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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT)

TINUBUNOMICS: The political economy of poverty

By VCTOR ANAZONWU *This article was first published in August 2023, three months after the Tinubu administration was inaugurated. It is reproduced here on the administration’s first anniversary as a matter of public record and to help evaluate how well the Nigerian
June 28, 2024

Activist lashes out at Tinubu’s government, says by criminalising protests, administration inviting anarchy

Activist and human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has criticised the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, accusing it of paving the way for anarchy by attempting to criminalise peaceful protests. Speaking during an interview on AIT, the activist questioned the rationale behind the government’s
September 3, 2024

Group insists restructuring most viable path to national rebirth, advocates six – max eight – regions to ‘ensure self-determination, promote national unity’

A civil society organisation (CSO), The Rebirth Group (TRG), has commended the Coalition of Indigenous Middle Belt Organisations (CIMBO), for its support for the restructuring of the country into regions for the purpose of ensuring “self-determination and promoting national unity.”   The CSO, ‘a non-governmental
September 3, 2024

Civil society groups oppose move to scrap state electoral commissions, call for reforms instead

KADSIECOM jettisons electronic voting machines ahead of LG election   A coalition of civil society groups has opposed any plans to scrap State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECOMs) and centralize local government elections under the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).   Representatives of the
September 2, 2024
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