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#DailyChart:#2023 Election – Women’s political participation
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Profiling Labour Party’s Presidential, Peter Obi
Known for his eloquence, prudence and credibility, Peter Obi, the businessman turned Presidential candidate, to many Nigerians would seem to be the long-awaited messiah and the answer to all of Nigeria’s economic and financial woes. Born on July 19, 1961, in Onitsha, Peter Gregory Obi attended Christ the King College, where he completed his secondary school…
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Russia-Ukraine: Nigerians Join The Ukrainian International Legion Army
Ukraine‘s Deputy Minister of Defense, Hanna Maliar, recently shared that thousands of people have volunteered to join Ukraine’s newly-formed International Legion Army after an appeal from President Zelensky last week. Some 16,000 foreign “volunteers”, including 200 Nigerian are heading for Ukraine to fight against Russia, according to recent reports. The militants are coming as the country continues to receive…
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South Africa Denies Work Permit Renewal For 250,000 Zimbabweans
South Africa says temporary permits of around a quarter of a million Zimbabweans working in the country would not be renewed when their visas expire next month. Some 250,000 Zimbabweans fleeing political and economic crises at home were granted four-year work visas in 2009. The visas have been repeatedly extended, but the government announced there…
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ECOWAS Places Sanctions On Members Of Malian Government
Over 150 members of Mali’s transitional government, including the interim Prime Minister Choguel Maiga, have as of today been sanctioned by the ECOWAS in a bid to enforce a return to constitutional rule in the West African country. In May, Mali junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita staged a coup that saw the arrest of transitional…
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Sudanese Army Dissolves Interim Government
Sudan’s top general has dissolved all authorities leading the country’s democratic transition, and announced the formation of a new government after soldiers detained civilian leaders on Monday in what activists denounced as a “coup”. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement in a televised address came after armed forces detained figures of the government in charge of…
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Coup Leaders In Guinea Bars Foreign Travel For Government Officials
Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, the controversial coup leader in Guinea has barred all government officials from leaving the country until further notice. Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, a former French legionnaire officer on Sunday overthrew Alpha Conde who has been president for over a decade. Doumbouya told a gathering of Conde’s ministers, including the prime minister and top…
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Nigeria Loses Over N150 Billion 2 Months After Twitter Ban
NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool has been used to estimate the billion naira loss for the Nigerian economy 2 months after President Buhari’s administration banned the microblogging platform Twitter. According to the tool, Nigeria’s economy loses N102.7 million per hour to the Twitter ban. This translates to an N150.5 billion revenue loss within 61 days,…