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N-Power, a youth empowerment programme designed by the administration of All Progressive Congress (APC) was launched in June 2016. President Muhammadu Buhari announced in his Democracy Day speech on May 29, 2016, that his administration would take millions of Nigerian youths off the streets through N-Power Programme by creating jobs and opportunities for them. It […]

What is a Direct Election? A direct election is a system whereby voters directly cast their ballots to choose the person (or party) that will represent them in a general election i.e the the persons or political party that they desire to see elected. What is an indirect election? Also known as hierarchical voting, an indirect

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 elective positions among the two major political parties in Nigeria: the All Progress Congress and

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 Chief Justice of Nigeria Sir Edwin Speed was brought from Britain, Nigeria’s colonial master. So, Nigeria had

Following the expiration of the ultimatum given by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, we heard that over 70 million SIM cards have been barred from making outgoing calls. For more than a year, Nigerians were directed by the government to link their SIM cards to their National Identity Number

The last couple of months has seen Nigerians lose monies to non-certified fund managers who promised investors mouth-watering ROI (Return On investment). There are regulations for individuals and corporate bodies to operate as fund managers in Nigeria. But investors who should do their due diligence failed to do so. Now, the latest failed investment platform

More than 70 million SIM cards are likely to be blocked in a few minutes from now as the deadline for Nigerians to link their NIN to their SIMs ended on March 31, after about eight postponements. If you haven’t done so and your line is still active, you have the privilege to link seven

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 his regime. Upon assumption of office through the guns assisted by one of the deadliest

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 the election, he arrested Abiola and threw him into prison for attempting to claim the

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 president. Abdulsalami Abubakar assumed office on June 9, 1998, after the death of General Sani Abacha on June