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The Election Petition Tribunal in Edo State has dismissed the petition by Hon. Omosede Igbinedion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Hon. Dennis Idahosa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the Ovia Federal Constituency seat. Igbinedion had asked the tribunal to declare her winner of the election on grounds that Idahosa was a …
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UK court ruling over aborted project means country will have to pay one-fifth of its foreign reserves to gas supply company Nigeria’s government stands accused of letting down its 201 million residents by failing to complete a gas supply and production agreement that would have transformed their lives. Instead, the country will now have to …
I would like to ask for permission to resist the temptation to join the debate on the very important detainee, citizen Ibrahim Yaqoub El-Zakzaky who just returned from a mission to India and the other detainee, Omoyele Sowore, who dared to ask for revolution now. These are current affairs, which are full of sound and …
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Money A British judge has ordered the Nigerian government to pay $9bn in assets to a small private company. The firm, P&ID, had reached a deal with the Nigerian government in 2010 to build a natural gas plant - but the deal fell through two years later. P&ID then sued the government for failing to …
Men of power In this piece, OLALEKAN ADETAYO attempts to unmask the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, and some of his activities that make many see him as the most powerful presidential Kyari: The ultimate power brokerAlthough he has two prominent namesakes who share both first name and surname with him — …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 