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(Being a Speech by His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima,  GCON, Vice-President of the Federal Republic of  Nigeria, at the Public Presentation of Brigadier Musa  Usman (1940–1991): Service and Impact, at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday, 14th September,  2026) Protocol It is a special honour to join you for the presentation of this Continue Reading
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Key points: Nigeria has 103.4m voters; Lagos 7.4m leads, Ekiti 1.05m lowest. 232,658 disabled voters registered; voters register display Oct 9-15. INEC creates AI Division to detect deepfakes and audit results. Biggest gap is result collation, not voting; new safeguards introduced. INEC demands N873bn for 2027, says staff need living wage.   By Emmanuel Kwada  Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has used Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary address to declare that the country has moved beyond the phase of economic reforms and is now entering what he described as an “age of prosperity.” In his nationwide address on Thursday, October 1, 2026, the President reflected on Nigeria’s 66-year Continue Reading
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Key Points: Africa provides the largest UN peacekeeping contingents and bears the heaviest cost of instability. Africa remains the only continent without a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, despite having 54 member states. African nations borrow at 2-4 times higher rates than developed economies due to subjective credit ratings. Two Veto Powers or […]Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada Survivors of the detention of suspected illegal miners in Niger State have recounted harrowing moments inside an overcrowded Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) facility, alleging that detainees cried for help as their colleagues died one after another. At least 37 suspected illegal miners died after being arrested during enforcement Continue Reading
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Key points: Strong rivalry between parties with agents on ground made large-scale rigging harder to carry out undetected. Registered voters, accreditation, and turnout all rose sharply from 2022, making retail vote-buying less effective. Both parties gained votes, but Adeleke’s margin doubled to 66,252. BVAS and IReV boosted transparency, but delays and system gaps Continue Reading
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By Emmanuel Kwada From staggering subsidy figures that drained over ₦2.36 trillion to the uncovering of phantom government agencies, and a rescued Kwara abductee’s harrowing account of six months under open skies in terrorist captivity—Nigeria’s headlines this week cut deep into the realities of governance, security, and public trust. In this Continue Reading