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Swing States, also known as battleground states, can sway the outcome of a national election. One of the defining characteristics of a swing state is its ambiguous political leanings where no party has overwhelming support. This year, the states being closely watched

 Oyo State is on the verge of being divided into two distinct states, following a bill sponsored by Akeem Adeyemi, son of the late Alaafin of Oyo, alongside six federal lawmakers in the House of Representatives. The bill has successfully passed

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the rescheduling of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, originally set for October 24, now moved to November 28. This change was revealed by Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who read out the communique issued

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, is billed to speak at George Washington University, on the sidelines of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings, leading conversations on developing requisite human capital to build the workforce of the future. The

A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Dr. Kingsley Oghogho Okundaye, has said Nigeria needs a political rebirth to enshrine democracy in its political system by eschewing win-at-all-cost syndrome. Dr. Okundaye, who spoke in a news interview in Abuja, argued that

The former National Publicity Secretary of the now-defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has strongly criticized Nyesom Wike, the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for publicly attacking former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Eze expressed his

Clinical lecturers in universities in the South-East/South-South zones of Nigeria have commenced a one week strike, to protest against the “discriminatory exclusion” of clinical lecturers from the eligibility criteria for the position of Vice- Chancellor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, as contained in