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The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said the Ekiti governorship election revealed that Nigeria is making significant progress in the administration of the polls.

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has expressed fears that Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State is likely to be characterised by

CDD issued its preliminary statement on the conduct of the ongoing Ekiti State governorship election on Saturday.

CDD says the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities may affect the smooth conduct of the Ekiti governorship election. 

The Director-General, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Professor Eghosa Osaghae has said that all options are open for exploration on

Chuks Okocha The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has listed the destruction of the property and staff of the commission as capable of affecting negatively the November 6, 2021, Anambra State governorship election and the 2023 general election. He stated this as former INEC national commissioner and scholar, Prof. Adele Jinadu, described vote buying as the latest contrived act capable of undermining the electoral integrity in the conduct of...

Sunday Ehigiator Former Attorney General of Lagos State, and Historian, Supo Shashore (SAN), while speaking on the history of Lagos State, has clarified that there isn’t any differentiation between inhabitants of Isale-Eko and Lagos-Island. He made this known during his keynote address at the recently held Isale-Eko Day Symposium organised by the Isale Eko Descendants’ Union as supported by the Alliance Francais, Mike Adenuga Centre. According to Shashore, “Lagos Colony existed before Nig...

ON THE GO ABCON: 26 BDC operators arrested over ‘money laundering, terrorism financing’ The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) says 26 members have been arrested by security operatives, over alleged unlawful foreign exchange (FX) transactions.Advertisement Aminu Gwadabe, president of... Makinde: For blocking governance loopholes, I’ve received threats over 2023 ambition Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, says he has received threats over the forthco...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 17 December 2020 The Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, says the institution has attracted over N8bn research grants in the past three years. Ogundipe disclosed this in an interview on the sidelines of a ceremony to hand over the vertical extension of the Faculty of Law of the institution, on Wednesday in Lagos. Alhaji Femi Okunnu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and former Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing, donated N100m ...

Nseobong Okon-Ekong and Chuks Okocha highlight challenges the second term of Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu in the course of duty Reappointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on 10th December received a tumultuous welcome from ecstatic members of staff, who turned out en masse to usher him in. On sighting them, a visibly delighted Prof. Yakubu alighted from his car immediately after being driven ...