‘Anybody from Okun land can be governor, we have abundance of talents’’, says Barr Femi

Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Barr. Femi Mokikan, the National President of Okun Development Association (ODA). It represents the body of all Yorubas in Kogi state. We are 100 percent in 5 local government areas, while in the 6th one, we are like, say 33/34 percent in the local government. Are the Okun people…

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Why NiMet’s 2022 SCP Document Is Key to Economic Growth

On the 15th of February, 2022, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) presented the 2022 Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP) at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Centre in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. The timing of the event was strategic and understandable, as NiMet usually holds the public presentation of the vital document before the start of the…

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Electoral Act: Buhari trying to protect his appointees – Wike on removal of clause 84(12)

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for asking the National Assembly to remove clause 84(12) from the Electoral Act. Wike said Buhari’s call was aimed at protecting some of his appointees. Buhari had asked the National Assembly to remove section 84(12) of the Electoral Act because it disenfranchises serving political…

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Facebook bans Russia state media from running adverts, monetising

Facebook says it has restricted Russian state media’s ability to earn money on the social media platform as Moscow’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine reached the streets of Kyiv. “We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetising on our platform anywhere in the world,” Nathaniel Gleicher, the social media giant’s security policy…

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Nigeria 2023 general elections: INEC fix Feb. 25 for presidential poll – See new dates

Presidential and National Assembly elections go happun for February 25, 2023. While govnorship and State Houses of Assembly votes go hold on March 11, 2023. Mahmood Yakubu, di Chairman Independent National Electoral Commisssion na im make di announcement on Saturday afternoon for Abuja. Professor Yakubu say di new date na to allow dem conform wit…

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