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Youth Group Writes Mimiko Open Letter, Calls For His Exit From Labour Party
An influential coalition of young Nigerians, the Young Professionals For Progress, has called on Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, a presidential candidate in the Labour Party and immediate past governor of Ondo State, to “step away from the on-going unproductive drama” in the Labour Party and lead the movement towards victory... Read more
Remmy Nweke To Lead Discussions On ‘Trends in Online Regulation in Africa’
The Lead Strategist at DigitalSENSE Africa Media group, Mr. Remmy Nweke would be leading discussion on Trends in Online Regulation in Africa at the 2018 Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica2018). Other speakers at the Fifth edition session of FIFAfrica to be moderated by Nweke includes Sakah Bernard... Read more
The opportunity next door: using technology to unlock new markets and cross-border trade for African SMEs
The introduction of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aims to help harmonise the continent’s liberalisation of trade among its member countries, creating a single market based on a framework for the free movement of people, goods and services. All 55 member countries of the African Union are... Read more
Chimamanda Adichie Got It Wrong On Bride Price
By Odimegwu Onwumere In the work “Pride and Prejudice”, a Jane Austen says: “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” This can best describe the comment credited to one Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, saying that Bride Price should... Read more
Rivers APC Hails The Approval Of Indirect Primaries By APC NWC For Rivers 
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has welcomed the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to approve the adoption of Indirect Primaries for Rivers State. “This decision is in line with the resolution of the expanded State Executive Committee (SEC) taken at... Read more
Osun Re-run: Declare Number Of PVCs Collected In Affected Units, AIED Urges INEC
The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development (AIED) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prove its unbiased stand by releasing the total number of permanent voter’s cards collected in the seven polling units slated for supplementary election in Osun State today. In a press release signed... Read more
INEC Ban of Smart Phones: Secondus Alleges Plot To Perfecting Election Rigging For Ruling APC
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has condemned the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to ban the use of smart phones at polling booths saying the commission is perfecting rigging formular for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Prince Secondus... Read more
Ibom Deep Seaport Will Trigger Economic Development, Empowerment Of Nigerians
The acting Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr Chidi Izuwah, has said that the Ibom Deep Seaport would create more jobs and transform the Nation’s economy. In a statement made available on Tuesday by the ICRC spokesperson, Mrs Manji Yarling, Izuwah said this at the Request for Proposal... Read more
Heavy Flooding Force Anambra Schools To Shut Down
All primary, post primary and tertiary schools in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra have been temporarily closed down in reaction to the flood disaster in the area. The council Chairman, Mr Arinze Awogu disclosed this while inaugurating the distribution of relief materials at the council headquarters, Atani on... Read more