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It’s good governance, stupid, By Mohammed Haruna
Section 22 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, imposes an obligation on the media to hold Government accountable to Nigerians.
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Section 22 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, imposes an obligation on the media to hold Government accountable to Nigerians.
The trigger for this rather longish article is the controversy that has surrounded recent party primaries for candidates for next year’s two-part General Election which will begin with those of the President and members of the National Assembly on February 25, 2023
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In any elected government there are three arms, one to make laws, the second to execute them and the third to adjudicate on the laws. […]
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As kids growing up in the fifties we were taught in primary schools that Mungo Park, a Scot, “discovered River Niger”. In Hausa, the main […]
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They said he will never be elected president of this country and used every trick in and out of the book of politics to make […]
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