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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has produced 12 governors since the apex bank came into existence in 1958. Apart from being the sole issuer of the Nigerian currency, naira, the CBN has many roles in Nigeria’s monetary system. It …
Direct election and indirect election are products of democracy whereby some people are elected to represent the interest of their people in a government. The process of selecting or balloting a few people – since everyone can not run the …
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For aspirants to clinch the ticket of a political party in Nigeria, they would have to spend a lot of money to buy Expression of Interest (EoI) and nomination forms. Millions of Nigerians have criticised the price tag on several …
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After the amalgamation of the Southern and Northern protectorates, the first colonial Governor-General of the amalgamated colony, Sir Frederick Lord Lugard unified the laws of the two colonies. In effect, a single Supreme, Provincial and Native court system was established and the first …
The most strategically planned coup in the history of Nigeria is the August 27, 1985 coup which oust the regime of Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari later admitted that he was aware that some soldiers led by Babangida were planning to overthrow …
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The military regime of General Sani Abacha was the most controversial in Nigeria’s political history. One of the reasons was that he threw the winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election Chief Moshood Abiola into prison. Though his regime didn’t conduct …
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General Abdulsalami Abubakar was the last military Head of State before the Fourth Republic. He was the Chief of Defence Staff during Abacha’s regime He did what his predecessors (Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha) were unable to do by handling over to the democratically elected …
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In Nigeria, a State House of Assembly (legislature) can institute impeachment proceedings against the governor (executive) after a motion has been moved. It’s one of the major checks and balances used by the legislature to ensure that the head of …
Impeachment is a constitutional means of removing an elected official from office for offences ranging from mismanagement, misconduct, embezzlement and gross misconduct. Impeaching a state governor in Nigeria involves a lot of behind the scene consultations and persuasion to win …
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A lot of drama played during the 2019 election and even in 2020 in Bayelsa state. In Bayelsa for instance, the candidate of All Progressive Congress David Lyon was declared the winner of the governorship. But due to the certificate falsification …
As the uninterrupted democratic process continued in Nigeria, below is a list of state governors in Nigeria between 2015 to 2019. As usual, the sharing of the 36 states were between the two major political parties: APC and PDP State …
During the 2011 general elections that ushered another set of governors across the country, there was no governorship election in 10 out of 36 states because of earlier cases in the affected states leading into staggered elections. As such, only …
Elected state governors who came to power on May 29, 1999, and won their second term bid left office on May 29, 2007, by handing over to their successors. The only ones that that returned were those that unseat the …
In the history of Nigerian politics, no state governor has ever willingly said he’s satisfied with a term in office. It’s even a survival of the fittest for the second term bidders. If they had their way, they’d love to …
Nigeria had many historic moments, one such moment was when the fourth republic was ushered in on May 29, 1999. It marked the end of the military regime in Nigeria. Before the marking of the end of military rule, political …
The coming to power of Gen Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida on August 27, 1985, was not just the most dramatic, but also the most turbulent time in Nigeria’s political history. Seven years after the IBB aka Maradona regime kicked out the military …
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There are 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria. They are spread across the six geopolitical zones of the country. They are charged with local government administration and they are known to be closer to the people at the grassroots. “Through …
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Nigeria’s population was 140,431,790 according to the 2006 census conducted by the National Population Commission (NPC). By the National Bureau of Statistics estimates, the country’s population had grown to 193,392,517. Takeaway: The population of the North-West is 723,027 more than …
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Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe States combined are sitting on 272,451km², thereby making the Northeast the largest geopolitical zone by land area in Nigeria. Takeaway: In terms of landmass, Northeast Nigeria is larger than Qatar, Jamaica, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Singapore, Gambia, Swaziland, and Israel combined The zone …
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The six geopolitical zones as we have today in Nigeria is not anywhere mentioned in the 1999 Constitution, but it has become an unwritten rule in the power rotation among the regions The geopolitical structure is now a major division principle …
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