May 29
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Features
Democracy and the Coronavirus: A Strange Mixture
When we finally take a drink from the bottle before us, what will we become? JUBAL KANAYO takes a look at what the future holds for democracies around the world. Another edition of the Democracy Day is here. Yes, we can all celebrate that our [brand of] democracy is getting old (fearfully, entrenched in a lot of wrong practices specific…
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Enugu Political Crisis: Assembly Speaker Impeached *I am still in charge – Enugu assembly speaker
After news filtered in this morning that lawmakers in Enugu state today began impeachment proceedings against the state governor, Sullivan Chime. The tide seem to have been turned as  the crisis currently rocking the Enugu State House of Assembly has claimed its first casualty with the impeachment of the Speaker, Hon. Eugene Odoh.  Daily Sun reports that Odo was the…
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I Will Defeat Boko Haram Before I Vacate Aso Rock – President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged that he will do all within his powers to ensure that all Nigerian territories still held by insurgents are totally liberated before May 29, 2015. Receiving a delegation of Heads of Customs from the West and Central African Region of the World Customs Organization led by the Secretary-General of the organization, Mr Kunio Mikuriya, Jonathan…
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Buhari’s Group, Presidency Clash Over Transition Committee
The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation and the Presidency clashed over the composition of the transition committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan. While the APC PCO described the committee as trickish, the Presidency said it was senseless for anyone to complain about it. The Jonathan transition committee is expected to meet with the one to be constituted by the President-elect,…
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May 29 Sacrosanct, Says President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has reassured Nigerians that May 29th, when his first term will end remains sacrosanct, and nothing will affect the ceremonies marking the terminal date of his first term in office. This was contained in a press release signed by Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, and made available to Quick News…
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