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Former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, has said democracy as it is currently practised in Africa needs to be "rejigged" adding that people no longer trust the system of government. Jonathan, who stated this during a Democracy Dialogue 2023 on Thursday, organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, revealed that democracy inContinue reading "Democracy Has Caused Serious Crisis In Africa, Driving Up Poverty, Unemployment – Goodluck Jonathan"

As mobilisation for the October 3 nationwide strike heightens, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed members, to ensure full compliance. Specifically, NUPENG said the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD; Petrol Stations Workers, PSW; Liquefied Petroleum Gas Retailers, LPGAR, and all other allied workers in the value chain of petroleum productsContinue reading "Nigerian Petroleum Workers, NUPENG Mobilises Tanker Drivers, Fuel Sellers, Others For October 3 Indefinite Strike"

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18, 2023, election in Kaduna State, Hon. Isa Mohammed Ashiru, has appealed to his supporters to remain calm, assuring them that he will recover the mandate they gave him.Ashiru made the call in statement in reaction to the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sittingContinue reading "Tribunal Ruling: I Will Reclaim My Mandate – Kaduna PDP Governorship Candidate Assures Supporters"

The ruling military government in Burkina Faso has said it averted the West African region’s latest counter-coup attempt, saying its intelligence and security services blocked an effort to “plunge our country into chaos.” Officials disclosed the “proven coup attempt” on Wednesday and said that it had been thwarted the previous day. “Investigations will help unmaskContinue reading "Burkina Faso’s Military Government Foils Counter-Coup Plot, Arrests Officers"

The Governorship election petition tribunal after the preliminary objection filed by the State Governor, Uba Sani, on the timeliness of the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Isah Ashiru. Tribunal in Kaduna State has later sacked Governor Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress and ordered a fresh election inContinue reading "BREAKING: Tribunal Sacks Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, Declares Election Inconclusive"

The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Kaduna State has dismissed the preliminary objection filed by the State Governor, Uba Sani, on the timeliness of the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Isah Ashiru.Sani’s legal team argued that the petition put forward by the petitioners was filed outside the 21-day windowContinue reading "Election Tribunal Dismisses Kaduna Governor, Sani’s Objection To PDP Petition Challenging His Victory"

Labour Party has formally identified with Nigerian workers in their plan to embark on a nationwide strike over current difficulties in the land. The party, which made it’s intention known in an statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh also said “Nigerian workers have shown enough patience and understanding.”The statement reads: “The leadership ofContinue reading "NATIONWIDE STRIKE: NIGERIAN WORKERS HAVE SHOWN ENOUGH PATIENCE, UNDERSTANDING – LABOUR PARTY"

The national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje has mocked the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, saying he (Kwankwaso) would remain a serial loser. Ganduje made this statement while hosting the Bauchi state NNPP governorship candidate in the 2023 election, Haliru Dauda Jika, who formallyContinue reading "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: YOU’LL REMAIN SERIAL LOSER – GANDUJE MOCKS KWANKWASO"