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CJID, CIPE train journalists and CSOs on constructive and corrosive capital tracking

By Daniel Adaji May 12, 2023 39 0

By Daniel Adaji The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development with funding from the Center for International Private Enterprise CIPE, organised a three day experiencing sharing workshop for investigative journalists and civil society organisations on constructive and corrosive capital inflow in Nigeria. The workshop which held between 10 and 12 May 2023 in Abuja had Continue Reading

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Many Nigerians go hungry as food inflation increases

By Daniel Adaji May 5, 2023 40 0

How to tackle food inflation: World Bank Country Director By Daniel Adaji Nigeria food inflation is on the increase and many Nigerians may be food-insecure in the year 2023. As of March 2023, food inflation had risen to 24.45% on a year-on-year basis, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This increase resulted in […]Continue Reading

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Rise and fall of electoral chairmen in Nigeria (1964-2023)

By Daniel Adaji April 25, 2023 62 0

The 2023 elections fell short of the promises and expectations of Nigerians, in spite the deployment of world-class and highly expensive technology. The irregularities could put Professor Yakubu Mahmood in the bracket of past electoral chairmen who failed the integrity test. Theophilus Abbah, PhD The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Continue Reading

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Reverend Alia: From healing crusader to governor-elect

By Daniel Adaji April 25, 2023 52 0

Key points: Before his election as Governor-elect, Revd Alia had been a Catholic priest for 32 years The Catholic Church suspended him when he showed interest in politics He endeared himself to the people through his mass healing and deliverance ministry in Makurdi Aspirants for governor in Benue underrated him Non-payment of salaries by outgoing […]Continue Reading

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Inside Abuja Area One IDP Camp where hunger and sickness prevail

By Daniel Adaji April 25, 2023 94 0

By Daniel Adaji Hajia Bintu Ali, a 53-year-old mother of ten, fled to the Abuja Area One Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp for refuge after a deadly Boko Haram attack in her community in Gwoza local government area, Borno state. Everyone fled for safety. Many persons were killed, and several others are missing to date. […]Continue Reading

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Kogi APC primary election: Ododo’s ticket hangs in the balance

By Daniel Adaji April 25, 2023 127 Post a comment

By Daniel Adaji In Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election conducted on April 14, 2023, the Auditor-General of Local Governments in the state, Usman Ododo, was declared winner, in spite of the outcry by party members that no election took place. But did Ododo, an appointee of Yahaya Bello, qualify to have […]Continue Reading

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Is it illegal for individuals to carry pepper spray, as police spokesperson claims?

By Daniel Adaji April 18, 2023 24 0

By Stephanie Adams-Douglas Two top police officers at the core of public relations – the police spokesperson and head of the public complaints unit – had authoritatively pronounced the possession and use of pepper spray by private citizens as offences. However, their position has generated controversy amongst the citizenry, many of whom have disagreed, citing […]Continue Reading

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Tribute to Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju (1945-2023)

By Daniel Adaji April 12, 2023 32 0

By Willie Obiano I am saddened to learn of the passage, on April 11, 2023, of the first Anambra State governor in Fourth Republic, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju, in Abuja. Mbadinuju’s reign as Anambra governor from 1999 to 2003 was a challenging period. He did his best to grapple with insecurity, perpetrated mostly by ruthless, unconscionable […]Continue Reading

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London immigration says Peter Obi being impersonated

By Daniel Adaji April 12, 2023 29 0

  The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi just back from London, United Kingdom where he celebrated Easter, has confirmed that he was harassed by London immigration officials and placed for detention but for the screaming of Nigerians at Heathrow Airport. Obi-Datti Media office can confirm that the LP Presidential candidate in the […]Continue Reading

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2023 election failed to meet the yearnings of Nigerians – Bishop Kukah

By Daniel Adaji April 11, 2023 48 0

  (Text of Bishop Kukah’s Easter Sermon) Every election brings more frustration and anger and the victims all turn on themselves. The circles have gone on and on. Little wonder, fewer and fewer citizens want to risk their lives for what promises them only blood, tears, injury and death. While citizens seek outlets to express […]Continue Reading

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Insecurity: Idoma to send delegation to NSA; declares fasting and prayer

By Daniel Adaji April 11, 2023 33 0

By Daniel Adaji Prominent sons and daughters of Idoma on Saturday gathered in Otukpo Benue State,  and discussed the spate killings in Oturkpo, Apa, and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue State where above 134 persons were killed by Fulani militia. The killing that took place during this year’s Easter celebration has been condemned by […]Continue Reading

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No help is near as Fulani bandits massacre over 134 in Benue, Kogi communities during Easter

By Daniel Adaji April 10, 2023 53 0

…Herdsmen destroy Oganenigu in Kogi State, four years after similar mayhem Daniel Adaji Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom is counting his last days out of Government House, Makurdi, not without floods of tears over yet another massacre of 134 persons in Oturkpo, Apa, and Guma Local Government Areas of the State. The latest deaths, blamed […]Continue Reading