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Fubara just fired his entire cabinet. Tinubu brokered the deal that made him do it. Yesterday, Fubara dissolved the entire Rivers State Executive Council. Every commissioner. Every special adviser. Gone, effective immediately. Permanent secretaries are now running the...
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INEC wants three times what 2023 cost. And still can’t promise real-time results. INEC presented its 2027 election budget to the National Assembly yesterday. The number: ₦873.78 billion. That is not a typo. Eight hundred and seventy-three billion naira for one...
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Trump’s Nigeria designation is now reshaping visas, military ties, and diaspora safety. In October, Trump redesignated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern for religious freedom violations. Then came a Christmas Day airstrike in Sokoto. Then a formal...
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Kayode Kasum’s Valentine’s film opens today and Nollywood is watching. Diaspora too Love & New Notes opens in cinemas today. Valentine’s Day weekend. A Lagos romance directed by Kayode Kasum, starring Timini Egbuson, set in the city most...
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China fires back at US Congress over illegal mining and militia funding claims in Nigeria Five US lawmakers introduced a bill this week linking Chinese illegal mining operations in Nigeria to terrorism financing and religious violence. The Chinese embassy in Abuja...
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Senate backed e-transmission, then wrote in the words that make rigging legal again Three words. That’s what the Senate kept. Where transmission fails. Under the Electoral Act amendment passed Tuesday, presiding officers must upload polling unit results to...