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ANALYSIS: Anambra 2021 Governorship Elections Repeated an Intriguing Trend

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By Seyi Olufemi The recently concluded 2021 Anambra State elections heightened a recurring trend in the State’s last 4 Governorship Elections, where a lower voter turnout always coincides with a higher victory margin for the winning party, and vice versa. The victory of Professor Charles Soludo in the November 2021 elections returned the All Progressive …

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PTCIJ and partners, UNESCO, train Gambian youth leaders on media literacy

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Ahead of the December 4 presidential election, the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) has trained 40 youth community leaders on media and information literacy in The Gambia. The three-day training, supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was held at the Senegambia Beach Hotel from Monday November 29 to …

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A meeting on the current trends in Nigeria’s conflict regions and the challenge of humanitarian response

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The coronavirus pandemic has not only forced states to shut down economically, unfortunately, it has also forced humanitarian responses around the world to come to a grinding halt. With Boko Haram (BH) campaigns still very much alive – tragically claiming over 70 people recently in Gubio (Borno State) – Shekau’s new call to bandits in …

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CORRUPTION: Whistle-blowers face gruelling ordeal in NBET

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The travails of Messrs Abdullahi Sambo and Waziri Bintube at Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) began in June 2017 after the former wrote to the Ministry of Power, Works, and Housing challenging his redeployment in the company. Sambo maintains that his redeployment and subsequent predicament at NBET is not unconnected with his whistle-blowing on …

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