into disrepute adding that it has subjected the video to credible reverse image and discovered it was first published on YouTube…

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Kaduna State: Terrorists Release 28 Abducted Students Of Baptist High School

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Information reaching our news desk has it that the 28 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna have been released after 20 days after their abduction by the mindless terrorists that are operating without hitches in the state. Their release was confirmed by the Kaduna State chairman of Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab. The students were abducted by the terrorists from their school in Kaduna State on July 5, 2021. It would be recalled that the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai was one of the…

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