Last Saturday, May 29, 2021, marked the 22nd anniversary of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. Recall that the period between 1999 and now is classified as the Fourth Republic. From October 1, 1960 to January 15, 1966 when Nigeria recorded the first military coup d’état is regarded as the First Republic; October 1, 1979 to December 31, 1983 is the Second Republic …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said voter enrolment software would be introduced to recapture as much fingerprints as possible in the 2023 general elections. While emphasising that technology was evolving, the commission said the use of technology in the conduct of elections had come to stay. The Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, represented by the Director of …
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The Senate has ruled out the possibility of a brand new Constitution for Nigeria. Chairman Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, gave the hint at the National Public Hearing on the review of the constitution in Abuja. Nigerians and groups, including Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Afe Babalola SAN and former Minister of Education, Mrs. …
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Introduction This position paper sets out to examine the crucial place of an organic constitution in consolidating the logic of democracy as the best known mechanism for effective regulation and coordination of human affairs in any given political setting. It emphasizes the early faith that the founding fathers of Nigeria had in the philosophy of federalism and presents the dangers …
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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has applauded the Senate’s passage of a bill seeking to remove the dichotomy between Higher National Diploma (HND) and bachelor’s degree. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Senate passed the bill on Wednesday. Mr Remi Ajiboye, ASUP Chairman of Yaba College of Technology in Lagos State, told NAN on Thursday …
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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta said kidnappers and armed bandits now use telephones of their victims to evade being tracked. He disclosed this on Thursday at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the mid-term scorecard presentation of activities of the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. …
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Muhammad has advocated alteration of the Constitution to reduce the maximum number of Justices of the Supreme Court from the current 21 to 16. Justice Muhammad called for an increase in the number of Justices of Court of Appeal, which is currently pegged at 49 in Section 237 of the Constitution, to …
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has failed Nigeria economically, security-wise, socially, and politically, saying the party is deficit. The governor also said, despite all security challenges in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is still working, adding that PDP has demonstrated leadership. The Benue governor spoke on Thursday, at the …
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Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa yesterday called for the overhaul of the 1999 constitution for a new one. The Governor also asked for devolution of power from the federal government to give the federating units more powers, a review of revenue allocation to states as well as an upward review of the 13 percent derivation to oil producing …
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The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, says corps members are part of the national defence policy of Nigeria and can be mobilised for war if need be. Ibrahim said this on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme on Wednesday while reacting to moves to scrap the NYSC scheme which is compulsory for all Nigerians who graduate before the …
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