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Two investigations. One question: what does it actually cost? This weekend The Bridge continues its election autopsy. Before the Ballot Part 2 goes deeper into the room where 2023 was decided. Not the polling unit, the courts, or the result screen. The internal party...
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WHAT THE COURT CAN’T DO THE COURT DECIDED. NOW WHAT? Nigeria’s Supreme Court split 3-2 to void the PDP’s Ibadan convention and upheld David Mark’s ADC leadership on 30 April, handing both opposition parties their structures back ahead of...
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THE VERDICT The Supreme Court delivered its ruling on ADC and PDP leadership disputes on 30 April, as both parties faced a May 10 INEC membership register deadline ten days away. TWO NAMES Two Nigerians were killed in South Africa as xenophobic attacks intensified,...
Governance
Nigeria’s Supreme Court settled the leadership question in two opposition parties yesterday. A court ruling can only tell you who holds the structure. It can’t tell you whether the structure still means anything. Yesterday the Supreme Court delivered its...
Diaspora, Economy
The Bank of England kept rates at 3.75% yesterday. That decision wasn’t made for you. But you’re paying for it. The Bank of England voted 8-1 on Wednesday to hold its benchmark rate at 3.75%. The one dissenting voice was Chief Economist Huw Pill....