
Former First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan, has called for legislative backing for the 35 percent affirmative action for women in governance, insisting that women’s participation in politics should be guaranteed by law. Mrs. Jonathan made the call during the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) Women Conference held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, while
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Political lobbying has intensified for the position of Nigeria’s Minister of Power as the current minister, Adebayo Adelabu, prepares to contest the Oyo State governorship election in 2027. Reports indicate that several interested individuals have begun positioning themselves for the role amid expectations that Adelabu may resign from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet in
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Former presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Martin Onovo, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of directly sponsoring insecurity and terrorism in Nigeria. Speaking via a statement, Onovo contrasted the federal government’s rapid response to a coup plot in the Benin Republic with what he described as its failure to confront Nigerian terrorists for over
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